Question

Jadyn prepares a bag of candy before a road trip. The bag contains individual pieces of Skittles, M&Ms, Life Savers and Sour Patch Kids. Of the candy, 1/2 are Skittles, 1/4 of the remaining pieces are M&Ms and 3/4 of the rest are Life Savers. The remaining pieces are Sour Patch Kids. What percent of the total pieces of candy are Sour Patch Kids?

Answer 1

Given condition is- The bag contains individual pieces of Skittles, M&Ms, Life Savers and Sour Patch Kids.

Let the total number of candies in the bag be = x

Then, Skittles are $\frac{1x}{2}$

Candies left = $x-\frac{x}{2}$ = $\frac{x}{2}$

M&Ms are = $\frac{1x}{8}$

Now remaining candies are= $\frac{3x}{8}$

Now Life savers are = $\frac{9x}{32}$

Now adding all these 3 candies

$\frac{x}{2}+ \frac{x}{8}+\frac{9x}{32}$

=$\frac{29x}{32}$

Now the remaining candies sour patch will be =

$x-\frac{29x}{32} =\frac{3x}{32}$

Hence, sour patch kids are $\frac{3}{32}$