Question

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This recipe makes a cake big enough to serve 12 people.
Gareth has 22 eggs and plenty of the other ingredients.
He makes the largest cake he can following this recipe.
How many people does his cake serve?
Recipe: Serves 12
140 g butter
240 g sugar
4 eggs
280 g flour
60 ml milk

Answer 1

About 60 people

Explanation:

1.) Garret has 22 eggs and the recipe calls for four eggs to serve 12.

2.) Garret Can make this cake 5 times with 22 eggs (4 x 5=20)

3. Thus his cake can serve about 60 people

12 (people fed per cake) x 5 (cakes he could make) = 60 people

Answer 2

66

Explanation:

The recipe states that a 4 egg cake mixture will serve 12 people.

To find the number of people a 1 egg cake mixture will serve: 12 ÷ 4 = 3 ⇒ 1 egg will make a cake big enough to serve 3 people.

If Gareth has 22 eggs, then 22 x 3 = 66

So a 22 egg mixture will be able to serve 66 people.