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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
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How many dozen cookies does this recipe make?
Operation: __________________
Answer: __________________
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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: __________________________
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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: __________________
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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: __________________
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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: ________________
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If you sold these cookies for $.25 each, how much money would you make as profit?
Operations: ____________________ and ____________________
Answer: __________________
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