All activities
Independent learnersScale and checkExample · 4 steps · 7 min

Scale a Recipe Without Guessing

Scale pancakes, a dessert and a cake step by step: find the factor, apply it, spot the ingredient that was scaled wrong and size up a baking pan.

  1. Step 1
  2. Step 2
  3. Step 3
  4. Step 4
  5. Finish

Step 1 of 4

You are cooking for 6 instead of 4. Which factor do you use for every ingredient?

Show a hint

Divide the servings you want by the servings in the recipe.

About this activity

What you practise: You found one factor, used it on every ingredient, caught an amount that broke the pattern and saw why a bigger pan needs the factor squared.

A hand-written example with a fixed sequence. It shows what working on a Klarisma activity feels like; your own activities follow your goals and material.

An example with fictional data. Your answers stay on this page and are cleared when you restart or leave.