To find out how many cakes John can bake, we need to divide the amount of sugar he has by the amount of sugar required per cake.
John has 5/2 kg of sugar.
The recipe calls for 1/4 kg of sugar per cake.
So, divide 5/2 kg of sugar by 1/4 kg per cake:
(5/2) รท (1/4)
To divide fractions, multiply the numerator of the first fraction by the reciprocal of the second fraction:
(5/2) * (4/1)
Multiply the numerators and the denominators:
(5 * 4) / (2 * 1) = 20/2
20/2 = 10
Therefore, John can bake 10 cakes. So the correct answer is 10 cakes.
A recipe calls for 1/4 kg of sugar per cake. If John has 5/2 kg of sugar, how many cakes can he bake?
5/4 cakes
8 cakes
10 cakes
12 cakes
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