Cooking & Baking Math Center
Recipe scaling, portions, ingredient budgets, pans, hydration and kitchen quantities. 20 tools with purposes, formulas and worked examples.
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Formula, calculation steps & example
All 20 tools: purposes and formulas
- Recipe scaling factor — Use the labeled measurements to calculate recipe scaling factor.
A ÷ B (A, B, C refer to the labeled entries)
- Scaled ingredient quantity — Use the labeled measurements to calculate scaled ingredient quantity.
A × B (A, B, C refer to the labeled entries)
- Portion size — Use the labeled measurements to calculate portion size.
A ÷ B (A, B, C refer to the labeled entries)
- Whole servings from batch — Use the labeled measurements to calculate whole servings from batch.
floor(A ÷ B) (A, B, C refer to the labeled entries)
- Ingredient purchase cost — Use the labeled measurements to calculate ingredient purchase cost.
A × B (A, B, C refer to the labeled entries)
- Recipe cost per serving — Use the labeled measurements to calculate recipe cost per serving.
A ÷ B (A, B, C refer to the labeled entries)
- Whole batches needed — Use the labeled measurements to calculate whole batches needed.
ceiling(A ÷ B) (A, B, C refer to the labeled entries)
- Rectangular pan area — Use the labeled measurements to calculate rectangular pan area.
A × B (A, B, C refer to the labeled entries)
- Round pan area — Use the labeled measurements to calculate round pan area.
π × A² (A, B, C refer to the labeled entries)
- Rectangular pan volume — Use the labeled measurements to calculate rectangular pan volume.
A × B × C (A, B, C refer to the labeled entries)
- Round pan volume — Use the labeled measurements to calculate round pan volume.
π × A² × B (A, B, C refer to the labeled entries)
- Dough hydration percentage — Use the labeled measurements to calculate dough hydration percentage.
A ÷ B × 100 (A, B, C refer to the labeled entries)
- Ingredient baker percentage — Use the labeled measurements to calculate ingredient baker percentage.
A ÷ B × 100 (A, B, C refer to the labeled entries)
- Cooking mass yield — Use the labeled measurements to calculate cooking mass yield.
A ÷ B × 100 (A, B, C refer to the labeled entries)
- Mass lost while cooking — Use the labeled measurements to calculate mass lost while cooking.
A − B (A, B, C refer to the labeled entries)
- Measured ingredient bulk density — Use the labeled measurements to calculate measured ingredient bulk density.
A ÷ B (A, B, C refer to the labeled entries)
- Ingredient volume from measured density — Use the labeled measurements to calculate ingredient volume from measured density.
A ÷ B (A, B, C refer to the labeled entries)
- Meal plan ingredient budget — Use the labeled measurements to calculate meal plan ingredient budget.
A × B × C (A, B, C refer to the labeled entries)
- Meal prep container count — Use the labeled measurements to calculate meal prep container count.
ceiling(A ÷ B) (A, B, C refer to the labeled entries)
- Pan area recipe factor — Use the labeled measurements to calculate pan area recipe factor.
A ÷ B (A, B, C refer to the labeled entries)
Definitions and source references
Unit definitions and selected model references:
- Virginia Tech: wing geometry and mean aerodynamic chord
- Aircraft Design course: tail volume definitions
- Prusa: filament and printer calculation references
- NIST: SI defining constants
- NASA: aerodynamic lift models
- Horizon Hobby: product and battery documentation
- Smithsonian: Maya calendar units
- NIST: frequency intervals and cents
- NIST: binary prefixes
- NOAA: nautical miles and knots
- RFC 3021: IPv4 /31 point-to-point links
- MDN: exact integer arithmetic
- NIST: international-foot unit conversions
- NASA/JPL: astronomical unit definitions
- NASA: ideal rocket equation
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