NECO 2024 · Paper 1 · Q14

Commercial arithmetic

If Olu, Tony and Tunde share ₦240,000.00 in the ratio $2 : 3 : 5$ respectively, what is two-thirds of Tunde's share?

Worked solution (try it first)

The ratio $2 : 3 : 5$ has 10 parts, and Tunde has 5 of them.
So Tunde's share is $\frac{5}{10} \times 240\,000 =$ ₦120,000.
Two-thirds of it is $\frac23 \times 120\,000 = 80\,000$ .
The answer is ₦80,000.00, option B.

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