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Scone Recipe Proportions Explained

Proportion is the relationship between different variables, commonly seen in recipes. When scaling a recipe to make more or fewer servings, proportionality is used to change the amounts of each ingredient. The document provides an example of an 8-scone recipe and calculates the ingredient amounts needed to make 16 scones by doubling each original measurement, as well as calculating the amounts for 5 scones by dividing the original measurements by 8 and multiplying by 5.

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Scone Recipe Proportions Explained

Proportion is the relationship between different variables, commonly seen in recipes. When scaling a recipe to make more or fewer servings, proportionality is used to change the amounts of each ingredient. The document provides an example of an 8-scone recipe and calculates the ingredient amounts needed to make 16 scones by doubling each original measurement, as well as calculating the amounts for 5 scones by dividing the original measurements by 8 and multiplying by 5.

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PROPORTION

Proportion is the relationship be tweetin different


variables The most .
common place we see this is in
recipes .

We use proportionality to change the amount it feeds .

FfrFa recipe to :

8 Scones:
200g flour
30g sugar
50g butter
140ml milk
1 egg

Find out how much of each ingredient you


to bake :

A ) 16 scones b) 5

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scones

As the recipe given is for 8 As 8 cannot be multiplied or divided easily to

scones .
we can X2 to find make 5 , we will first find one Scone then

what 16 is .

Multiply .

8 Scones: 8 Scones:

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200g flour 200g flour
30g sugar 30g sugar
50g butter 50g butter
140ml milk 140ml milk .
1 egg x 2 2 1 egg r 8 5=5/8
eggs
=
Yg
egg
x
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This recipe would be


very hard to follow !

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