a) Express the number of eggs in C as a fraction of the number of eggs in B. (Leave your answer in its simplest form.)
b) If half of the eggs in B are taken out and placed into C, there will be 50 eggs in C. How many eggs are there in the 3 baskets?
Solution
a)
A + B ----- 15 units
C has 50% of 15 units ----- 15 units x 50/100 = 7.5 units
Fraction of number of eggs in C to B ----
7.5/10
= 75/100
= ¾ (Answer)
b)
If half of the eggs in B transferred to C -----
B ----- 10 units
Half of B ----- 5 units
C now will have, 7.5 units + 5 units ----- 12.5 units
12.5 units ----- 50 eggs
1 unit ----- 50 eggs divided by 12.5 = 4 eggs
Total number of eggs -----
A has 5 units
B has 10 units
C has 7.5 units
Total ----- 22.5 units
22.5 units ----- 22.5 x 4 = 90
Answer: There are 90 eggs in the 3 baskets.
Can these problems be solved by Model Drawing ---
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Q2)During a warehouse book sale, Sally spent 62.5% of her money on 24 books and 18 pens. She also spent 25% of her remaining money on 18 files. Each pen costs 8/9 as much as the price of one book. The file costs $7.80 less than a book. Find the total cost of one book and one pen.
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ReplyDeleteMr Lim spent $1496 on some comics and dictionaries altogether. The number of comics bought to the number of dictionaries bought was in the ratio of 3 : 2. A dictionary cost $4 more than a comic. The total cost of the comics was 20% more than the total cost of the dictionaries. Find the cost of a dictionary.
This can be solve by UTM under Proportion concept in less than 5 mins
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Could you show how UTM helps for the following questions?
1) Peter started his journey from Town A to Town B. If he travelled at a speed of 80 km/h, he will arrive at Town B 1/3 hours late. If he travelled at a speed of 60 km/h, he will arrive at Town B 3/4 hours late.
(a) Find the distance from Town A to Town B.
(b) How long will he take to cover the journey with a speed of 90 km/h?
2) A class of 40 pupils helped to carry bundles of old newspapers in an event organised to collect funds for the old folks. Each boy carried 3 stacks of newspapers and each girl carried 2 stacks. Altogether, the boys carried 30 more stacks than the girls. What is the ratio of the number of boys to number of girls in the class?
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