Question

Ramu wanted to give these vegetables to his friends. He gave Aboobacker one-fifth of these tomatoes and `1/3` of the potatoes. Srija got `2/5` of the tomatoes and `3/6` of the potatoes. Nancy got the rest of these vegetables. Circle Aboobacker’s share in blue. Circle Srija’s share in yellow.

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