Question

Nicole has 2/3 of the butter she needs to bake a pie. It takes the same amount of butter to make 1 pie as it takes to make 14 mini pies. What is the greatest number of mini pies Nicole can make with the butter she has?

Answer 1

The number of mini pancakes that can be made from 2/3 of butter is 9 approximately.

Explanation:

Given:

Let the amount of butter be x

According to the question,

Amount of butter required to make a pie = Amount of butter required to make

                                                                       14 mini pies

However, nicole just has $\frac{2}{3}x$ of the butter

So if Nicole has $\frac{2}{3}$ of butter then the number of mini pancakes made = $\frac{2}{3} X 14$

                                                                                                                  = 9.3

Therefore, number of mini pancakes that can be made from 2/3 of butter is 9 approximately.