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 Fraction Concepts Covered by Page

Page Concepts Covered

Building a Bakery Equivalent Fractions, Reducing Fractions, Basic Fractions of Whole
Numbers
Baker’s Rack Reducing Fractions, Equivalent Fractions, Comparing Fractions,
Adding Fractions
Breaking the Bread Drawing, Writing, and Identifying Fractions

Get Busy Baking Multiplying & Dividing fractions by whole numbers, Mixed Numbers,
Adding & Subtracting Fractions
Get Busy Baking 2 Multiplying fractions by whole numbers, Mixed Numbers, Adding &
Subtracting
Recipe Card Fraction Skill Review (Comparing, multiplying, dividing, etc.)
Reading
Measuring Madness Decomposing Fractions, Finding fraction combinations to equal a
larger fraction
Measuring Madness Finding fraction combinations to equal a larger fraction
2
Baking for Bucks* Multiply & Divide Fractions and Whole Numbers, Decimal
Conversions* (If you don’t want your students to convert between
fractions & Decimals, have them skip the last column)

Stock Versus Sold Writing Fractions, Mixed Numbers, Comparing

Splitting the Snacks Identifying Fractional Parts

Robot Takeover Dividing Fractions

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BREAKING UP
THE BAKERY

_________________________’s
Official Bakery Opening Documents
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_________________________’s
Official Bakery Opening Documents
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 Building A Bakery
Hooray! Your dreams are coming true, and you are building your very own bakery. Whether you
want to be like Buddy Valastro on Cake Boss, The Sisters on DC Cupcakes, or Duff Goldman on Ace
of Cakes, you are going to have a blast exploring the ins and outs of your new bakery. Before the
flour gets flying and you fire up the ovens, we must find the perfect place to call home.

_____________________________’s Bakery
Bakery Name: ______________________________
Bakery Slogan: ____________________________

Draw Your Bakery’s Sign & Logo Below

The location you choose costs $1,000 per month to rent. Your bakery is located in a large shopping center. The
The bakery that you almost rented was ¼ the cost but entire shopping center is 4,500 square feet. Your bakery
was much too small. How much was the other bakery per takes up only 1/10 of that space. How many square feet is
month? your bakery?

There is an ice cream & candy shop next door that is the 100/225 square feet of your bakery will be used as your
same size as your bakery. How many thirtieths of the storefront, where customers come to visit. The rest will
space does it take up? (Think: Equivalent Fractions!) be used for storage and baking. In simplest form, what
fraction of space will be for storage and baking?

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 Baker’s Rack
As you begin to plan out your bakery, your first order of business is determining how
much of each of your baked goods you will have for sale. Let the planning begin!

Bakery Items
You have six different varieties of baked goods in your store, including cupcakes, bread, pies, brownies, cakes, and cookies.
To begin, you will have 126 items in your store every day. Complete the table to show what fraction of each item you will
have in your store each day. Reduce the fraction to simplest terms, then write another fraction that is equivalent.

Fraction in Reduced Equivalent

Type of Item
store Simplest Form Fraction
Cupcakes 24/126 ________
Bread 6/126 ________
Pie 12/126 ________
Brownies ___ /126 2/7
Cakes ___ /126 1/21
Cookies ___ /126 1/3

Use < , > , or = to compare Add or subtract to find the total fraction on baked goods.
the fraction of baked *Challenge: Use only the numbers from “Equivalent Fractions”*
goods in the store.
Pie + Bread = ______ Cookies – Cake = ______
Cookies ____ Brownies
Cupcakes ____Brownies Cupcakes + Cookies = ______ Brownies – Bread = ______
Cakes ____Bread Brownies + Cake = ______ Cupcake – Pie = ______
Brownies ____Pie Pie + Cookies = ______ Bread – Cake = ______

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 “Breaking the Bread”
Each cake you make, every batch of cookies you mix, and each pie you toss in the
oven will need to be divided into single servings. Complete the math problems below
to practice drawing and identifying fractions based on the treats in your bakery!
This chocolate cake is divided This cherry pie is cut into 8 The chocolate bar below
into 14 equal parts. Divide the equally sized pieces. Divide the shows the amount of
cake to represent each part. pie to represent each part. chocolate left after baking..

5 of the rectangles were used

for chocolate cake, and 2 of the
rectangles were used for cookies.
Label each of the empty sections
for their use, then write the
Now, draw sprinkles on fraction used for each item, as
half of the slices and well as the fractional amount
Now, put a dollop of whipped that was left over.
write the fraction of cream on 4/8 of the slices.
sprinkled pieces below. Then, write an equivalent
fraction to the fractions of
pieces without whipped cream.

Complicated Cookies
A batch of cookie dough made 24 large cookies. ¼ were plain chocolate chip, 1/6 had chocolate chips and
oatmeal, 1/3 had chocolate chips and pecans, and the rest had all three goodies. (Chocolate chips, pecans,
AND oatmeal.) Draw a picture to represent the batch of cookies, drawing and labeling each cookie type.

What fraction of each type What fraction of cookies had Write the fraction of each
of cookie was there? oatmeal? type of cookie using the same
denominator.

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 Get Busy Baking
Before now, you have only had to worry about baking for a few people at one time.
Now, you will be baking for an entire city of patrons! You are going to need to adjust
your recipes to make larger batches that are equally as delicious.
Grandma’s Famous Apple Pie
Complete the chart to figure out your new recipes
Original Improper *Bonus*
Ingredient Doubled
Amount Fraction Halved

Pie Crust 2 H Cups

Apples 5 H Cups
Butter 7/4 Cups
Flour f Cup
Cinnamon 13/4 TBSP
Nutmeg 2 D TBSP
Sugar 2 A Cups
Analyzing Your Data
Use the information above to answer the following questions
For the original recipe, In the doubled recipe, In the original recipe, In the doubled recipe,
how much more sugar is how much more butter how many more apples how much more
required than flour? is there than flour? are there than cups of cinnamon do you need
pie crust? than nutmeg?

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 Get Busy Baking I
That apple pie is mighty tasty, but it’s time to make
dozens upon dozens of chocolate chip cookies.
Mom’s Best Chocolate Chip Cookies
Fill out the chart to figure out your new recipes

Original Improper
Ingredient Tripled Quadrupled
Amount Fraction

Flour 2 F Cups
Chocolate
Chips 7/4 Cups
Sugar 1 Cup
Brown Sugar D Cup
Vanilla 3/2 Tsp.
Salt b Tsp.
Analyzing Your Data
Use the information above to answer the following questions
In the original recipe, In your quadrupled Use < , > , or = to How much brown sugar
how many cups of flour, recipe, how many compare the amount of and regular sugar is
chocolate chips, sugar, teaspoons of vanilla and sugar to brown sugar. there altogether in the
and brown sugar was salt are there tripled recipe?
there altogether? altogether?

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 Recipe card reading
Before you begin baking, you must be certain that you are reading the recipes
correctly. Read the recipe cards, and answer the questions about each recipe.
Scottie Brownies Shortbread Cookies
Butterscotch
Chips 3 ½ Cups Almonds ½ Cup
White
3 ¼ Cup
Flour 1 ¼ Cups
Chocolate
Powdered
Cocoa Powder 2/3 Cup Sugar ¾ Cup
Flour 4/8 Cup Coffee 2 TBSP..
Sugar 1 ½ Tsp. Butter ¾ Cup
Vanilla 1/8 Tsp. Sugar 1/3 Cup

There are 16
Do you need more tablespoons in a cup.
butterscotch chips What fraction of a
or white chocolate? cup of coffee do
you need?
If you made a
double batch, how Do you need more
much cocoa powder regular sugar or
would you need? powdered sugar?

If you were going If you were only

to halve your recipe, going to make a
how much vanilla third of the recipe,
would you need? how many cups of
almonds would you
need?
How many cups of
butterscotch chips
and white chocolate If you were to
chips do you need triple your recipe,
altogether? how much butter
would you require?

How much more

What item do you
sugar do you need
need the largest
than vanilla?
amount of?

Write the amount Write the amount

of flour needed in of flour you need as
simplest form. an improper
fraction.
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Measuring Madness
You hired a company to buy all of the supplies you would need for
your bakery. Unfortunately, your order didn’t come in time. You are
stuck using small measuring cups until the order arrives. Use your
fraction skills to figure out how many of the small measuring cups
you will need to measure each larger amount.
Chocolate Cupcakes and Icing
Cup # of full measuring
Ingredient Measurement
Size cups needed
Flour 2 F cups
Sugar 1 H cups
Cocoa 1 A cups Fc
Oil A cup
Heavy
3 D cups
Cream
Butter 1 cup
Powdered
Cc
5 C cups
Sugar
Cocoa C cup
Brownies
Cup # of full measuring
Ingredient Measurement
Size cups needed
Cocoa A cup
Sugar 2 cups
Flour 2 A cups Ac
Oil 3 A cups
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 Measuring Madness I
Your supply order finally arrived, and you can get back to baking as usual. Look at
the ingredient lists below and create a combination of measuring cups to use for
each ingredient amount. Try not to repeat combinations.
Available Measuring Cup Sizes

Cinnamon Raisin Bread

Ingredient Measurement Combination of Cups
Flour 4 2/3 cups
Sugar ¾ cup
Milk 1 ¼ cup
Yeast 2 ½ TBSP.
Cinnamon 1 1/4 tsp.
Raisins 1 ¾ cups

Strawberry Cake
Ingredient Measurement Combination of Cups

Water 2 3/4 cup and 2 ½ TBSP.

Strawberry
2 cups ¾ tsp.
Jell-O
Cake Mix 2 ½ cups
Oil 3/4 cups
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 Baking for Bucks
Cha Ching! Your doors are now open, and the crowds are being drawn in by the
scrumptious scents wafting out of your doors. It’s time to start thinking about money!

Cost Vs. Profit

The chart below shows how you figure out how much it costs to make each item, and how much you will
charge for each item. MULTIPLY the amount it costs to make a batch by the fraction in the “X” section and
you will find the amount you wish to charge for the entire batch. Then look at how many pieces are in a
batch and divide the cost per batch by the number of pieces, and you will find the cost per each piece.
Remember: Cost means how much you spent to make it. Price is how much you will charge.

Price per
Cost Per MULTIPLY Price Per # in a
Item item
batch x batch batch
Fraction & Decimal

Cookies $8 1h 24

Pie $14 2A 2

Bread $3 3C 4

Cakes $16 1H 2

Cupcakes $6 1R 12

Brownies $8 1F 8

Why do you think some costs are multiplied by

How much more higher numbers than others?
expensive is the most
expensive item compared
to the least expensive?

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 Stock vs. sold
After your first day of long, hard work you need to analyze how
much you sold versus how much you had left. You never want to have
too much, or you might have to throw it away at the end of the day!
Complete the chart to show the fraction (in mixed numbers) of your items sold. The first one is done for you.

Number of Fraction of

Item BATCHES Number of Number of Fraction of BATCHES

PIECES in
Made PIECES Made PIECES Sold PIECES Sold Sold
each BATCH
(Mixed Number)

Cookies 10 24 60 60/240 2 1/2

Pie 8 6 36

Bread 12 2 22/24

Cakes 14 1 3

Cupcakes 6 12 52

Brownies 5 16 31/80
Follow the directions below to Explain how you could use the
Use < , > , or = to analyze the information. information from Baking for Bucks
and this page to determine how much
compare the fraction money you made in one day.
•  Under the “Fraction of
of baked goods sold. PIECES sold,” shade in the
Cookies ____ Brownies box in green if you sold more
than half of your pieces.
Cupcakes ____Brownies
•  Under the “Fraction of
Cakes ____Bread BATCHES sold,” shade in the
Brownies ____Pie box in red if you sold less
than half of your batches.
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Splitting the Snacks
Many of your customers like to share their purchases. Help them
figure out how to divvy up their snacks in these word problems.
Three quarters of the 24 pies at the bakery are Two ninths of the eighteen people in the bakery are
pumpkin pie. How many pies are pumpkin? eating cookies. How many people are eating cookies?

One fifth of the twenty five people in the bakery made a There are sixteen friends sharing 4 cupcakes. If they divide the
preorder. How many people did NOT make a preorder? cupcakes evenly so that they each get four pieces of a cupcake,
how many pieces do they need to cut EACH cupcake into?

Sophia bought a large cake and cut it into fifteen slices Mary and her dad shared one dozen brownies. 2/6 of
for her birthday. Her friends ate 2/3 of the cake. How them have nuts, which dad doesn’t eat. How many
many pieces of the cake were left? brownies did dad not eat because they had nuts?

Three quarters of the batch of twenty cookies burned Grandma slices the apple pie into ten pieces. She eats 1/5
when you forgot to take them out of the oven! How of the pie. How many slices does she eat?
many cookies burned?

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The Robot Takeover
Business is booming!, and your store is much too busy for you to keep up with on your own.
You hire some robots to come and help you out. For the most part, your new robots are
extremely helpful, but they sometimes get a little carried away and make mistakes…
Solve the problems below.
Write a multiplication equation to check your work.
For a large batch of cupcakes, the robots use 1/5 of a On the robot’s first day, they accidently tripled the size
gallon of milk. They pour it into two separate measuring of a normal cake. By the end of the day, there was still
cups, each the same size. How much milk goes into each ¾ of the cake left. The staff split it among all 6
measuring cup? workers. How much did each person get?

The robots are powered on coffee alone. They use 2 The robot poured too many ingredients in, and had ½ cup
bags of coffee each day. How long will ¼ of a bag of of apple pie filling left. He decided to split it up and put
coffee last them? an equal amount of the extra filling into the three pies
he was making. How much filling went into each one?

The robots will be taking over 1/3 of the normal work. In twenty seconds, a robot can chop half a pound of
You have hired four robots. How much of the total work chocolate and divide it into three different equally sized
will they each be doing? containers. How much chocolate goes into each
container?

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Enrich & Extend
If you kept all of
Create a menu for
your prices the
your bakery. Instead same, but decided to
of using cents, use only cut pie slices
fractions as prices. smaller, and make
the same size
batches of brownies
but cut them into 24
pieces instead of 16
Create a new pieces, would you
set of make more or less
measuring money than before?
cups using Explain.
non-traditional
measurements.
Draw them
and label them, Now that you have robots to
then explain help you, you have decided to
your reasoning open your shop to school
for your new
tours. Explain how you would
measurements.
make it an academic learning
experience.

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BREAKING UP
THE BAKERY

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 Building A Bakery
Hooray! Your dreams are coming true, and you are building your very own bakery. Whether you
want to be like Buddy Valastro on Cake Boss, The Sisters on DC Cupcakes, or Duff Goldman on Ace
of Cakes, you are going to have a blast exploring the ins and outs of your new bakery. Before the
flour gets flying and you fire up the ovens, we must find the perfect place to call home.

_____________________________’s Bakery
Bakery Name: ______________________________
Bakery Slogan: ____________________________

Draw Your Bakery’s Sign & Logo Below

The location you choose costs $1,000 per month to rent. Your bakery is located in a large shopping center. The
The bakery that you almost rented was ¼ the cost but entire shopping center is 4,500 square feet. Your bakery
was much too small. How much was the other bakery per takes up only 1/10 of that space. How many square feet is
month? your bakery?

$250 450 sq. feet

There is an ice cream & candy shop next door that is the 100/225 square feet of your bakery will be used as your
same size as your bakery. How many thirtieths of the storefront, where customers come to visit. The rest will
space does it take up? (Think: Equivalent Fractions!) be used for storage and baking. In simplest form, what
fraction of space will be for storage and baking?

3/30 5/9
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 Baker’s Rack
As you begin to plan out your bakery, your first order of business is determining how
much of each of your baked goods you will have for sale. Let the planning begin!

Bakery Items
You have six different varieties of baked goods in your store, including cupcakes, bread, pies, brownies, cakes, and cookies.
To begin, you will have 126 items in your store every day. Complete the table to show what fraction of each item you will
have in your store each day. Reduce the fraction to simplest terms, then write another fraction that is equivalent.

Fraction in Reduced Equivalent

Type of Item
store Simplest Form Fraction
Cupcakes 24/126 4/21 VARIES
Bread 6/126 1/21
Pie 12/126 2/21
Brownies 36/126 2/7
Cakes 6/126 1/21
Cookies 42/126 1/3

Use < , > , or = to compare Add or subtract to find the total fraction on baked goods.
the fraction of baked *Challenge: Use only the numbers from “Equivalent Fractions”*
goods in the store.
Pie + Bread = ______
18/126 Cookies – Cake = ______
36/126
Cookies ____ > Brownies
<
Cupcakes ____Brownies Cupcakes + Cookies = ______
66/126 Brownies – Bread = ______
30/126

=
Cakes ____Bread Brownies + Cake = ______
42/126 Cupcake – Pie = ______
12/126
>
Brownies ____Pie 54/126
Pie + Cookies = ______ 0
Bread – Cake = ______
Note: Answers here are NOT written in simplest form.
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 “Breaking the Bread”
Each cake you make, every batch of cookies you mix, and each pie you toss in the
oven will need to be divided into single servings. Complete the math problems below
to practice drawing and identifying fractions based on the treats in your bakery!
This chocolate cake is divided This cherry pie is cut into 8 The chocolate bar below
into 14 equal parts. Divide the equally sized pieces. Divide the shows the amount of
cake to represent each part. pie to represent each part. chocolate left after baking..
Cake Cake Cookies

Cake Cookies

Cake Cake

5 of the rectangles were used

for chocolate cake, and 2 of the
rectangles were used for cookies.
Label each of the empty sections
for their use, then write the
Now, draw sprinkles on fraction used for each item, as
half of the slices and well as the fractional amount
Now, put a dollop of whipped that was left over.
write the fraction of cream on 4/8 of the slices.
sprinkled pieces below. Then, write an equivalent
Cake = 5/12
fraction to the fractions of Cookies = 2/12 or 1/6
7/14 or 1/2 pieces without whipped cream. Left over = 5/12

Complicated Cookies
A batch of cookie dough made 24 large cookies. ¼ were plain chocolate chip, 1/6 had chocolate chips and
oatmeal, 1/3 had chocolate chips and pecans, and the rest had all three goodies. (Chocolate chips, pecans,
AND oatmeal.) Draw a picture to represent the batch of cookies, drawing and labeling each cookie type.

CC CC CC CC CC CC
ALL ALL CCO CCO CCO CCO
ALL ALL CCP CCP CCP CCP

ALL ALL CCP CCP CCP CCP

What fraction of each type What fraction of cookies had Write the fraction of each
of cookie was there? oatmeal? type of cookie using the same
denominator.
CC ¼ CCO 1/6 10/24 OR 5/12
CC 6/24 CCO 4/24
CCP 1/3 ALL ¼
CCP 8/24 ALL 6/24

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 Get Busy Baking
Before now, you have only had to worry about baking for a few people at one time.
Now, you will be baking for an entire city of patrons! You are going to need to adjust
your recipes to make larger batches that are equally as delicious.
Grandma’s Famous Apple Pie
Complete the chart to figure out your new recipes
Original Improper *Bonus*
Ingredient Doubled
Amount Fraction Halved

Pie Crust 2 3/4 Cups 11/4 5 1/2 1 3/8

Apples 5 3/4 Cup 23/4 11 1/2 2 7/8
Butter 1 3/4 Cup 7/4 3 1/2 7/8

Flour 5/8 Cup 5/8 1 1/4 5/16

Cinnamon 3 ¼ TBS 13/4 6 1/2 1 5/8

Nutmeg 2 2/3 TBS 8/3 5 1/3 1 1/3

Sugar 1 ¼ Cup 5/4 2 1/2 5/8
Analyzing Your Data
Use the information above to answer the following questions
For the original recipe, In the doubled recipe, In the original recipe, In the doubled recipe,
how much more sugar is how much more butter how many more apples how much more
required than flour? is there than flour? are there than cups of cinnamon do you need
pie crust? than nutmeg?
5/8 cup 2 ¼ cups
3 cups 1 1/6 TBS

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 Get Busy Baking I
That apple pie is mighty tasty, but it’s time to make
dozens upon dozens of chocolate chip cookies.
Mom’s Best Chocolate Chip Cookies
Fill out the chart to figure out your new recipes

Original Improper
Ingredient Tripled Quadrupled
Amount Fraction
Flour 2 ¼ Cups 9/4 6 3/4 9
Chocolate
1 ¾ Cup 7/4 5 1/4 7
Chips

Sugar 1/3 Cup 1/3 1 1 1/3

Brown Sugar 2/3 Cup 2/3 2 2 2/3

Vanilla 1 ½ Tsp. 3/2 4 1/2 6

Salt 1/8 Tsp. 1/8 3/8 1/2

Analyzing Your Data

Use the information above to answer the following questions
In the original recipe, In your quadrupled Use < , > , or = to How much brown sugar
how many cups of flour, recipe, how many compare the amount of and regular sugar is
chocolate chips, sugar, teaspoons of vanilla and sugar to brown sugar. there altogether in the
and brown sugar was salt are there tripled recipe?
there altogether? altogether?

5 cups 6 ½ Tsp. sugar < brown sugar 3 cups

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 Recipe card reading
Before you begin baking, you must be certain that you are reading the recipes
correctly. Read the recipe cards, and answer the questions about each recipe.
Scottie Brownies Shortbread Cookies
Butterscotch
Chips 3 ½ Cups Almonds ½ Cup
White
3 ¼ Cup
Flour 1 ¼ Cups
Chocolate
Powdered
Cocoa Powder 2/3 Cup Sugar ¾ Cup
Flour 4/8 Cup Coffee 2 TBSP..
Sugar 1 ½ Tsp. Butter ¾ Cup
Vanilla 1/8 Tsp. Sugar 1/3 Cup

There are 16
Do you need more
butterscotch chips butterscotch tablespoons in a cup.
What fraction of a
1/8 cup
or white chocolate? cup of coffee do
you need?
If you made a
double batch, how 1 1/3 cups Do you need more
powdered
much cocoa powder regular sugar or
would you need? powdered sugar?

If you were only

If you were going
to halve your recipe, 1/16 tsp. going to make a
third of the recipe,
1/6 cups
how much vanilla
would you need? how many cups of
almonds would you
need?
How many cups of
butterscotch chips 6 ¾ cups
and white chocolate
chips do you need
If you were to
triple your recipe, 1 ¼ cup
altogether? how much butter
would you require?

How much more

sugar do you need 1 3/8 tsp. What item do you
need the largest flour
than vanilla?
amount of?

½ cup
Write the amount
Write the amount
of flour needed in of flour you need as
an improper
5/4
simplest form.
fraction.
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Measuring Madness
You hired a company to buy all of the supplies you would need for
your bakery. Unfortunately, your order didn’t come in time. You are
stuck using small measuring cups until the order arrives. Use your
fraction skills to figure out how many of the small measuring cups
you will need to measure each larger amount.
Chocolate Cupcakes and Icing
Cup # of full measuring
Ingredient Measurement
Size cups needed
Flour 2 F cups 9
Sugar 1 H cups 7
Cocoa 1 A cups Fc 6
Oil A cup 2
Heavy
3 D cups 11
Cream
Butter 1 cup
Powdered
Cc 3

5 C cups 16
Sugar
Cocoa C cup 1

Brownies
Cup # of full measuring
Ingredient Measurement
Size cups needed
Cocoa A cup 1
Sugar 2 cups 4
Flour 2 A cups Ac 5
Oil 3 A cups 7
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 Measuring Madness I
Your supply order finally arrived, and you can get back to baking as usual. Look at
the ingredient lists below and create a combination of measuring cups to use for
each ingredient amount. Try not to repeat combinations.
Available Measuring Cup Sizes

Cinnamon Raisin Bread

Ingredient Measurement Combination of Cups
Flour 4 2/3 cups (4) 1 cups, (2) 1/3 cups
Sugar ¾ cup (1) ½ cup, (1) ¼ cup
Milk 1 ¼ cup (1) 1 cup, (1) ¼ cup
Yeast 2 ½ TBSP. (4) ½ TBL, (1) ¼ TBL
Cinnamon 1 1/4 tsp. 1 cup, ¼ tsp.
Raisins 1 ¾ cups (2) ½ cups, (3) ¼ cups

Strawberry Cake
Ingredient Measurement Combination of Cups
(2) 1 cups, 3 (1/4 cups), 2 (1 TBL), 1
Water 2 3/4 cup and 2 ½ TBSP.
(1/4 TBL.)
Strawberry
2 cups ¾ tsp. (8) ¼ cups, (1) ½ tsp., (1) ¼ tsp.
Jell-O
Cake Mix 2 ½ cups (4) ½ cups, (1) ½ cup
Oil 3/4 cups (1) ½ cup, (1) ¼ cup
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 Baking for Bucks
Cha Ching! Your doors are now open, and the crowds are being drawn in by the
scrumptious scents wafting out of your doors. It’s time to start thinking about money!

Cost Vs. Profit

The chart below shows how you figure out how much it costs to make each item, and how much you will
charge for each item. MULTIPLY the amount it costs to make a batch by the fraction in the “X” section and
you will find the amount you wish to charge for the entire batch. Then look at how many pieces are in a
batch and divide the cost per batch by the number of pieces, and you will find the cost per each piece.
Remember: Cost means how much you spent to make it. Price is how much you will charge.

Price per
Cost Per MULTIPLY Price Per # in a
Item item
batch x batch batch
Fraction & Decimal

5/8 =
Cookies $8 1h $15 24 .63

Pie $14 2A $35 2 17 ½= $17.5

2 1/2 =
Bread $3 3C $10 4 $2.50

Cakes $16 1H $28 2 $14

5/6 =
Cupcakes $6 1R $10 12 .83

Brownies $8 1F $10 8 10/8 = 1.25

Why do you think some costs are multiplied by

How much more higher numbers than others?
expensive is the most
expensive item compared
to the least expensive? Answers will vary

$16.87
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 Stock vs. sold
After your first day of long, hard work you need to analyze how
much you sold versus how much you had left. You never want to have
too much, or you might have to throw it away at the end of the day!
Complete the chart to show the fraction (in mixed numbers) of your items sold. The first one is done for you.

Number of Fraction of

Item BATCHES Number of Number of Fraction of BATCHES

PIECES in
Made PIECES Made PIECES Sold PIECES Sold Sold
each BATCH
(Mixed Number)

Cookies 10 24 240 60 60/240 2 1/2

Pie 8 6 48 36 36/48 6

Bread 12 2 24 22 22/24 11

Cakes 14 1 14 3 3/14 3

Cupcakes 6 12 72 52 52/72 4 1/3

Brownies 5 16 80 31 31/80 1 15/16

Follow the directions below to Explain how you could use the
Use < , > , or = to analyze the information. information from Baking for Bucks
and this page to determine how much
compare the fraction money you made in one day.
•  Under the “Fraction of
of baked goods sold. PIECES sold,” shade in the You would need to
< Brownies
Cookies ____ box in green if you sold more figure out how much
you could earn for
> than half of your pieces.
Cupcakes ____Brownies each piece sold, then
•  Under the “Fraction of multiply that number
<
Cakes ____Bread BATCHES sold,” shade in the by the number of
<
Brownies ____Pie box in red if you sold less pieces sold.
than half of your batches.
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Splitting the Snacks
Many of your customers like to share their purchases. Help them
figure out how to divvy up their snacks in these word problems.
Three quarters of the 24 pies at the bakery are Two ninths of the eighteen people in the bakery are
pumpkin pie. How many pies are pumpkin? eating cookies. How many people are eating cookies?

18 pies 4 people

One fifth of the twenty five people in the bakery made a There are sixteen friends sharing 4 cupcakes. If they divide the
preorder. How many people did NOT make a preorder? cupcakes evenly so that they each get four pieces of a cupcake,
how many pieces do they need to cut EACH cupcake into?

20 people 16 pieces

Sophia bought a large cake and cut it into fifteen slices Mary and her dad shared one dozen brownies. 2/6 of
for her birthday. Her friends ate 2/3 of the cake. How them have nuts, which dad doesn’t eat. How many
many pieces of the cake were left? brownies did dad not eat because they had nuts?

5 pieces 4 brownies

Three quarters of the batch of twenty cookies burned Grandma slices the apple pie into ten pieces. She eats 1/5
when you forgot to take them out of the oven! How of the pie. How many slices does she eat?
many cookies burned?

2 slices
15 cookies

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The Robot Takeover
Business is booming!, and your store is much too busy for you to keep up with on your own.
You hire some robots to come and help you out. For the most part, your new robots are
extremely helpful, but they sometimes get a little carried away and make mistakes…
Solve the problems below.
Write a multiplication equation to check your work.
For a large batch of cupcakes, the robots use 1/5 of a On the robot’s first day, they accidently tripled the size
gallon of milk. They pour it into two separate measuring of a normal cake. By the end of the day, there was still
cups, each the same size. How much milk goes into each ¾ of the cake left. The staff split it among all 6
measuring cup? workers. How much did each person get?

1/10 gallon 1/8

The robots are powered on coffee alone. They use 2 The robot poured too many ingredients in, and had ½ cup
bags of coffee each day. How long will ¼ of a bag of of apple pie filling left. He decided to split it up and put
coffee last them? an equal amount of the extra filling into the three pies
he was making. How much filling went into each one?

1/8 day 1/6 cup

The robots will be taking over 1/3 of the normal work. In twenty seconds, a robot can chop half a pound of
You have hired four robots. How much of the total work chocolate and divide it into three different equally sized
will they each be doing? containers. How much chocolate goes into each
container?

2 slices
1/12 of the work
1/6 pound

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