Question

This recipe makes 18 shortbread fingers.

Rose follows this recipe, but only wants to make 6 fingers.
How much of each ingredient does she need?
Recipe: Makes 18
120 g butter
60 g sugar
180 g flour

Answer 1

40g butter

20g sugar

60g flour

Explanation:

Answer 2

Butter: 40 g

Sugar: 20 g

Flour: 60 g

Explanation:

The recipe makes 18 fingers.

Rose wants to make 6 fingers.

6/18 = 1/3

Rose wants to make 1/3 of the recipe, so she needs 1/3 of each ingredient.

Butter: 1/3 * 120 g = 40 g

Sugar: 1/3 * 60 g = 20 g

Flour: 1/3 * 180 g = 60 g