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Jasmine can decorate 37 cakes every 5 minutes. She works for 7 hours a day. Estimate the total number of cakes she can decorate one day.

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Answer:

3108

Explanation:

number of 5-min segments in 1 hour

= 1 hour ÷ 5 min

= 60 min ÷ 5 min

= 12

number of 5-min segments in 7 hours

= 12 x 7

= 84

given that during each 5 min segment, jasmine decorates 37 cakes

i.e

1 (5-min) segment -----> decorates 37 cakes

84 (5-min) segments -----> decorates 37 x 84 = 3108 cakes

User Chad DeShon
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In this question, we're trying to find how many cakes Jasmine can decorate in 1 day.

We know that she can decorate 37 cakes everyone 5 minutes.

We also know she works 7 hours a day.

First, we need to find how much she makes it an hour.

To find this, multiply 37 by 12.

37 · 12 = 444

This means that she can decorate 444 cakes in an hour.

Now, multiply 444 by 7 to see how much she can decorate in a day.

444 · 7 = 3,108

This means that she can decorate 3,108 cakes in a day.

Answer:

3,108 cakes

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