A bakery made some beef, curry and sardine puffs. For every 2 beef puffs that were made, 1 sardine puff were made. For every 8 beef puffs that were made, 7 curry puffs were made.
- Find the ratio of the number of beef puffs to curry puffs to sardine puffs made.
- After the bakery made another 111 sardine puffs, 25% of the puffs now were sardine puffs. How many beef puffs did the bakery make?
(a)
Beef |
Curry |
Sardine |
2x4 |
|
1x4 |
8x1 |
7x1 |
|
8 u |
7 u |
4 u |
Beef : Curry : Sardine
8 : 7 : 4
(b)
|
Beef |
Curry |
Sardine |
Before |
15 u |
4 u |
Change |
No change |
+ 111 |
After |
3x5 = 15 u |
1x5 = 5 u |
Total number of beef and curry puffs
= 7 u + 8 u
= 15 u
Increase in the number of sardine puffs
= 5 u - 4 u
= 1 u
1 u = 111
Number of beef puffs
= 8 u
= 8 x 111
= 888
Answer(s): (a) 8 : 7 : 4 ; (b) 888