Mac & Cheese Ratios (4 : 1 : 5) Simple Interactive

Rule: 4 cups noodles + 1 cup cheese = 5 cups pan. Move any slider; the others follow the ratio. Fractions are shown in simplified form (rounded to eighths).

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Noodles: 4 0/8 Cheese: 1 0/8 Pan total: 5 0/8

Always true: Cheese = 1/4 × Noodles; Pan = Noodles + Cheese; also Noodles = 4/5 × Pan, Cheese = 1/5 × Pan.

Worksheet (type answers as fractions)

Noodles (cups)Cheese (cups)Pan Size (cups)
5
33/4
1/4
2/3
5 1/3
5 5/8