Difficulty: Medium
Average Score: 92%
Practice
If a recipe requires 3 eggs for every pound of cake, how many pounds of cake can be made with 40 eggs?
Correct answer
C
Rationale
To determine the pounds of cake that can be made with 40 eggs, divide the total number of eggs by the eggs needed per pound of cake: 40 eggs ┬À 3 eggs/pound = 13 pounds of cake. Therefore, the correct answer is 13 pounds. Choice A, 12 pounds, is incorrect because it does not consider the ratio of eggs to cake. Choice B, 14 pounds, and Choice D, 15 pounds, are incorrect as they do not reflect the correct calculation based on the given ratio in the question.