[josh1110]

Hey everybody! Hopefully this is the right section ,if not im terribly sorry and feel free to remove it. I'll keep this short and sweet as best as i can.

So anyways somebody in the kitchen I work for got some product for a family event and asked me to calculate how much it would cost him for each piece of product.

So anyways this is basically what he took and I just want to know what the right formula is because i've tried different ways and got different numbers.

Employee took:

7oz spicy pecans

14 oz of  a vinaigrette

10.5 oz cabbage

Now the order form I'm following says:

one kg of spicy pecans is $23.92

$4.01/litre

$0.43/lb

So could anybody help me out? Sorry again if this is the wrong section. I know the first thing is to convert the two numbers into the same measurements so all into oz's or all into kgs, etc...

Thanks in advance!

 

[shootoo]

I'll bite

I'm assuming the 4.01/l is for the vinaigrette and the 0.41/lb is for the cabbage

2.204 lbs per kg
$10.85 per pound
$0.62 per oz
$4.34 worth the pecans

1L is 0.264 gal
128oz is 1 gal
33.79oz is 0.264 gal
$0.12 per oz
$1.68 of vinaigrette

16oz per lb
$0.28 of cabbage

 

[josh1110]

Thank you and no your assumption was correct.

Mind giving me the math forumla so i can study and get it down? thanks

 

[petemccracken]

This sounds suspiciously like a homework assignment /img/vbsmilies/smilies/laser.gifbut we'll assume it isn't /img/vbsmilies/smilies/lol.gif

You're approach is fundamentally correct, get everything into the same unit system.

1. Select the system, US or Metric
2. Convert amounts and prices to a single system.

A. 7 oz pecans X ??g/oz = nn grams of pecans; $23.92/1Kg X nn grams of pecans = $aa/serving of pecans

B. 14 floz X ??mL/floz = bb mL vinaigrette; $4.01/L X bb mL = $cc/serving of vinaigrette

and so forth.

Don't forget to convert Kg to grams, L to mL, etc.

 

[josh1110]

This sounds suspiciously like a homework assignment /img/vbsmilies/smilies/laser.gifbut we'll assume it isn't /img/vbsmilies/smilies/lol.gif

You're approach is fundamentally correct, get everything into the same unit system.

1. Select the system, US or Metric
2. Convert amounts and prices to a single system.

A. 7 oz pecans X ??g/oz = nn grams of pecans; $23.92/1Kg X nn grams of pecans = $aa/serving of pecans

B. 14 floz X ??mL/floz = bb mL vinaigrette; $4.01/L X bb mL = $cc/serving of vinaigrette

and so forth.

Don't forget to convert Kg to grams, L to mL, etc.

Thanks that explains it a little better and no its not a homework assignment...just trying to figure out this, food cost and labour.

Am I getting something wrong cause i'm getting a diferent price for the pecans?

My math I did was:

7 oz X 28.3495(how many g fit into an oz) = 198.4465grams

23.92/1000 x 198.4465grams = 4.74684028

 

[petemccracken]

Possibly:

• $23.92/1Kg = $0.02392/g
• 7 ounces X 28.3495231 g/oz = 198.45 g
• 198.45 g X $0.02392/g = $4.75

Looking at it another way:

• $23.92/1Kg X 1Kg/2.2 lbs = $10.873/lb
• $10.873/lb X 1 lb/16 oz = $0.6795/oz
• $0.6795/oz X 7 oz = $4.76

 

[shootoo]

I did all of mine on my phone, so chances are I mistyped a number or didn't round the right decimal place or something in my rush

 

[chefedb]

Do your own homework, that's how you learn.

 

[josh1110]

Do your own homework, that's how you learn.

This is not homework. This is for my job.

Why am I asking here instead of a person in managment? because I was off and needed it done by the morning.