Here are the ingredients to make 12 shortcakes:
- 50g of sugar
- 200g of butter
- 200g of flour
- 10ml of milk

Liz makes some shortcakes. She uses 25ml of milk. How many shortcakes did Liz make?

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Robert has:
- 500g of sugar
- 1000g of butter
- 1000g of flour
- 500ml of milk

Work out the greatest number of shortcakes Robert can make.

So,
For a dozen shortcakes: 50g sugar 200g butter 200g flour 10 ml milk
Question #1: If Liz used 25 ml milk, then she probably made 2.5 dozen shortcakes.
2.5(12) = 30
Liz made 30 shortcakes.
Question #2: Robert's supplies: 500g sugar 1000g butter 1000g flour 500 ml milk
A dozen shortcakes takes 50g sugar 200g butter 200g flour 10ml milk
If he makes 5 dozen shortcakes, he will use
250g sugar 1000g butter (all of it) 1000g flour (all of it) 50ml milk
Robert cannot make more than 5 dozen shortcakes (60).

Answered by SchwarzschildRadius | 2024-06-10

25/10=2.5 lots 2.5x12=30 shortcakes
500/50=10 lots 1000/200=5 lots 1000/200=5 lots 500/10=50 lots so the maximum number of lots is 5 5x12=60 shortcakes
hope this helps

Answered by RhysH | 2024-06-24

Liz made 30 shortcakes using 25ml of milk. Robert can make a maximum of 60 shortcakes with the ingredients he has. Both calculations are based on how many batches of the recipe can be made with the available ingredients.
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Answered by RhysH | 2024-09-26