Kane's bakery makes 4 flavour of pie. The weight of each flavour pie is follow:

Apple pie - 700g

Banoffee pie - 725g

Custard pie - 600g

Rhubarb pie - 675g

Robert makes an order for 4 apple pies, 8 banoffee pies, 3 custard pies & 5 rhubarb pies to sell at a fundraiser.

Kane packs the order into boxes that can each hold 4kg. What is the fewest number of boxes he can pack the order into?

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Rory

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24 July, 14:09

Kane's bakery makes 4 flavour of pie. The weight of each flavour pie is follow:

Apple pie - 700g

Banoffee pie - 725g

Custard pie - 600g

Rhubarb pie - 675g

Robert makes an order for 4 apple pies, 8 banoffee pies, 3 custard pies & 5 rhubarb pies to sell at a fundraiser.

Kane packs the order into boxes that can each hold 4kg. What is the fewest number of boxes he can pack the order into?

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Finn Price · Answer 1

The total mass of the order is

... 4 * (.700 kg) + 8 * (.725 kg) + 3 * (.600 kg) + 5 * (.675 kg) = 13.775 kg

... 13.755/4 ≈ 3.44, so a minimum of 4 boxes will be required.

The pies can be packed 5 to a box in any combination.

The order will require 4 boxes