Multiply Ingredients

Tasty Raisin Bread
Makes 1 loaf

1 cups raisins, chopped
  cup boiling water
  1 teaspoon baking soda
  1 egg
  cup brown sugar
  teaspoon salt
  1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cups flour
  cup chopped nuts
  cup melted butter

Solve the following problems. Use fraction strips, fraction circle pieces, or number lines.

  1. Linda is making her Tasty Raisin Bread.
    1. To make 4 loaves, how much of each ingredient does she need?
    2. Show how you decided how much salt is needed to make 4 loaves.
    3. To make 8 loaves, how much of each ingredient does she need?
    4. Show how you decided how much melted butter is needed to make 8 loaves.


  2. Shannon explains how she decided that she needs 8 half cups of nuts to make 8 loaves of Tasty Raisin Bread.
    1. Do you agree with Shannon? Why or why not?
    2. How many whole cups of nuts are needed to make 8 loaves?
  3. Decide if these number sentences are true. Show or tell how you decided.
    1. 3 = 3 2
    2. 4 = 12
    3. 6 = 4