Question

Of the 1,500 muffins a bakery sold in one day, 1/3 were chocolate how many chocolate muffins did the bakery sell

Answer 1

The fraction representing chocolate muffins is :

Chocolate muffins = 1/3

The total muffins = 1500

Out of this 1/3 are chocolate muffins

This is :

1/3 of 1500

Doing the calculations we have :

1/3 × 1500 = 500

There were 500 chocolate muffins.