Question

Maria has baked a cake for Cathy's birthday. The dimensions of the cake are inches 13 1/2 by 6 3/4 inches. The cake is going to be cut into squares with each piece being approximately 5.55% of the cake, which should give a total of ? pieces of cake with each piece having a side length of ? inches.

How many pieces of cake will there be and how big will each piece be?

Answer 1

@paki

Answer 2

@ThisIsAdriAtHerBest

Answer 3

@mathmale

Answer 4

Why not find the total area of the cake first, and then determine what 5.5% of that area is?

Answer 5

How do you find the area of a rectangle whose length is L and whose width is W?

Answer 6

A calculator
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Answer 7

How do you find the area of a rectangle whose length is 13 1/2 inches and whose width is 6 3/4 inches?

Answer 8

And what operation would you have the calculator doing for you?

Answer 9

What is the value of the product (13 1/2)*(6 3/4)?

Answer 10

Don't worry about it. I got it right. Thanks. :)

Answer 11

OK. Good for you!

Answer 12

rti

Answer 13

rethyrtre

Answer 14

6yheh

Answer 15

4h

Answer 16

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