Question

8 Cakes cost £4.00 how much 3 cakes cost?

Answer 1

Well 8 cakes is 4.00 so that means each cakes is .50 right? so .50*e is 1.50

Answer 2

8 cakes ... £4.00
3 cakes ... £x = ?

If you would like to know how much 3 cakes cost, you can calculate this using the following steps:

8 * x = 3 * 4
8 * x = 12    /8
x = 12/8
x = £3/2 = £1.5

Result: 3 cakes cost £1.5.