Question

Matteo is following this recipe to make a cake.
He wants to make five of these cakes.
How much of each ingredient does he need?

Recipe: Makes 1 cake
6 ounces butter
5 ounces sugar
7 ounces of flour
3 eggs
2 teaspoons (tsps) baking powder
ounces butter
ounces sugar
ounces flour
eggs
tsps baking powder

Answer 1

Answer:

30  ounces butter

25  ounces sugar

35  ounces flour

15   eggs

10  tsps baking powder

Step-by-step explanation:

5 cakes=

5 times each ingrediant

butter=6 times 5

sugar=5 times5

flour=7 times 5

eggs=3 times 5

baking powder=2 times 5

Answer 2

Given;

Matteo has a recipe to make a cake

To Find; How much of each ingredient does he need?

Solution; if the amount needed for one item is given then the amount needed for x items is given by multiplying it with x.

6 ounces butter

The total amount of butter required =6*5=30

5 ounces sugar

The total amount of sugar required= 5*5=25

7 ounces of flour

The total amount of flour required =7*5=35

3 eggs

Total number of eggs required =5*3=15

2 teaspoons (tsps) baking powder

The total amount of baking powder required =2*5=10