Question

Alannah, Colin and Hannah visit the park and collect conkers and acorns.
In total they collect the same number of conkers and acorns.
Alannah, Colin and Hannah collect conkers in the ratio 4:7:9
Alannah, Colin and Hannah collect acorns in the ratio 3:1:5
(a) Did Hannah collect more conkers or acorns?

Answer 1

Answer:

acorns

Step-by-step explanation:

20x=9y

9/20 to 5/9

5/9 of the acorns collected are from Hannah

9/20 of the conkers collected are from Hannah

5/9 is larger than 9/20

Hannah collected more acorns