Question

A baker can decorate one cake in

hour.
What is the total number of hours the baker needs to decorate 4 cakes?

Answer 1

4 hours is needed for the baker to decorate 4 cakes.

Answer 2

4 hours

Explanation:

It takes one hour to make one cake, so we can put that as a ratio of 1:1.

4 cakes means you multiplied one side by 4, as it is 4 cakes and not one, so you multiply the time by 4 too.

4 hours