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Baking with Fractions
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Baking with Fractions
🧁 Part 1: Recipe Scaling Calculations
1. Your chocolate chip biscuit recipe serves 4 people, but you need to serve 6 people. What scaling factor will you use?
3/2
2/3
6/4
4/6
2. If your original recipe calls for 2/3 cup of flour and you're scaling by 3/2, how much flour do you need?
Answer: ________ cup(s) of flour
3. Your recipe needs 1¼ cups of sugar, but you're making half the recipe. How much sugar do you measure?
5/8 cup
2/3 cup
3/4 cup
1/2 cup
4. Which measuring tools would be most accurate for 3/8 cup of milk? (Select all that apply)
1/4 cup + 1/8 cup
3 tablespoons
6 tablespoons
1/2 cup - 1/8 cup
📝 Part 2: Baking Process Reflection
5. Describe one challenge you faced when measuring fractional amounts during your baking. How did you solve it?
6. Your recipe called for 2¾ teaspoons of vanilla, but you only have a 1/2 teaspoon measure. Explain your strategy for measuring the correct amount.
7. Why is precise measurement important in baking? Give two mathematical reasons.
🎯 Part 3: Real-World Applications
8. If your scaled recipe cost $8.50 to make and serves 6 people, what is the cost per serving? Show your working.
Cost per serving: $ ________
9. You want to make your biscuits for a school fundraiser. If you can sell each biscuit for $2.00 and your recipe makes 24 biscuits, how much profit will you make? (Use your cost from question 8)
Total profit: $ ________
10. Reflect on today's baking experience. How did using fractions and scaling help you succeed in the kitchen?
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