Math Kangaroo (Benjamin) 2021 Problem No 22

Try this beautiful Problem based on simple Arithmetic appeared in Math Kangaroo (Benjamin) - 2021.

Math Kangaroo (Benjamin) 2021 | Problem No 22

Maurice asked the canteen chef for the recipe for his pancakes. Maurice has 6 eggs, $400 \mathrm{~g}$ flour, 0,5 liters of milk and $200 \mathrm{~g}$ butter. What is the largest number of pancakes he can make using this recipe?

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Key Concepts

Arithmetic

Division

Multiplication

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Try with Hints

Hint 1

For $100$ pancakes we need -

$25$ eggs
$4$ Litres milk
$5 kg$ flour
$1 kg$ butter.

Now calculate for one pancake how much ingredient is needed?

Hint 2

For one pancake we need,

$0.25$ egg

$0.04$ Litres milk

$0.05 kg$ flour

$0.01 kg$ butter.

Calculate how many pancakes can be made with each ingredients available.

Hint 3

With $6$ eggs we can have $24$ pancakes.

With $400 g$ flour we can have $8$ pancakes.

With $0.5 $ Litres milk we can have $12.5$ pancakes.

With $200 g$ butter we can have $20$ pancakes.

Compare the number of pancakes for each ingredient to make the pancake complete.

Hint 4

So, we can have $8$ pancakes complete.

Math Kangaroo (Benjamin) 2021 | Problem No 22

Maurice asked the canteen chef for the recipe for his pancakes. Maurice has 6 eggs, $400 \mathrm{~g}$ flour, 0,5 liters of milk and $200 \mathrm{~g}$ butter. What is the largest number of pancakes he can make using this recipe?