To bake one cake, a recipe calls for 3 1/4 cups of flour, 2 1/2 cups of sugar, and 1 2/3 cups of milk. If Victor has 18 cups of flour, 12 cups of sugar, and 10 cups of milk, what is the maximum number of cakes he can prepare using this recipe?

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To determine how many cakes Victor can make, we will analyze each ingredient separately. Starting with flour, he has 18 cups and needs 3.25 cups for each cake. Dividing 18 by 3.25 gives us approximately 5.54, meaning he can make 5 cakes with the flour. Next, for sugar, he has 12 cups and requires 2.5 cups per cake. Dividing 12…

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sprinkieeApr 21, 2025

thanks a lot

What this question tests

What it tests

Your ability to convert between fractions, ratios, and decimals and to reason proportionally.

Common trap

Cross-multiplying incorrectly or mixing up the ratio parts — a part:part ratio is not a fraction of the whole.