Answer:
a. The following will be needed to make 6 dozen cakes:
Number of grams of butter needed = 600g
Number of grams of sugar needed = 2,000g
Number of grams of currants needed = 400g
b. The number whole that cakes could be made with 1kg of butter is still 18 whole cakes.
Explanation:
a. how many of each ingredient will be needed to make 6 dozen cakes
This can be calculated as follows:
One dozen = 12
Number of small cakes in 6 dozen cakes = 6 * 12 = 72 small cakes
Number of 18 small cakes that can be obtained from 72 small cakes = 72 / 18 = 4
Therefore, we multiply each ingredient by 4 to obtain the number oof each ingredient that will be needed to make 6 dozen cakes as follows:
Number of grams of butter needed = 150 * 4 = 600g
Number of grams of sugar needed = 500 * 4 = 2,000g
Number of grams of currants needed = 100 * 4 = 400g
b. how many whole cakes could be made with 1kg of butter
Ordinary in terms of measurement, we have:
1kg = 1,000g
Since it is not indicated in the question that additional grams of other ingredients are made available, only 150g butter will be used out of the 1,000g butter made available together with already available 500g sugar and 100g currants to make just 18 cakes. This implies that no additional whole cakes will be made to add to the current 18 small cakes that is being made. Additional whole cakes would only be made when additional grants of sugar and currants are made available.
Therefore, the number whole that cakes could be made with 1kg of butter is still 18 small cakes.