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MATH chapters 1 and 2 Answers 1. Ms. Smith paid $8.24 for 600 grams of honey. Her cookie recipe uses 10oz. What is the cost of the honey? $3.84 Calculation: 600gm/28 = 21.42oz $8.24/21.420z = .384/oz x 10 = 3.85 2. The dietitian orders that a patient receive 90 grams of protein per meal. How many ounces of protein do you need to provide to the patient per meal? 3.2oz 90gm/28 = 3.2 3. A ½ gallon of orange juice costs $2.29. Your cake recipe uses ½ cup. How much does ½ cup of juice cost? $.14 Calculation: ½ gal =16 (1/2c) $2.29/16 = $.14 4. A bread recipe uses 2 cup of flour. It takes 3 ½ cups of flour to weigh 1 pound. If flour is $ 5.69 per 5lb bag, how much does 2 cups cost? $.65 Calculation: $5.69/5lb = $1.138/lb $1.138lb/3.5c = $.325/c x 2 = .65 5. How many ½ cups in1 quart of milk? 8 6. You are catering a large event. You need 600-8oz servings of punch and 300-6oz servings of punch. How many gallons of punch should you make? 52gal Calculation: 600 x 8oz = 4800oz + 300 x 6oz = 1800 = 6600 oz /128oz = 51.56gal 7. You need to convert a recipe for yellow squash soup. The recipe yields 2.75 gallons. You need to make 6.5 gallons. What is the conversion factor? 2.36 Calculation: 6.5gal/2.75gal = 2.36 8. Your recipe for Banana Bread makes only 2 gallons of batter. You need to make 320 muffins. Each muffin tin pan has 6 muffin cups. 1 cup holds 6 fluid ounces of batter. Find the appropriate conversion factor. 7.5 Need (new) 320 x 6oz = 1920 oz, Have (old) 2 gallons = 256 oz 1920/256 = 7.5 9. Your recipe for vanilla sauce produces 1 ½ quarts. You need 2 gallons. What is your conversion factor? 5.33 Need 2 gallons, have 1.5 quarts. 8quarts (2 gal)/1.5 = 5.33

Complete this chart by filling in the blanks with the equivalent measures. The shaded areas do not need to be filled Ounce Cups Pints Quarts Gallons 8 oz 1 cup 16 oz 2 cups 1 pint 32 oz 4 cups 2 pints 1 quart 64 oz 8 cups 4 pints 2 quarts ½ gallon 128 oz 16 cups 8 pints 4 quarts 1 gallon 3 teaspoons = _1___ Tablespoon 4 Tablespoons = _1/4__ cup = 2 oz

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