Lesson 03: Recipes | Unit 2: Introducing Ratios

Open Ended

A recipe for 1 batch of spice mix says, “Combine 3 teaspoons of mustard seeds, 5 teaspoons of chili powder, and 1 teaspoon of salt.” How many batches are represented by the diagram? Explain or show your reasoning.

Draw

Priya makes chocolate milk by mixing 2 cups of milk and 5 tablespoons of cocoa powder. Draw a diagram that clearly represents two batches of her chocolate milk.

Multiple Choice

In a recipe for fizzy grape juice, the ratio of cups of sparkling water to cups of grape juice concentrate is 3 to 1. Which of the following ratios would make a mixture that tastes the same as this recipe?

• 1:3
• 2:1
• 4:1
• 3:1

Multiple Choice

In a recipe for fizzy grape juice, the ratio of cups of sparkling water to cups of grape juice concentrate is 3 to 1. Describe another mixture of sparkling water and grape juice that would taste different from this recipe.

• 2 cups of sparkling water to 1 cup of grape juice concentrate.
• 4 cups of sparkling water to 1 cup of grape juice concentrate.
• 1 cup of sparkling water to 2 cups of grape juice concentrate.
• 1 cup of sparkling water to 1 cup of grape juice concentrate.

Draw

Write the missing number under each tick mark on the number line.

Multiple Choice

Fill in the blank to make the equation true: 5 x ___ = 1

• $$\frac{1}{5}$$

• 2
• $$\frac{3}{2}$$

• $$\frac{3}{5}$$