2019 5marks P6 Paper2 Rosyth SA2

P6 / Rosyth / 2019 / SA2 / Paper 2 – Q17 [5 marks]

Question:

A chef prepared some fishballs for the guests during a birthday party. 60% of the guests were children. Among the children, the ratio of the number of girls to the number of boys is 5 : 3. A total of 9408 fishballs were prepared so that each adult got 5 fishballs and each child got 6 fishballs. There were no fishballs left after the party.
a) What was the ratio of the number of fishballs the adults got to the number of fishballs the children got?
Give your answer in the simplest form.
b) How many boys attended the party?

Solution:

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