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Advanced MathEasyEggs for cakes and glaze

Advanced Math practice question

A recipe uses a eggs for each cake and b eggs for the glaze that covers all the cakes. If a = 2 and b = 5, how many eggs are needed for 3 cakes with glaze?

Answer: 11

3a + b = 3(2) + 5 = 11.

Common wrong answers

If you answered 7
7 is a + b, forgetting the three cakes.
If you answered 17
17 uses 3b + a.
If you answered 21
21 uses 3(a + b).

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