Yield Test Example Problems
3. Chef Linda bought 3 bunches
of basil for a recipe for a brunch
she is catering. Each
bunch weighs 2.5 ounces, and
4.2 ounces of usable basil are
yielded from all the cleaned
bunches. What is the yield
percent?
4. You purchased 25 pounds of sweet
potatoes. After cleaning the potatoes,
there are 6.25 pounds of peels. What is
the yield percent?
5. You purchase 6 heads of Bibb lettuce.
Each head weighs 6 ounces. After
cleaning the lettuce, you have 1.8 pounds
of trimmed lettuce. What is the yield
percent?
6. You purchase 25 bananas. Each banana
weighs approximately 0.44 pound. After
peeling and trimming the fruit, you have
7.1875 pounds of cleaned bananas. What
is the yield percent?
• 7. You purchase a case of beets that
weighs 40 pounds. After cleaning the
beets, you have 13 pounds 9.6 ounces of
trim. What is the yield percent?