Limiting Reactant with Food

In a recipe for making sandwiches, you have 8 slices of bread and 5 slices of cheese. If each sandwich requires 2 slices of bread and 1 slice of cheese, what is the limiting reactant?

• Bread

• Cheese

• Both are limiting

• Neither is limiting

You are making a fruit salad with 3 apples and 2 bananas. If each serving requires 1 apple and 1 banana, how many complete servings can you make?

• 2 servings, with apples as the limiting reactant

• 2 servings, with bananas as the limiting reactant

• 3 servings, with apples as the limiting reactant

• 3 servings, with bananas as the limiting reactant

In a chemical reaction analogy, if you have 10 buns and 7 burger patties, and each burger requires 1 bun and 1 patty, what is the limiting reactant?

• Buns

• Patties

• Both are limiting

• Neither is limiting

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-7

If you have 12 eggs and 1 cup of milk, and a recipe requires 2 eggs and 0.5 cups of milk per serving, what is the limiting reactant?

• Eggs

• Milk

• Both are limiting

• Neither is limiting

In a pizza-making process, you have 5 pizza bases and 10 cups of tomato sauce. If each pizza requires 1 base and 2 cups of sauce, what is the limiting reactant?

• Pizza bases

• Tomato sauce

• Both are limiting

• Neither is limiting

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-2

You are preparing a salad with 4 cucumbers and 6 tomatoes. If each salad requires 1 cucumber and 2 tomatoes, what is the limiting reactant?

• Cucumbers

• Tomatoes

• Both are limiting

• Neither is limiting

In a smoothie recipe, you have 3 cups of yogurt and 8 bananas. If each smoothie requires 1 cup of yogurt and 2 bananas, what is the limiting reactant?

• Yogurt

• Bananas

• Both are limiting

• Neither is limiting

If you have 15 slices of bread and 10 slices of ham, and each sandwich requires 2 slices of bread and 1 slice of ham, what is the limiting reactant?

• Bread

• Ham

• Both are limiting

• Neither is limiting

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-7

In a pancake recipe, you have 2 cups of flour and 3 eggs. If each batch requires 1 cup of flour and 2 eggs, what is the limiting reactant?

• Flour

• Eggs

• Both are limiting

• Neither is limiting

You are making a cake with 4 cups of sugar and 5 cups of flour. If each cake requires 2 cups of sugar and 3 cups of flour, what is the limiting reactant?

• Sugar

• Flour

• Both are limiting

• Neither is limiting