Dimensional Analysis Practice
1. A cookie recipe makes 24 cookies. If a bakery needs to make 120 cookies, how many times
should they multiply the recipe?
2. A soup recipe yields 4 quarts. A chef needs 10 gallons of soup for a banquet. How many
batches of the recipe should be prepared?
(Hint: 1 gallon = 4 quarts)
3. A cake recipe uses 2 cups of sugar and makes 1 cake. If you need to make 5 cakes, how many
cups of sugar will you need?
4. A pasta salad recipe serves 6 people. A catering company needs to serve 90 people. By what
factor should the recipe be multiplied?
5. A bread recipe requires 3 pounds of flour and yields 4 loaves. How many pounds of flour will
be needed to make 20 loaves?
6. A mu in recipe yields 12 mu ins. If a co ee shop wants to bake 300 mu ins, how many times
should the recipe be increased?
7. A punch recipe makes 2 gallons. If the school cafeteria wants to serve 50 gallons, how many
batches are needed?
8. A pie recipe requires 1.5 cups of sugar and makes 1 pie. If a bakery wants to make 12 pies,
how many cups of sugar are needed?
9. A chili recipe yields 8 servings and requires 2 pounds of ground beef. If the chef wants 64
servings, how many pounds of beef will be required?
10. A lasagna recipe uses 5 cups of mozzarella cheese and yields 2 pans. If a restaurant wants to
make 10 pans, how many cups of cheese are needed?