Recipe Servings vs Actual

[NotAMathWhiz]

I'll start by stating the obvious - I have always been HORRIBLE at math, so I'm sure this is an easy question.

If the nutritional information for a recipe is based on 36 servings, but I cut the pieces bigger and only get 24 servings - how many pieces of the original serving size is one of mine?

I believe that the answer is 1-1/3 (1/36 = 6/6, 1/24=4/6, difference of 2/6 or 1/3)

 

[Harry_the_cat]

36/24 = 3/2 = 1 and a half

 

[HallsofIvy]

I'll start by stating the obvious - I have always been HORRIBLE at math, so I'm sure this is an easy question.

If the nutritional information for a recipe is based on 36 servings, but I cut the pieces bigger and only get 24 servings - how many pieces of the original serving size is one of mine?

I believe that the answer is 1-1/3 (1/36 = 6/6, 1/24=4/6, difference of 2/6 or 1/3)

I have no idea what you mean by "1/36= 6/6" or "1/24= 4/6"!

 

[JeffM]

Let’s use friendly numbers.

Suppose each normal serving contains 10 mg of nutrient 1.

Then a recipe for 36 normal servings must contain 360 mg of nutrient 1.

Make sense?

If I divide the result into 24 big servings, the each serving must contain

[MATH]360 \div 24 = 15[/MATH] mg of nutrient 1.

A lot of math is simply disciplined common sense.

15 is 1.5 * 10. Each nutrient in a big serving will be 1.5 times the nutrient in a normal serving.

With me?

 

[HallsofIvy]

A lot of math is simply disciplined common sense.

Oh, what a statement! That's a stick in the eye for those people who love to say "I'm just not any good at mathematics". I love it!