3. Practical Skills

Recipe Scaling — Quiz

Test your understanding of recipe scaling with 5 practice questions.

Practice Questions

Question 1

A recipe for a casserole serves $6$ people and requires $250 \text{ g}$ of cheese. If you want to serve $9$ people, how much cheese do you need?

Question 2

When scaling a recipe for a larger group, which of the following is most likely to require careful monitoring and potential adjustment, rather than a simple proportional increase?

Question 3

A recipe for a stew serves $4$ and calls for $1.5 \text{ cups}$ of broth. If you need to make enough stew for $10$ servings, how much broth should you use?

Question 4

If a recipe for cookies yields $24$ cookies and requires $1 \text{ teaspoon}$ of vanilla extract, how much vanilla extract is needed to make $36$ cookies?

Question 5

When scaling a recipe, what is the most important factor to consider to ensure the safety of the food?