If a single cook can bake 3 large cakes per hour and the kitchen is available for 4 hours, a single cook can bake 3 x 4 = 12 large cakes during that time. 20 large cakes are needed for the party so \( \frac{20}{12} \) = 1\(\frac{2}{3}\) cooks are needed to bake the required number of large cakes.

If a single cook can bake 20 small cakes per hour and the kitchen is available for 4 hours, a single cook can bake 20 x 4 = 80 small cakes during that time. 220 small cakes are needed for the party so \( \frac{220}{80} \) = 2\(\frac{3}{4}\) cooks are needed to bake the required number of small cakes.

Because you can't employ a fractional cook, round the number of cooks needed for each type of cake up to the next whole number resulting in 2 + 3 = 5 cooks.

The ratio of football cards to baseball cards is 3:2 and the ratio of baseball cards to basketball cards is 3:1. To solve this problem, we need the baseball card side of each ratio to be equal so we need to rewrite the ratios in terms of a common number of baseball cards. (Think of this like finding the common denominator when adding fractions.) The ratio of football to baseball cards can also be written as 9:6 and the ratio of baseball cards to basketball cards as 6:2. So, the ratio of football cards to basketball cards is football:baseball, baseball:basketball or 9:6, 6:2 which reduces to 9:2.

Average speed in miles per hour is the number of miles traveled divided by the number of hours:

Solving for distance:

distance = \( \text{speed} \times \text{time} \)
distance = \( 75mph \times 9h \)
675 miles

A number with an exponent (b^e) consists of a base (b) raised to a power (e). The exponent indicates the number of times that the base is multiplied by itself. A base with an exponent of 1 equals the base (b¹ = b) and a base with an exponent of 0 equals 1 ( (b⁰ = 1).

Calculate the number of vans needed by dividing the number of people that need transported by the capacity of one van:

vans = \( \frac{39}{13} \) = 3