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Read the serving target.
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Ratio Recipe Ducks
Scale recipes with ratios.
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Scale every ingredient.
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Check whole packs and leftovers.
Year 7–8 maths mission
Catering Ratio Challenge
Keep the taste right, feed everyone and avoid a wasteful order.
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Preview mode. You can complete the whole mission, but this run is not recorded.
- 1BriefUnderstand the job
- 2BuildBuild a model
- 3DecideMake a decision
- 4DebriefConnect it to a test
Year 7 breakfast club
Base recipe4 people
Actual order18 people
oats3 cups for 4
× ?milk2 cups for 4
× ?berries1 cups for 4
× ?Find one multiplier
Start with how many times larger the order is.
Compare servestarget ÷ base
Keep the ratiomultiply every ingredient
Check stockdivide by pack size, then round