A bakery made some curry, egg and sardine puffs. For every 2 curry puffs that were made, 1 sardine puff were made. For every 8 curry puffs that were made, 7 egg puffs were made.
- Find the ratio of the number of curry puffs to egg puffs to sardine puffs made.
- After the bakery made another 69 sardine puffs, 25% of the puffs now were sardine puffs. How many curry puffs did the bakery make?
(a)
Curry |
Egg |
Sardine |
2x4 |
|
1x4 |
8x1 |
7x1 |
|
8 u |
7 u |
4 u |
Curry : Egg : Sardine
8 : 7 : 4
(b)
|
Curry |
Egg |
Sardine |
Before |
15 u |
4 u |
Change |
No change |
+ 69 |
After |
3x5 = 15 u |
1x5 = 5 u |
Total number of curry and egg puffs
= 7 u + 8 u
= 15 u
Increase in the number of sardine puffs
= 5 u - 4 u
= 1 u
1 u = 69
Number of curry puffs
= 8 u
= 8 x 69
= 552
Answer(s): (a) 8 : 7 : 4 ; (b) 552