Calculate 10% of 2kg: Finding Chocolate Content in Cake

Question

The weight of a cake is 2 kg, 10% of which is chocolate.

How many kg of chocolate are there in the cake?

Step-by-Step Solution

To solve this problem, we'll follow these steps:

  • Step 1: Identify the given information
  • Step 2: Apply the appropriate formula
  • Step 3: Perform the necessary calculations

Now, let's work through each step:


Step 1: The total weight of the cake is 2kg2\, \text{kg}, and chocolate makes up 10%10\% of this.


Step 2: To find the weight of the chocolate, we use the formula: Chocolate weight=(Percentage100)×Total weight of the cake \text{Chocolate weight} = \left( \frac{\text{Percentage}}{100} \right) \times \text{Total weight of the cake} This is: Chocolate weight=(10100)×2 \text{Chocolate weight} = \left( \frac{10}{100} \right) \times 2

Step 3: Performing the calculation: =0.1×2=0.2 = 0.1 \times 2 = 0.2

Therefore, the weight of the chocolate in the cake is 0.2kg0.2\, \text{kg}.

Checking the multiple-choice options, the correct choice is the one with 0.20.2, which corresponds to choice 44.

Answer

0.2