Seán was learning how to bake. He bought a carton of 12 eggs and used one-quarter of them to bake a sponge cake. How many eggs did he use?
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Answer: 2
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Selina had €20 and decided to knit a scarf for her grandad. She spent half of her money on wool and half of what was left on new knitting needles. (a) How much did she spend on the knitting needles? (b) How much money did she have left after buying the wool and the knitting needles?
Answers: (a) € 3
(b) €
Yusuf was having a sleepover and decided to make a fruit salad for his friends. In his fridge, there were 12 strawberries, 20 blueberries, 16 grapes and 18 raspberries. Fill in the table to work out how many pieces of fruit he used in total.
He used …
1 2 of the strawberries =
1 4 of the blueberries
1 4 of the grapes
1 2 of the raspberries
Total pieces of fruit Answer: 54 Marks: Today’s Marks: /5 /8