Brain Fade - Maths

[chrissa1]

A tray is 600mm x 500mm. The cakes to be baked are 25cms in diameter.

How many cake tins will fit in the tray?

I got 2.4 but, that can't be right. Helpppppp.

[bhg481]

4
2 x 25 cm = 50cm

So 2 across and 2 along = 4 cake tins.

[Prudie]

Yep 4

[chrissa1]

Duh!! That easy?? Thanks.

[Buenchico]

Length = 600mm = 60cm.

So the number of trays that will fit in row = 2 (with gaps totalling 10cm)

Height = 500mm = 50cm

So the number of rows that can be fitted it (at a tight squeeze, with no gaps) = 2

Thus we have 2 rows of 2 = 4 cake tins

[Buenchico]

I must learn to type faster!

[-Talbot-]

It wasn't easy for me.

looked at the Q twice in latest posts and both times thought 'who the funicular is Brian Fade?'

[chrissa1]

:))

[chrissa1]

I was getting the area of the tray and the area of one tin. Being, too complicated. Thanks.

[Old_Geezer]

It doesn't say they have to remain whole ;-)
0.3/0.049087385 = 6.111549815 cakes

[Prudie]

Wasn't Brain Fade in Westlife or something :-)

[Old_Geezer]

Ah now I see you have inserted the word 'tins' into the question. I missed that and thought these were blobs of cake mix :-(

[Prudie]

Brian Fade even...

[aelmpvw]

i wouldn't be able to get those trays in my oven

[Old_Geezer]

It wouldn't be a tight squeeze would it ? You'd offset the tins because the 600mm dimension has 100mm spare so you can overlap one row with the other.

[Prudie]

I was going to say is the just a question or is it really for baking because that tray wouldn't begin to fit in my oven

[Mamyalynne]

Nor in mine.

[chrissa1]

No. It was just a question. :)