Question

A baker bought 4 gallons oficing to decorate cakes. He uses 4 % cups

of long to completely frost and decorate each cake. What is the
maximum number of cakes he can completely decorate? Explain your
thinking, hint: 16 cups = 1 gallon)​

Answer 1

25 cakes can be completely decorated using 4 gallons of icing.

Explanation:

Given:

4 gallons of icing

16 cups =1 gallon

No. of icing cups =
`4*16` cups

=64 cups

No. of cups required to decorate and frost a cake= 4% of total no. of icing cups

=
`((4*64))/(100)`

= 2.56

2.56 cups of icing is required to decorate each cake.

Maximum no. of cakes decorated =
`( (64*1))/(2.56)`

= 25

25 cakes can be completely decorated using 4 gallons of icing.