Question:
Mr Lim baked 1800 egg tarts and chocolate muffins in the morning. 3/4 of the egg tarts and 3/4 of the chocolate muffins were sold in the afternoon.
(a) How many egg tarts and chocolate muffins had he left after selling them in the late afternoon?
(b) Mr Lim then baked another 45 egg tarts and 75 chocolate muffins and the number of egg tarts became 2/3 of the number of chocolate muffins. How many egg tarts did he bake in the morning?
Solution:
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4 of the tarts that Mr Lim baked were pineapple tarts. The rest were coconut tarts. He gave of the pineapple tarts to his neighbour and of the coconut tarts to his wife. He had 60 tarts left. How many tarts did he bake?
Hi Dee! Thanks for the question.
However, could you give the complete details of the question?
E.g. “He gave ? of the pineapple tarts … and ? of the coconut tarts…”
Without the ? information, I cannot solve the problem.
Hi Dee, you could also take a picture and send to my email, sgprimaths@gmail.com