A recipe for bread calls for 4 cups of flour, 1 pint of water, 2 tablespoons of yeast,
and 1 teaspoon of salt. The diagram below represents 1 batch of bread.
1 cup
1 cup
1 cup 1 cup
1 pint
1 tablespoon
1 tablespoon
1 teaspoon
a. How much of each ingredient is needed for 2 batches of bread? Draw a diagram
that shows this for your reference.
b. How much of each ingredient is needed for 3 batches of bread? Draw a diagram
that shows this for your reference..
c. How much of each ingredient is needed for 5 batches of bread? (Can you answer
this without drawing a diagram?)
d. What is the ratio of flour to yeast in five batches of bread?