A bakery made some sardine, lotus paste and curry puffs. For every 2 sardine puffs that were made, 1 curry puff were made. For every 5 sardine puffs that were made, 4 lotus paste puffs were made.
- Find the ratio of the number of sardine puffs to lotus paste puffs to curry puffs made.
- After the bakery made another 40 curry puffs, 25% of the puffs now were curry puffs. How many sardine puffs did the bakery make?
(a)
Sardine |
Lotus Paste |
Curry |
2x5 |
|
1x5 |
5x2 |
4x2 |
|
10 u |
8 u |
5 u |
Sardine : Lotus Paste : Curry
10 : 8 : 5
(b)
|
Sardine |
Lotus Paste |
Curry |
Before |
18 u |
5 u |
Change |
No change |
+ 40 |
After |
3x6 = 18 u |
1x6 = 6 u |
Total number of sardine and lotus paste puffs
= 8 u + 10 u
= 18 u
Increase in the number of curry puffs
= 6 u - 5 u
= 1 u
1 u = 40
Number of sardine puffs
= 10 u
= 10 x 40
= 400
Answer(s): (a) 10 : 8 : 5 ; (b) 400