A bakery made some curry, beef and egg croissants. For every 2 curry croissants that were made, 1 egg croissant were made. For every 8 curry croissants that were made, 7 beef croissants were made.
- Find the ratio of the number of curry croissants to beef croissants to egg croissants made.
- After the bakery made another 112 egg croissants, 25% of the croissants now were egg croissants. How many curry croissants did the bakery make?
(a)
Curry |
Beef |
Egg |
2x4 |
|
1x4 |
8x1 |
7x1 |
|
8 u |
7 u |
4 u |
Curry : Beef : Egg
8 : 7 : 4
(b)
|
Curry |
Beef |
Egg |
Before |
15 u |
4 u |
Change |
No change |
+ 112 |
After |
3x5 = 15 u |
1x5 = 5 u |
Total number of curry and beef croissants
= 7 u + 8 u
= 15 u
Increase in the number of egg croissants
= 5 u - 4 u
= 1 u
1 u = 112
Number of curry croissants
= 8 u
= 8 x 112
= 896
Answer(s): (a) 8 : 7 : 4 ; (b) 896