Recipe Conversions

Recipe Conversions

Melissa's favorite macaroni and cheese recipe makes enough for her to serve her family of 4. Today, she only needs enough to make dinner for herself.

Multiply each ingredient's amount by ? to calculate how much she needs.

Measurement x ?

Ingredient

8 x ? = _____ oz. dried macaroni noodles

2 x ? = _____ cups milk

2 x ? = _____Tbsp. flour

8 x ? = _____oz. shredded cheddar cheese

? x ? = _____tsp. salt

? x ? = _____tsp. pepper

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Now It's your turn! Write your favorite recipe on the card above. Make sure you know how many people it serves! Then, in the conversion table below, multiply the amounts of each ingredient by a fraction to make the recipe for less people, or a whole number to make it for more people. Examples:

? If you have a recipe that serves 12, but you only need to serve 6 people, you would multiply the ingredients listed by ?

? If you have a recipe that serves 6, but you want to serve 12 people, you would multiply the ingredients listed by 2

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Conversion Table:

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Ingredient _________________ _________________ _________________ _________________ _________________ _________________ _________________ _________________ _________________ _________________ _________________

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