Question

In an orchard 2/5 of the trees are banana trees, 1/4 of the trees are orange trees and the rest are apple trees. If there are 220 trees in all, find the number of each kind

Answer 1

Answer: banana- 88

Orange-55

Apple-143

Explanation:

220 divided by 5, times 2,

that’s the banana trees

220 divided by 4, that’s the oranges

Add the answers together

Take the answer away from 220 that’s the apples