Harder fraction word problems
Episode 3 of 3
Mr Lim’s tarts
The question
4/9 of the tarts that Mr Lim baked were pineapple tarts. The rest were coconut tarts. He gave 1/2 of the pineapple tarts to his neighbour and 2/5 of the coconut tarts to his wife. He had 60 tarts left. How many tarts did he bake?
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Answer
108
The big idea
Count the parts that are left: 2 pineapple and 3 coconut. Those 5 parts are the 60 tarts.
