Question

Nathaniel works as a baker and makes several batches of muffins every morning. each batch requires 1 1/7 cups of sugar. for a large meeting, nathaniel needs 4 4/7 times more nuffins than what a regular batch makes. how much sugar will he use? if each batch fills 3 boxes, how many boxes will be needed to pack the muffins for the meeting?

Answer 1

The amount of sugar he will use is 5.22 cups of sugar, and the number of boxes needed to pack the muffins is 13.71 boxes.

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This word problem question can be solved as follows:

Amount of sugar he will use = 1  1/7 * 4 4/7 = 1.142857142857143 * 4.0.571428571428571 = 5.22 cups of sugar

Number of boxes needed to pack the muffins for the meeting = 4 4/7 * 3 = 4.0.571428571428571 * 3 = 13.71 boxes

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