Name __________________________________
Taste Test
Orange juice (ml)
Lemonade (ml)
Cup 1
Cup 2
Cup 3
Cup 4
Ratio of juice:lemonade
1:4
2:3
3:2
4:1
Mark out of ten
My favourite cocktail was _______________. The ratio of juice to lemonade in this cocktail was ___________.
Now you need to prepare larger quantities of your favourite cocktail for a party. Each person who comes is
likely to drink 400ml of cocktail. How much orange juice and how much lemonade will you need for:
(a) 10 people
(b) 20 people
(c) 50 people?
Name __________________________________
Taste Test
Orange juice (ml)
Lemonade (ml)
Cup 1
Cup 2
Cup 3
Cup 4
Ratio of juice:lemonade
1:4
2:3
3:2
4:1
Mark out of ten
My favourite cocktail was _______________. The ratio of juice to lemonade in this cocktail was ___________.
Now you need to prepare larger quantities of your favourite cocktail for a party. Each person who comes is
likely to drink 400ml of cocktail. How much orange juice and how much lemonade will you need for:
(a) 10 people
(b) 20 people
(c) 50 people?
Name __________________________________
Taste Test
Orange juice (ml)
Cup 1
Cup 2
Cup 3
Cup 4
Lemonade (ml)
Ratio of juice:lemonade
1:4
2:3
3:2
4:1
Mark out of ten
My favourite cocktail was _______________. The ratio of juice to lemonade in this cocktail was ___________.
Now you need to prepare larger quantities of your favourite cocktail for a party. Each person who comes is
likely to drink 400ml of cocktail. How much orange juice and how much lemonade will you need for:
(a) 10 people
(b) 20 people
(c) 50 people?
Information for Teachers:
In groups, we mix orange juice and lemonade in the given ratios (using a 100ml measure as one unit). Each
person then tastes a small amount of each mixture and gives it marks out of ten in a ‘taste test’. They fill in the
table as they go, then choose their favourite cocktail and use that ratio to answer a couple of questions. (There
is scope for changing ml into litres here.)
I’ve also done a similar lesson where we mix blue and yellow paint in different ratios and each child chooses
their favourite shade of green before working out how much paint they’d need to paint a room (this can link to
measurement and area work for a mini-project). I don’t recommend tasting the paint though!!