Aruna cut a cake into two halves and cuts one half into smaller pieces of equal size. Each of the small pieces is twenty grams in weight. If she has seven pieces of the cake in all with her, how heavy was the original cake ?

A. 120 grams
B. 140 grams
C. 240 grams
D. 280 grams
E. None of these

• ANS C.240grams
  
  The seven pieces consist of 6 smaller equal pieces and one half cake piece.
  Weight of each small piece = 20 g.
  So, total weight of the cake = [2 x (20 x6)]g= 240 g.
  
• 12 years agoHelpfull: Yes(10) No(2)
• 240 grams..
  bcz out of 7 piceses 1 is half of total cake...
  remaining 6 are equal each weighs 20gms
  so 6*20=120gms is half cake
  so full cake weighs 240gms...
• 9 years agoHelpfull: Yes(1) No(1)
• E none of these whole cake is 80grams
• 7 years agoHelpfull: Yes(0) No(0)