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Event Bakery: Model the Recipe

Model bakery recipes for a school event using variables, expression frames, and tables. Distinguish unknown quantities from changing values.

Grade 6MathInteractive · Printable

Aligned to6.EE.B.6

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  • 1 Common Core standard
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  • 14 questions
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Format
Interactive · Printable
Grade
Grade 6
Subject
Math
Question types
Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Circle the answer, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students use variables to represent unknown quantities or any number in a stated set.
  • Students write expressions to model recipe scaling and school-event bakery quantities.
  • Students interpret variables and grouping in real-world expressions.

How to use

Use for independent practice after introducing variables. Have students identify what each variable measures before choosing or completing an expression.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

6.EE.B.6

Use a variable to stand for an unknown or any number in a set, and write expressions for real-world problems.

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Event Bakery: Model the Recipe

Use variables to describe changing recipe amounts and unknown quantities.

Define the Variable

A bakery is preparing food for a school event. Identify what each variable can represent.

1.
The bakery needs 96 rolls. Each tray holds the same unknown number of rolls. Let n represent that unknown number. What does n measure?
  • A. The total number of rolls needed.
  • B. The number of rolls on each tray.
  • C. The total number of trays needed.
  • D. The number of rolls left unpacked.
2.
Let n represent the number of complete batches of muffins the bakery makes. The bakery will make at least 2 batches and at most 6 batches. Select every possible value of n.

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3.
One batch of scones uses 3 cups of flour. The expression 3n represents the cups of flour needed. Which definition makes this model correct?
  • A. n is the number of batches made.
  • B. n is the total number of cups used.
  • C. n is the number of scones per batch.
  • D. n is the number of cups per batch.

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