Name_________________________________ Date______________________

$250 Recipe Problem Solving

Directions: First, fill in the measurement chart. Then answer the questions, showing all your work on another sheet of paper. Tell which operation you used (add, subtract, multiply, or divide) to solve each problem.

 

Measurement Chart

    1 dozen = ______ items

    1 pound = ______ ounces

    1 cup = ______ ounces

 

Questions

  1. How many dozen cookies does this recipe make?

    Operation: __________________       Answer: __________________

  2. Write an improper fraction showing the amount of chocolate chips needed in pounds. Then reduce that fraction to a mixed number.

                   improper fraction   =   mixed number

    Answer: __________________ = ____________________

    Operation: __________________________

  3. One stick of butter weighs a quarter pound and is equal to 1/2 cup. How many sticks of butter do you need in this recipe?

    Operation: __________________       Answer: __________________

  4. You can bake just 24 cookies at a time on your cookie sheet. How many times will you have to fill the cookie sheet to make all of the cookies in one recipe?

    Operation: __________________       Answer: __________________

  5. Use these grocery store prices to figure out the total cost of one recipe of these cookies.

    Butter - $1.59 per pound    Flour - 10 cents per cup
    Sugar - 20 cents per cup    Oatmeal - 5 cents per cup
    Eggs - 84 cents per dozen    Salt - 1 cent per teaspoon
    Baking Soda - 1 cent per teaspoon    Baking Powder - 1 cent per teaspoon
    Vanilla - five cents per teaspoon    Chocolate chips - 10 cents per ounce
    Nuts - $1 for 8 ounces    Hershey bar (8 oz) - $2.29

    Operations: _________________ , _________________ and _________________

    Answer: ________________

  6. If you sold these cookies for $.25 each, how much money would you make as profit?

    Operations: ____________________ and ____________________

    Answer: __________________