ACTIVITY 6 KITCHEN CALCULATIONS

Crepe Suzegg and Albert Eggstein have been put in charge of the food committee for the Eggmont County Elementary School Fair. Since some of the people attending the fair will come straight from school and stay for hours, they plan to include many food choices so that the guests can have a balanced dinner.  There will also be sweets and snacks for those who have already had dinner.

Crepe and Albert are really excited about their assignment, but they’ve already had some problems while planning this event. With the information below, help them figure out the answers to their problems.  

  1. Two schools participated in the fair last year – Eggmont and Eggleston elementary schools. The total combined attendance was 1,350. If three more schools plan to participate this year with the same number per school as last year, how many guests should they plan to serve?  _______________________

  2. Deviled eggs are always a big success at the fair. Crepe and Albert estimate that they will need 1,560 deviled egg halves to meet the demand. How many dozen eggs do they need to buy?  ______________________________

  3. Right now, eggs cost about 90 cents per dozen. How much money will it cost the food committee to make 1,560 deviled egg halves?  ____________________

  4. Crepe’s and Albert’s trail mix uses 120 ounces of cereal, 50 ounces of mixed dried fruits, and 80 ounces of nuts. After the ingredients are all mixed together, how many plastic bags holding 5 ounces each do they need to buy?  ______________________

  5. For the pasta salad, 2 ounces of dried pasta equals 1/2 cup serving of cooked pasta. How many 16-ounce packages do they need to buy in order to feed 240 people? How many for 720 people? ______________________________

  6. 15 dozen eggs are needed for the sponge cake rolls. If 6 eggs are needed for each sponge cake, how many cakes are they going to be able to make? _____________________

  7. Each sponge cake can be cut into 10 or 12 servings. What is the smallest number of people they will be able to serve from the number of cakes they make? What is the greatest number of people they will be able to serve? ___________________________

CHALLENGE PROBLEM!

Crepe’s and Albert’s main dish is a broccoli and chicken quiche, using 18 eggs and 4 cans of chicken. If 1 egg equals 1 ounce of protein and the canned chicken contains about 6 ounces of protein per can, how many 2-ounce servings of protein will they be able to cut from their large baking pan?

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