Question

A recipe

needs 250g of butter to make 4 small
cakes. Olav wants to make 10 cakes. He has
1 kg of butter. How much butter will be have
10 cakes ? how much butter will be have
left over after he has made 10 cakes?
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Answer 1

375g

Explanation:

250g = 4

X = 10

Cross Multiply

2500=4x

Divide both sides by x

x=625

1000-625

375g left