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Comparing the masses of different cakes

Comparing weights of cakes
Close up of cakes
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Work out which of the two portions of cakes has the greater mass:

3/17 a cake where the mass of the cake is 2.7kg, or 2/13 or 2/13 of a cake where the whole cake has a mass of 3.1kg.

The solution is in the video in the next step.

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