Question

Susan makes 5 fruit cups for the picnic. In each cup, she has 5 strawberries and 3 kiwi. Joanna uses the same number of total fruits to make her stawberry and kiwi fruit cups, but she makes 4 cups. In each cup, she uses 8 strawberries.

How many kiwis are in each furit cup Joanna makes?

Answer 1

2 kiwis per cup

Explanation:

Both have the same number of fruits= 40 pieces of fruit fruits (Because Susan has 25 strawberries and 15 kiwis)

5 cups and 4 cups should have a common multiple of 40

40/5= 8 (5 strawberries + 3 kiwi) 8 piece of fruit per cup

40/4 = 10 (8 strawberries +2 kiwi) 10 piece of fruit per cup

We only knew that in each cup Joanna uses 8 strawberries per cup

(10-8=2) Now we know she uses 2 kiwis per cup

Total 32 strawberries (4x8) and 8 kiwis (4x2)= 40 pieces of fruit

Answer 2

she uses the same amount of fruit so Susan used 5 strawberries per cup ( 5*5 = 25 total strawberries) and 3 kiwi ( 3*5 = 15 total kiwis)

25+15 = 40 total pieces of fruit.

Joanna made 4 cups with 8 strawberries each

8*4 =32

40-32 = 8 , so she can use 8 kiwis

8 kiwis / 4 cups = 2 kiwis per cup