Question

Carmen has 60 cupcakes in her bakery case.

• 1/2 of the cupcakes are chocolate.
• 1/4 of the cupcakes are strawberry.
• 1/10 of the cupcakes are banana.
• The rest of the cupcakes are vanilla.
How many cupcakes are vanilla?
A. 51
B. 17
C. 3
D. 9
PLEASE SHOW WORKKKK!!!!!!!

Answer 1

The answer is 8 vanilla cupcakes

1/2 of 60 is 30 chocolate cupcakes
1/4 of 60 is 15 strawberry cupcakes
1/10 of 60 is 6 banana cupcakes
30 + 15 + 6 = 51 not vanilla cupcakes so ...

60 - 51 = 9 vanilla cupcakes