P6 / Raffles Girls / 2019 / SA1 / Paper 2 – Q16 [5 marks]

Question:

Mrs Tan baked some muffins. 3/5 of the muffins were banana muffins and the rest were walnut muffins. Her family ate 3/4 of the banana muffins and she donated 252 walnut muffins to an old folks’ home. Then she had 1/4 of the muffins left.
(a) What fraction of the muffins did her family eat?
Give your answer in the simplest form.
(b) How many muffins did she bake altogether?

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