Question

Ramu wanted to give below vegetables to his friends. He gave Aboobacker one-fifth of these tomatoes and $\frac{1}{3}$ of the potatoes. Srija got $\frac{2}{5}$ of the tomatoes and $\frac{3}{6}$ of the potatoes. Nancy got the rest of these vegetables. Circle Aboobacker's share in blue. Circle Srija's share in yellow.



• How many potatoes and tomatoes did Nancy get?

Answer 1

Total number of tomatoes = 20
Total number of potatoes = 18

Aboobacker got one-fifth of the tomatoes, and one-third of the potatoes.

Number of tomatoes with Aboobacker = 20 ÷ 5
= 4
Number of potatoes with Aboobacker = 18 ÷ 3
= 6

So, we will circle 4 tomatoes and 6 potatoes in blue to show Aboobacker's share.
Srija got two-fifth of the tomatoes and three-sixth of the potatoes.
Number of tomatoes with Srija = 2 × 4
= 8
One-sixth of 18 = 3
Number of potatoes with Srija = 3 × 3
= 9


Thus, Ramu gave 4 tomatoes to Aboobacker and 8 tomatoes to Srija. So, he gave a total of 12 tomatoes to Aboobacker and Srija.

Now, Ramu gave 6 potatoes to Aboobacker and 9 potatoes to Srija. So, he gave a total of 15 potatoes to Aboobacker and Srija.

Number of tomatoes left = 20 − 12
= 8
Number of potatoes left = 18 − 15
= 3

Thus, Nancy got 8 tomatoes and 3 potatoes.