PBL Math
Baking For How Many?!
Algebra/Culinary Arts
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Part I: The Recipe

Suppose you would like to have a party and want to make your favorite cake. Find the recipe for your favorite cake and fill in the following chart for the ingredients and amount for each ingredient. Make sure to include the units of measurement (tsp, cups, tbsp, etc.).

Name of Recipe:

Ingredients Amounts Units
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How many people does this recipe serve?
What is the preparation plus cooking time? (in minutes)

Optional: You can use the following spaces to copy and paste the link of the website to your favorite recipe. In addition, you may also copy and paste the directions to make your favorite cake.

Link:

Directions:

Part II: The Invites

Suppose you'd like to invite the entire class and anyone else outside your class to your party (don't forget your family!). How many people would you invite?

Number of partygoers (including yourself):
It is not proper ettiquette to uninvite people to your party. You may invite more people to your party but not uninvite people.

Part III: The Problem (and the Solution)

Adjusted Number of Guests:

How would you modify the recipe to accommodate everyone?

Ingredients Amounts Units Scalar New Amounts

Suppose you're lucky enough to find a cake pan that is large enough to bake the equivalence of 2 cakes at a time, what will be your new cooking time?