Question

Pam bakes some cupcakes for her friends. she baked 24 cupcakes. each cake is 3/15 kilograms. if she backed 6 cupcakes in each box, what is the weight of each box?

Answer 1

To find the weight of each box, simplify the weight of one cupcake to 1/5 kg and then multiply by the number of cupcakes per box (6), resulting in each box weighing 6/5 kg or 1.2 kg.

Step-by-step explanation:

To calculate the weight of each box of cupcakes, we need to multiply the weight of one cupcake by the number of cupcakes in each box. Each cupcake weighs 3/15 kilograms, and there are 6 cupcakes in each box.

Firstly, simplify the weight of one cupcake: 3/15 kg simplifies to 1/5 kg since 3 and 15 have a common factor of 3. Now, multiply the simplified weight by the number of cupcakes per box:

• 1/5 kg × 6 = 6/5 kg

Therefore, the weight of each box is 6/5 kilograms, or 1.2 kilograms.