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Recipe scaling
Printable practice with an answer key the engine computes, at three levels, in as many versions as you need.
Problem types
- more servings, a whole number of batches: A recipe for 4 people uses 6 potatoes. How many potatoes for 12 people?
- fewer servings: A recipe for 12 people uses 18 potatoes. How many potatoes for 4 people?
- the servings from the ingredient: A recipe for 4 people uses 6 potatoes. With 18 potatoes, the recipe is for how many people?
- servings that are no whole number of batches: A recipe for 4 people uses 6 potatoes. How many potatoes for 10 people?
- a three-part recipe: Nuts, raisins and pretzels 3 : 2 : 4. With 9 cups of nuts, how many cups of raisins?
Sample Sheet · Level 1
- 18 pancakes: 2 cups of milk. How many cups of milk for 36 pancakes?
- 36 blueberry muffins: 6 cups of blueberries. How many cups of blueberries for 18 blueberry muffins?
- 24 cookies: 2 cups of sugar. With 8 cups of sugar, the recipe is for how many cookies?
- 10 muffins: 2 eggs. With 4 eggs, the recipe is for how many muffins?
- 24 people: 8 cups of rice. How many cups of rice for 6 people?
- 5 servings: 4 cups of oats. With 8 cups of oats, the recipe is for how many servings?
- 20 people: 12 potatoes. How many potatoes for 10 people?
- 24 blueberry muffins: 4 cups of blueberries. How many cups of blueberries for 48 blueberry muffins?
Answer key
- 4 cups of milk
- 3 cups of blueberries
- 96 cookies
- 20 muffins
- 2 cups of rice
- 10 servings
- 6 potatoes
- 8 cups of blueberries
Sample Sheet · Level 3
- 24 cookies: 3 cups of sugar. How many cups of sugar for 96 cookies?
- 18 people: 33 potatoes. How many potatoes for 12 people?
- 24 servings: 12 cups of oats. How many cups of oats for 16 servings?
- 8 pancakes: 2 cups of milk. With 12 cups of milk, the recipe is for how many pancakes?
- 24 people: 36 potatoes. How many potatoes for 12 people?
- 36 muffins: 8 eggs. How many eggs for 18 muffins?
- Cups of strawberries, cups of bananas, cups of yogurt: 6 : 4 : 5. With 16 cups of bananas, how many cups of strawberries?
- 16 blueberry muffins: 2 cups of blueberries. How many cups of blueberries for 48 blueberry muffins?
Answer key
- 12 cups of sugar
- 22 potatoes
- 8 cups of oats
- 48 pancakes
- 18 potatoes
- 4 eggs
- 24 cups of strawberries
- 6 cups of blueberries
Make your own
Pick the count, the level and the version, and print it with work space and the key on its own page. The same skill also makes an I Do, We Do, You Do lesson, a Mosaic, a Decoder and more.