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1. Omar is making Shortbread for 16 people.
He has found a recipe with this list of ingredients on a website.
How much of each ingredient will he need for 16 people?
Butter: ................................g
Caster Sugar: ................................g
Plain Flour: ................................g
Corn our: ................................g
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2. Here is a recipe for Scones.
How much of each ingredient would be needed to make scones for 2 people?
Butter: ................................g
Flour: ................................g
Baking Power: ................................teaspoons
Buttermilk: ................................ml
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3. Shown below is a recipe for Stuffed Turkey.
Mary wants to make Stuffed Turkey for 10 people.
How much of each ingredient is needed?
Include units.
Turkey: ................................
Red Onions: ................................
Garlic Cloves: ................................
Chestnut Mushrooms: ................................
Spinach: ................................
Chicken Stock: ................................
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4. Here is a list of ingredients to make vegetable soup for 6 people.
Serves 6
3 onions
300g carrots
260g potatoes
150g celery
1.4 litres vegetable stock
Jessica wants to make enough soup for 9 people.
Work out how much of each of the ingredients she needs.
Onions: ................................onions
Carrots: ................................g
Potatoes: ................................g
Celery: ................................g
Vegetable Stock: ................................litres
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5. Richard wants to make Shortbread for 3 people.
He has this recipe.
How much of each ingredient will Richard need for 3 people?
Butter: ................................g
Caster Sugar: ................................g
Plain Flour: ................................g
Corn our: ................................g
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6. Donna uses this recipe for Chilli Con Carne.
Donna is going to use this recipe to make Chilli Con Carne for 15 people.
(a) Work out how many grams of mince she needs.
.........................g
(2)
Shane uses the same recipe.
He uses 1.2 kilograms of tomatoes.
(b) How many people is Shane making Chilli Con Carne for?
.........................
(2)
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7. Thomas has a recipe for making Rice Krispie cakes.
The recipe uses 120g of chocolate and 80g of Rice Krispies to make 12 cakes.
(a) How much chocolate should Thomas use to make 30 cakes?
.........................g
(2)
(b) What is 120g out of 200g expressed as a percentage?
.........................%
(1)
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8. Ella is making chocolate rice krispy cakes.
Here is a list of ingredients needed to make 8 cakes.
Makes 8
150g chocolate
100g butter
60ml golden syrup
100g Rice Krispies
Ella has
400g chocolate
175g butter
100ml golden syrup
280g Rice Krispies
Ella is going to make 36 cakes.
Work out how much more of each ingredient Ella needs.
Chocolate: ................................g
Butter: ................................g
Golden Syrup: ................................ml
Rice Krispies: ................................g
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9. Jo has a recipe for Bolognese Sauce,
She only has 400g of minced beef.
How much of the other ingredients should she use?
Chopped Tomatoes: ................................g
Mushrooms: ................................g
Chicken Stock: ................................g
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10. Nancy is making cupcakes.
Makes 15
120g flour
135g caster sugar
300g icing sugar
3 eggs
260g butter
Nancy has
360g our
450g caster sugar
850g icing sugar
12 eggs
760g butter
Work out the greatest number of cupcakes that Nancy can make.
.........................
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11. Harry is making doughnuts to sell for a charity fundraiser.
Here is the list of ingredients needed to make 12 doughnuts.
Makes 12
300g flour
45g caster sugar
2 eggs
60g butter
He has 290g of caster sugar and plenty of the other ingredients.
Harry makes as many as possible and sells all the doughnuts for £1.80 each.
How much money does Harry raise for charity?
.........................
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12. The table shows information about the protein content of yoghurt bars.
The yoghurt bars are sold in 520g packs.
(a) Work out how many bars there are in a pack.
.........................
(2)
Snack size yoghurt bars are made using the same recipe.
Snack size bars are sold in 140g packs.
There are 5 bars in each pack.
(b) Complete the table for the snack size biscuits.
(3)
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13. Adil is making concrete using cement, sand and gravel in the ratio 1 : 2 : 3
He has 43kg cement
83kg sand
151kg gravel
What is the maximum amount of concrete that Adil can make?
.........................kg
(2)
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