Question

A fruit basket contains oranges and grapefruits. 1/3 of oranges and 1/4 of the grapefruits were spoiled. You threw away 4 oranges and 7 grapefruits. How many pieces of fruit were in the basket before you threw out the spoiled ones?

Answer 1

Below.

Explanation:

1/3 is equivalent to 4 oranges so number of oranges = 3 * 4 = 12.

In the same way there are 7 * 4 = 28 grapefruit.

Total pieces of fruit = 12 + 28

= 40.