Fractions… (Dun, dun, dun) ScalingConverting WorkKeys Questions

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2 (the 3s on top and bottom cancel)

6

4¼=17/4

10/6 = 5/3

A recipe calls for 1½ cups of flour. How much flour do you need when you triple the recipe?

4 ½ cups

A recipe calls for ¾ cup sugar. Find how much I need when I double the recipe.

1½ cups

A recipe calls for 1 1/3 cups of flour. Find how much flour I need when I cut the recipe in half.

A recipe calls for ½ tsp of salt. I’m only making a quarter of my original recipe size. How much salt do I need now?

My recipe serves 6 people, but I need it to serve 14. If the 6 person recipe calls for 1 cup of sugar, how much sugar do I need for the 14-person recipe?

2 1/3 cups

A. I need 3 cups of stock for my recipe, but the packages come in mL. How many mL of stock do I need? 1 cup = 240 mL B. If a recipe calls for 480 mL and I want to measure in cups, how many cups do I need?

A.240*3 = 720 mL B.480/240= 2 cups

If 1 Tb = cup, how many cups is 4 Tb?

I need 60 ounces of sugar. How many pounds of sugar is that? 1 lb = 16 oz I can only buy in 2 lb bags. How many bags of sugar do I need?

I need 2 2lb bags of sugar.

I need 3 quarts of stock to make my favorite soup. A. How many fluid ounces of stock is this? 1 cup = 8 fl oz 1 Quart = 4 cups. B. If the store only sells stock in 26 oz containers, how many do I need?

B. I need 4 containers

My recipe calls for 225 g of rice. About how many cups of rice do I need? 1 Tb = 14 grams 1 cup = 16 Tbs

You are cook at a diner and must prepare 14 omelettes. If you need 4 eggs for each omelette, how many eggs will you use altogether? A.2 B.4 C.6 D.14 E.56

E. 56 eggs

You are a baker and have to make a batch of doughnuts. You need 3/8 of a cup of shortening for every 12 doughnuts. If you need to make 96 doughnuts, how much shortening do you need? A.3 cups B.5 cups C.8 cups D.12 cups E.288 cups

A. 3 cups

You run a gourmet food shop. You want to purchase 150 pounds of Parmesan cheese, which is sold by the kilogram. About how many kilograms would you have to purchase? (1 kg = 2.2 lbs) A.68 B.75 C.83 D.330 E.680

A. 68 kg

A visiting pastry chef has asked you to assist in making the desserts for his restaurant’s dinner guests. His recipe calls for 63 grams of cherry preserves. Your measuring cup lists amounts in ounces. About how many ounces of cherry preserves will you need? (1 ounce = grams) A.0.45 B.2.2 C.28.4 D.1008 E.1,786.1

B. 2.2 ounces

You work at a soda fountain. If one serving of hot fudge topping is 3 ounces, about how many hot fudge sundaes can be topped with 2 gallons of hot-fudge topping? (1 cup = 8 ounces, 1 quart = 4 cups, 1 gallon= 4 quarts) A. 42 B. 64 C. 85 D. 128 E. 170

C. 85 servings