Make full use of Pan's efficiency and minimize time. You can fry four cakes at the same time. Because it takes four minutes to fry 1, it takes four minutes to fry four at the same time.
Then you can bake six cakes on the front of the four cakes, take out two cakes two minutes later, and then put the remaining two cakes in.
After another 2 minutes, the two cakes put in the pot for the first time were baked and taken out, and then the two cakes taken out before were put in and baked opposite.
In two minutes, all six cakes will be baked.
Then the total time is 2+2+2=6 (minutes)
So mom can bake six cakes in six minutes.
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This kind of problem belongs to pancake problem in mathematics, and the formula of pancake problem is:
Total time = number of cakes × 2÷ quantity per pot × time for baking each surface.
When the time is not an integer, approximate it with the method of entering one.
For example, when the number of cakes is 4, each pot is 3, and each side is baked for 2 minutes, according to the formula, 4×2÷3×2≈6 points.
When a pot can only bake two cakes: total time = time to bake one side × number of cakes.