Question

Jennifer is organising a street party. she needs to make 300 cakes. the recipe consist of : 50g icing, 150g butter, 120g caster sugar, 110g flour, 1 egg, 5h baking powder. this makes 12 cakes. how much of each ingredient will she need? kilograms.​

Answer 1

1.25 kg of icing sugar

3.75 kg of butter

3 kgs of caster sugar

2.75 kgs flour

25 eggs

125g baking powder

Explanation:

300/12 x (weight of ingredient)

Answer 2

1.25kg icing

3.75kg butter

3kg caster sugar

2.75kg flour

25 eggs

125g baking powder

Explanation:

Above is 6 ingredients that is all part of your answer, but you show 300/12 as your first step in workings , the rest is multiplying by 25 as shown here.

300/12 = 25

25 x 50 = 1250g = 1.25kg

25 x 150 = 3750g = 3.75kg

25 x 120 = 3000g = 3kg

25 x 110 = 2750g = 2.75kg

25 eggs

25 x 5 = 125g