A recipe calls for the ratio of sugar to flour to be 5:1. If you used 35 ounces of sugar, how many ounces of flour would you need to use?

5 is 5 times more than 1 So what is 35, 5 times more than? 35/5=7 You need to use 7oz of sugar

Answered by Parkourpeep | 2024-06-10

To solve how many ounces of flour are needed if a recipe calls for a ratio of sugar to flour of 5:1 and we have used 35 ounces of sugar, we use a simple ratio calculation. According to the ratio, for every 5 parts of sugar, there is 1 part of flour. If we express the amount of sugar in 'parts' by dividing 35 ounces by 5, we find that we have 7 parts of sugar. Therefore, we need 7 ounces of flour to keep the ratio 5:1, since each part corresponds to 1 ounce of flour for that ratio.
As another example, consider a classic recipe for pound cake: 1 pound of sugar, 1 pound of butter, 1 pound of flour, and 1 pound of eggs. If you have 4 pounds of butter, to maintain the ratio, you would need 4 pounds each of sugar, flour, and eggs. For cooking ratios, if we use double of one of the ingredients, we would need to double all other ingredients to maintain the proper proportions and achieve the desired result*.*

Answered by DiBotcher | 2024-06-24

To maintain the recipe's ratio of 5:1 for sugar to flour, if you use 35 ounces of sugar, you would need 7 ounces of flour. This is calculated by dividing the amount of sugar by 5. Therefore, the answer is 7 ounces of flour.
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Answered by Parkourpeep | 2025-01-14