Biscuit Recipe Worksheet

Biscuit Recipe Worksheet Answer Key/Grading Rubric

The recipe below makes 10 biscuits. If you wanted to make 15 biscuits, you would have to increase the recipe.

To make 15 biscuits Ingredient amount to make 10 you would need….. biscuits 3/8 shortening (8 pts) ¼ cup shortening

3 cups flour (8 pts) 2 cups flour 1 ½ tablespoon sugar 1 tablespoon sugar (8 pts) 4 ½ teaspoons of 3 tablespoons baking powder baking powder (8 pts) 1 ½ teaspoons of salt 1 teaspoon salt (8 pts) 1 1/8 cup of milk ¾ cup milk (8 pts)

Now increase the recipe so that each person in your class can have a biscuit. Answers will vary depending on class size.

To make enough Ingredient amount to make 10 biscuits for the class biscuits you would need….. (8 pts) ¼ cup shortening

(8 pts) 2 cups flour (8 pts) 1 tablespoon sugar (8 pts) 3 tablespoons baking powder (8 pts) 1 teaspoon salt (8 pts) ¾ cup milk

What other real-world setting do you increase fractions? (4 pts)