Question

Malala is following this recipe for bread rolls.

She uses 200 g of flour.
How much of each of the other ingredients does she use?

Recipe: Makes 15 bread rolls
500 g flour
10 g salt
8 g yeast
30 mL oil
350 mL water

Answer 1

She will use:

4g salt

3.2g yeast

12 ml oil

140 ml water

Explanation:

Since 200 is 40% of 500 we calculate 40% of all the other ingredients and you get your answer