Question

My cookbook's pancake recipe states that it makes 12 standard sized pancakes. The nutritional information says 2 pancakes is a serving containing 150 calories. For breakfast, I prepared half a recipe, but made smaller sized pancakes, so ended up preparing 8 pancakes. I ate 4 of them. How many calories did I consume?

Answer 1

225 calories

Explanation:

1 recipe makes

12 standard sized pancakes

2 pancakes are 1/6 of the recipe

1/6 of the recipe has 150 calories

6 × 150 calories = 900 calories

The full recipe of 12 pancakes has 900 calories

1/2 recipe was made

1/2 recipe has 1/2 × 900 calories = 450 calories

1/2 recipe made 8 pancakes

4 pancakes are half of the half recipe or 1/4 recipe

1/4 × 900 calories = 225 calories