A recipe requires 2 1/2 (mixed number) cups of flour 2 3/4 (mixed number) cups of sugar and 1 1/3 (mixed number) cups of milk to make one cake. Victor has 15 cups if flour, 16 cups of sugar and 8 cups of milk. What is the greatest number of cakes tom can make using this recipe? Choose the correct choice from the following: A) 5 B) 6 C) 7 D) 8 E) 9

Rationale: less work up front : go through each item and see what the greatest number of cakes you can make with each . the lowest of these will be the right answer . flour : 15 cups , we need 2.5 cups each . just keep going up the line to see how many cakes we can make : that means i can make 2 cakes with 5 cups , so 6 cakes overall with 15 cups . i ' ve already got the answer narrowed to either a or b . sugar : 16 cups , we need 2.75 cups each . same principle . i can make 2 cups with 5.5 cups , so to make 6 cakes i ' d need 16.5 cups . i do n ' t have that much sugar , so we ' re limited to 5 cakes . no need to even do milk because we ' re already at 5 . sugar will be the limiting factor . answer is a
Answer: A