Question

A bakery has 72 half gallons of milk. It takes 1 2/3 cups of milk to make a cake. Note that 1 cup = 1/8 half gallon = 0.125 half gallon. How many cakes can the bakery make?

Answer 1

Answer:

Bakery can make 576 cakes.

Explanation:

 Amount of milk in bakery = 72 half gallon

 Amount of milk needed to make cake = $1\frac{2}{3}=\frac{1*3+2}{3} =\frac{5}{3}$ cups.

 1 cup = 1/8 half gallon = 0.125 half gallon.

Amount of milk need to make cake = $0.125*\frac{5}{3} =0.208$ half gallon.

Total cake made in bakery = 72/0.208 = 346 cakes.

 So bakery can make 346 cakes.