Question

A bakery use 25% more butter this month and then last month if the bakery used 240 kg of butter last month how much did it use this month

Answer 1

The bakery used 300 kg of butter this month

Solution:

Given that,

A bakery use 25% more butter this month than last month

The bakery used 240 kg of butter last month

To find: Butter used this month

From given information,

Last month butter usage = 240 kg

This month butter usage = 25% more butter than last month

This month butter usage = last month usage + 25 % of last month usage

This month butter usage = 240 + 25 % of 240

$\rightarrow 240 + 25 \% \times 240\\\\\rightarrow 240 + \frac{25}{100} \times 240\\\\\rightarrow 240 + 0.25 \times 240\\\\\text{Simplify the above expression }\\\\\rightarrow 240 +60 = 300$

Thus the bakery used 300 kg this month