Ecole McTavish Math 7  /40 Name:​___________________

Ms. Hochstein 2020-21

Comparing the Best Chocolate Chip Cookies in the Land 
Unit 5, Operations with Fractions: Final Assignment 

 
 
The Best Soft Chocolate Cookies  Big Batch Cookies  
By Sally’s Baking Addiction  By Ms. Hochstein’s Auntie Corinne 

- ¾ cup butter  - 1 ½ cups butter or margarine 

- ¾ cup brown sugar  - 2 cups brown sugar  
- ¼ cup white sugar  - 1 cup white sugar 
- 1 egg  - 4 eggs 
- 2 teaspoons vanilla  - 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla 
- 1 ¾ cups white flour  - 2 teaspoons baking soda 
- ⅔ teaspoons cornstarch  - ¾ teaspoon salt 
- 1 teaspoon baking soda  - ⅔ teaspoons cornstarch 
- ½ teaspoon salt  - 2 cups whole wheat flour 
- 3 cups white flour 
- 1 ¼ cup mini M&M pieces 
- 3 cups Chocolate Chips  
- ¾ cup Skor pieces  

 
Ecole McTavish Math 7  Name:​___________________
Ms. Hochstein 2020-21  

REMINDER:​ you must show a

​ ll​ of your work. Write your answers in lowest terms. 

1. Which recipe requires more of the following ingredients, Sally’s Baking 

Addiction (SBA) or Ms. Hochstein’s Aunty Corinne’s (AC)? Determine how 
much more one requires than the other (​hint: what is the difference?)​. ​Show 
work. Choose three (3) to show with fraction circles. (​ 1.5 each) 
a. butter/margarine  d. Vanilla 

   

   

   

b. White sugar  e. Salt 

   

   

   

c. Brown sugar   f. White flour 

   

   

2. If you were to make both recipes and purchase all of your ingredients at a 
self-measure bulk store, how much of each ingredient would you need? ​Show 
work. Choose two (2) to show with number lines. ​(1.5 marks each)  
a. butter/margarine  d. Vanilla  

   

   

b. White sugar  e. Salt 

   

   

c. Brown sugar  f. White flour 

 
Ecole McTavish Math 7  Name:​___________________
Ms. Hochstein 2020-21  
3. How much of the listed dry ingredient is in Sally’s Baking Addiction recipe? 
Write your final answer as a ​complete sentence​. (​dry ingredients for this 
question: brown and white sugar, and flour). (3 marks) 

4. How much of the listed dry ingredient is in Ms. Hochstein’s Aunty Corinne’s 
recipe? Write your final answer as a ​complete sentence​. (​dry ingredients for 
this question: salt, cornstarch and baking soda). ​ ​(3 marks)  

5. Challenge question 1: if you were to add together all of the ingredients in both 
recipes that are measured in cups, how many cups would you need? Write 
your final answer as a c​ omplete sentence​.​ (​ 8 marks) 

6. Challenge question 2: if you were to add together all of the ingredients in both 
recipes that are measured in teaspoons, how many teaspoons would you 
need? Write your final answer as a ​complete sentence.​ (​ 6 marks) 

7. Most important question: which recipe would you rather try? (​We all have 
opinions on the sweet ingredient in cookies…) (2 marks)