Question

Ramu divided the vegetables from his garden among his 3 friends. There are 20 tomatoes and 18 potatoes. Aboo got$\frac{1}{5}$ of tomatoes and $\frac{1}{3}$ of the potatoes. Srija got $\frac{2}{5}$ of tomatoes and $\frac{3}{6}$ of the potatoes. Nacy got the rest, how many potatoes and tomatoes did she get?
( 4 marks)

Answer 1

Solution:
Total number of tomatoes = 20
Total number of potatoes = 18
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Aboo got one-fifth of the tomatoes, and one-third of the potatoes.
Number of tomatoes with Aboo = $\frac{1}{5}\times 20$ = 4
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Number of potatoes with Aboo = $\frac{1}{3}\times 18$ = 6
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Srija got two-fifth of the tomatoes and three-sixth of the potatoes.
Number of tomatoes with Srija = $\frac{2}{5}\times 20=2\times 4$ = 8
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Number of potatoes with Srija =$\frac{3}{6}\times 18=3\times 3$ = 9
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Nancy got the rest of the tomatoes and potatoes
Aboo and Srija got a total of 4+8 = 12 tomatoes and 6+9=15 potatoes. (0.5 marks)
Number of tomatoes with Nancy = 20-12=8
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Number of potatoes with Nancy = 18-15=3
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