Question

Abdul baked 300 cookies ,480 muffins and 240 cupcakes.Each container should be similar in terms of the numberof cookies, muffins and cupcake . A. What is the greatest number of containers he can pack? B. How many cookies ,muffins and cupcakes will there be in each container

Answer 1

Answer:

(a) 60 cups

(b) 5 cookies, 8 muffins and 4 cupcakes in each container

Step-by-step explanation:

Given

Let:

$C \to Cookies; M \to Muffins; K \to Cupcakes$

So:

$C : M : K = 300 : 480 : 240$

Solving (a): The greatest number of containers to be used;

To do this, we first reduce the ratio to the lowest

C : M : K = 300 : 480 : 240

Divide by 60

$C : M : K = 5 : 8 : 4$

The ratio cannot be further reduced. Hence, he will use 60 cups

Solving (b): The number in each cup

In (a), we have:

$C : M : K = 5 : 8 : 4$

This means that;

$C = 5$ --- Cookies

$M = 8$ --- Muffins

$K = 4$ -- - Cupcakes