Question

john is buying a cake for his sisters birthday. he wants to get the most cake he can. one cake (A) is 9.5 inches wide, 13 inches long, and 2 inches high, another (B) is 12 inches wide, 14 inches long, and 1.5 inches high. which will john buy? how much longer is it

Answer 1

To decide which cake would be the best value for money, we will calculate the volume of each cake

Cake A: 9.5 × 13 × 2 = 247 inches³
Cake B: 12 × 14 × 1.5 = 252 inches³

The best value cake will be cake B

Cake B is 14 - 13 = 1 inch longer and 12 - 9.5 = 2.5 inches wider but it's also 0.5 inches shorter than cake A.