3marks Reader Request

[3 marks] ~ Reader Request #68

Question:

Mrs Lee prepared some nuggets and chicken wings for a group of children. The ratio of the number of nuggets prepared to the number of chicken wings prepared was 8 : 3. Each child was given 5 nuggets and 2 chicken wings. There were 9 nuggets left when all the chicken wings were distributed.
(a) How many chicken wings did Mrs Lee prepare?
(b) How many children were there in the group?

Solution:

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