Question

Todd is catering a dinner for 275 people. For dessert he will be making small cakes for each table. If each cake serves 8 people and each cake requires
3.8 cups of sugar, approximately how many cups of sugar will Todd need?
Do not round until your final answer. Round the answer to the nearest tenths place.

Answer 1

1 cake = 8 people

1/8 cake = 1 person

275*(1/8 cake) = 275*1 person

(275/8) cake = 275 people

34.375 cake = 275 people

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1 cake = 3.8 cups of sugar

34.375*(1 cake) = 34.375*(3.8 cups of sugar)

34.375 cake = 130.625 cups of sugar

This rounds to 130.6

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Answer: approximately 130.6 cups of sugar is needed