Here's the solution to the worksheet, with explanations for each question:
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1. If you want a plain cake instead of a chocolate taste, what ingredient might you leave out?
✔ Answer: Cocoa powder
Explanation:
The recipe is for a *chocolate* cake. The main ingredient that gives it the chocolate flavor and color is
cocoa powder (listed as “2/3 cup cocoa powder” in the ingredients). If you remove this, you’ll get a plain vanilla or yellow cake instead.
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2. You have 3 mixing bowls in your kitchen, which size bowl is the most practical to use?
a. hold 4 cups
b. holds 8 cups
c. holds 25 cups
✔ Answer: b. holds 8 cups
Explanation:
Let’s add up the total volume of the dry and wet ingredients to estimate how much space we need.
Dry Ingredients:
- 2 cups flour
- 2 cups sugar
- 2 tsp baking powder (≈ 0.01 cups — negligible)
- 2/3 cup cocoa powder
- 2 tsp salt (negligible)
→ Total dry ≈ 4 + 0.67 =
~4.67 cups
Wet Ingredients:
- 3 eggs (≈ ¾ cup total)
- 1/3 cup cooking oil
- 2 tsp vanilla extract (negligible)
- 1 tsp cinnamon (negligible)
- ½ lemon zest (negligible)
→ Total wet ≈ 0.75 + 0.33 =
~1.08 cups
Total volume ≈ 4.67 + 1.08 = ~5.75 cups
You also need room to mix without spilling — so a 4-cup bowl is too small. A 25-cup bowl is way too big and impractical for home baking. An
8-cup bowl gives you enough headspace to mix comfortably.
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3. If you need 3 cakes, how many eggs will you need to have on hand?
a. 3 eggs
b. 5 eggs
c. 6 eggs
d. 9 eggs
✔ Answer: d. 9 eggs
Explanation:
The recipe calls for
3 eggs per cake. So for 3 cakes:
3 cakes × 3 eggs =
9 eggs
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4. Your oven is only big enough to hold one pan. If you need to make 3 cakes, how long will the oven have to be on minimally?
✔ Answer: 135 minutes (or 2 hours and 15 minutes)
Explanation:
According to the instructions, each cake bakes for
45 minutes at 355°F. Since the oven can only hold
one pan at a time, you must bake them one after another.
So:
- Cake 1: 45 minutes
- Cake 2: 45 minutes
- Cake 3: 45 minutes
Total baking time = 45 × 3 =
135 minutes
*(Note: This assumes you don’t preheat the oven between batches — but since the question asks for “minimally,” we assume the oven stays hot and you just swap pans.)*
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✔ Final Answers Summary:
1. Cocoa powder
2. b. holds 8 cups
3. d. 9 eggs
4. 135 minutes (or 2 hours and 15 minutes)
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