Question

Toni had 5 1/2 kilograms of sugar.how many cakes can he bake if he ise 1/4 hilogram of sugar per cake?

Answer 1

Answer:

He can makec 22 cakes

Step-by-step explanation:

He use,

$\frac{1}{4} kg = 1 \: \: cake$

Let's find how many caked will he make from 5 1/2kg

Let the unknown number of cakes be x

$\frac{1}{4} = 1 \\ 5 \frac{1}{2} = x$

$\frac{1x}{4} = 5 \frac{1}{2} \\ \frac{1}{4} x = \frac{11}{2}$

Use cross multiplication

$2 \times 1x = 11 \times 4 \\ 2 x= 44 \\ \frac{2x}{2} = \frac{44}{2} \\ x = 22$

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Answer 2

Answer:

22 cakes

Step-by-step explanation:

5 1/2kg = 11/2 = 22/4

22/4 is what you have in sugar while you only need 1/4 per cake, so you can make 22 cakes