Question

A recipe for blueberry muffins states that it yields 12 muffins, with 270 calories per muffin. You instead decide to make

mini-muffins, and the recipe yields 20 mini-muffins. If you eat 7 mini-muffins, how many calories will you consume?

Answer 1

The calories you will consume are 1134 calories

Explanation:

Let us solve the problem

∵ A recipe for blueberry muffins states that it yields 12 muffins, with 270

calories per muffin

→ Find the total calories of the 12 muffins

∴ The total calories of them = 12 × 270

∴ The total calories of them = 3240 calories

∵ You instead decide to make mini-muffins, and the recipe yields 20

mini-muffins

→ That means the same amount of calories are in 20 mini-muffins, to find

the calories of each one divide the total amount of calories by 20

∵ The calories per mini-muffin = 3240 ÷ 20

∴ The calories per mini-muffin = 162 calories

∵ You will eat 7 mini-muffins

∴ The calories you consume = 7 × 162

∴ The calories you will consume = 1134 calories