How would you scale a recipe from 6 servings to 24 servings?

• A. Increase each ingredient by 400%
• B. Multiply each ingredient by 2
• C. Multiply each ingredient by 4
• D. Divide ingredients by 4

Answer: (C)

To scale a recipe correctly, you multiply every ingredient by the same factor, which comes from the ratio of the desired servings to the original servings. Here, you want 24 servings from a recipe that serves 6. The scaling factor is 24 ÷ 6 = 4. So every ingredient amount is multiplied by 4. For example, 1 cup of flour becomes 4 cups, and 2 eggs become 8 eggs. This keeps the proportions the same so the dish still turns out with the intended flavors and texture.

Other options miss the correct proportional increase. Increasing by 400% would actually multiply ingredients by 5 (not 4), yielding about 30 servings. Doubling would give 12 servings, and dividing by 4 would shrink the recipe to about 1.5 servings.