Context You are hosting a sleepover and want to cook spaghetti and meatballs for your friends. You will need to decide how many friends are coming to the sleepover and convert the recipe for that many people. * There must be more or less than 4 people Recipe Spaghetti and Meatballs (4 serves) INGREDIENTS 1 large egg 3 tablespoons of finely chopped basil 3 tablespoons finely chopped fresh parsley 1 teaspoon dried oregano %/4 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper 2 cloves of garlic, minced 1/4 cup water 750gms Bolognese mince 3/4 cup breadcrumbs ½ cup of Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese (plus more for serving) 500ml jar of pasta sauce (tomato based) 140gms tomato paste 2 people 1-2 = 3-2= 3-2= = 1-2 3/4-12= 1/4 ? = egg 2 people 1tbs basil I Hos parsley tsp oregano 3/2 tsp salt 2-2= 1/4 2 = 150-2= 1/4 tsp pepper not sure what to do here o garlic 1/4 cup water not sure again 748 gm mince 3/4 -2 = 2/3 cup breadcrumbs ½-½/2= 500-2= 140-2= O cheese like cheese 498 ml pasta sauce 138 gm tomato paste 500-2 498 g spaghetti

Glencoe Algebra 1, Student Edition, 9780079039897, 0079039898, 2018
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Chapter1: Expressions And Functions
Section1.5: Descriptive Modeling And Accuracy
Problem 5PPS
Question

The "student" was given a recipe for four people and asked to convert the recipe for two people. What did the student do wrong? How does her work show she does not understand how to do multiplication of fractions?

Explain how she could have got the right answer for each ingredient. 

Context
You are hosting a sleepover and want to cook spaghetti and meatballs for your friends. You will
need to decide how many friends are coming to the sleepover and convert the recipe for that
many people. * There must be more or less than 4 people
Recipe
Spaghetti and Meatballs (4 serves)
INGREDIENTS
1 large egg
3 tablespoons of finely chopped basil
3 tablespoons finely chopped fresh parsley
1 teaspoon dried oregano
%/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
2 cloves of garlic, minced
1/4 cup water
750gms Bolognese mince
3/4 cup breadcrumbs
½ cup of Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese (plus more for serving)
500ml jar of pasta sauce (tomato based)
140gms tomato paste
Transcribed Image Text:Context You are hosting a sleepover and want to cook spaghetti and meatballs for your friends. You will need to decide how many friends are coming to the sleepover and convert the recipe for that many people. * There must be more or less than 4 people Recipe Spaghetti and Meatballs (4 serves) INGREDIENTS 1 large egg 3 tablespoons of finely chopped basil 3 tablespoons finely chopped fresh parsley 1 teaspoon dried oregano %/4 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper 2 cloves of garlic, minced 1/4 cup water 750gms Bolognese mince 3/4 cup breadcrumbs ½ cup of Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese (plus more for serving) 500ml jar of pasta sauce (tomato based) 140gms tomato paste
2 people
1-2
=
3-2=
3-2=
=
1-2
3/4-12=
1/4 ? =
egg
2 people
1tbs basil
I Hos parsley
tsp oregano
3/2 tsp salt
2-2=
1/4 2
=
150-2=
1/4 tsp pepper
not sure what to do here
o garlic
1/4 cup water
not sure again
748 gm
mince
3/4 -2 = 2/3 cup breadcrumbs
½-½/2=
500-2=
140-2=
O cheese
like cheese
498 ml pasta sauce
138 gm tomato paste
500-2 498 g spaghetti
Transcribed Image Text:2 people 1-2 = 3-2= 3-2= = 1-2 3/4-12= 1/4 ? = egg 2 people 1tbs basil I Hos parsley tsp oregano 3/2 tsp salt 2-2= 1/4 2 = 150-2= 1/4 tsp pepper not sure what to do here o garlic 1/4 cup water not sure again 748 gm mince 3/4 -2 = 2/3 cup breadcrumbs ½-½/2= 500-2= 140-2= O cheese like cheese 498 ml pasta sauce 138 gm tomato paste 500-2 498 g spaghetti
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