Most basic cooking recipes call for 3 basic ingredients, flour, sugar, and butter! Do I have enough ingredients already in my cupboard to make waffles and pancakes for my friends? In order to have enough for everyone, I'll need to double the recipe!
Cooking Conundrum 1.mp4
Do I have enough of each ingredient to double each of my recipes? If so...how much of each ingredient will I have left?
What is an amount you know is too high to have left? How do you know?
Butter
Flour
Sugar
What's an amount you know is too low to have left? How do you know?
Butter
Flour
Sugar
What information doesn't matter? What information do you need to answer this question? Make your best guess for these amounts!
Solve the problem with the guesses you made!
Does your answer logically make sense? Why or Why Not?
ACT 2
Please remember you MUST complete ALL OF act 1 first
Cooking Conundrum 2.mp4
Use the resources below to find the actual amounts of ingredients available.
Do your best to solve the problem using the actual ingredient amounts
Reveal
How much of each ingredient was actually used...how much was left?
Cooking Conundrum 3.mp4
Classwork/Sequel
The waffles and pancakes were a big success! Now I've been asked to make more waffles and pancakes the next day. This time I do not need to double the recipe!
1. Do I have enough ingredients leftover to make a single recipe of waffles, and a single recipe of pancakes? Explain your answer.
2. If I don't have enough, how much more of each ingredient (if necessary) would I need to buy?