Tyler bought 50 oz of flour for his bakery. He used 16.2 oz to make a loaf of bread, and 0.71 oz for each muffin. How many muffins did Tyler make if he had 21.02 oz of flour left over?

Answer 1

Hi Mareiya R.

Since you are given the total amount, the amount used for the loaf of bread and left overs, the difference between these values divided by the ounces per muffin which is also given can be used to find the number of muffins made

50 oz = Total

21.02 oz = Left over

16.2 oz = Used for the loaf of bread

0.71 oz = is needed for each muffin

Let n = number of muffins

0.71n = 50 - (16.2 + 21.02)

0.71n = 12.78

n = 12.78/.71

n = 18

You can check this value as follows

50 -(16.2 + 12.78) = 21.02

50 - 28.98 = 21.02

21.02 = 21.02

I hope this answers your question.

Answer 2

So for this, you can do some simple math to figure it out.

First, you start with 50oz.

Then you subtract 16.2oz for the bread (33.8oz left)

Then subtract the 21.02 that needs to be leftover at the end. (12.78 oz to make muffins)

Now that you know how many oz of flour is put aside for muffin making, you just divide it by the 0.71oz per muffin.

12.78 oz / .71 = 18 muffins

Ta-dah!

Answer 3

When you think about this type of question, you want to have these steps in mind.

First - Tyler bought 50 oz of flour. => The whole is 50 oz.

Second - He used 16.2 oz to make a loaf of bread. => The whole decreased 16.2 oz.

Third - He made an unknown amount of muffin, 0.71 oz each.

=> The decreased amount is based on how many muffins he made. It will be the product of the number of muffins he made and 0.71 oz

Last - He has 21.02 oz of Flour left in the end.

Can you try to solve it?

50-16.2-21.02=12.78

12.78÷0.71 = 18