Question

A fruit salad making competition was organized in a locality. Two friends Rekha and

Meenakshi participated in that event. Rekha’s fruit salad recipe requires 1/2 cup of sugar.

Meenakshi’s salad recipe requires 2 tablespoons of sugar. Total quantity of sugar

provided to each contestant was 500gm. If 1 cup of sugar is equivalent to 225gm of sugar

and 1 tablespoon sugar is equivalent to 1/16 cup of sugar, then

1. Find the number of tablespoons of sugar required by Rekha?

(a) 10 (b) 12 (c) 8 (d) 6

2. What will be the weight of sugar used by Meenakshi in gram?

(a) 28.125 grams (b) 26.125 grams (c) 24.125 grams (d) 30.125 gram​

Answer 1

Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

1) Amount used by Rekha = 1/2 cup

1 cup = 225 grams

1/2 cup = 112.5 grams

1 tablespoon = 1/16 cup = 14.06 grams

No. of tablespoons used = 112.5/14.06 = 8 tablespoons

2) 2 tablespoons = 14.06 × 2 = 28.125 grams

SO, the weight of sugar used by meenakshi is 28.125 grams

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