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Math Meets Meals: Food Safety Numbers

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  • If a recipe calls for 1/4 cup of salt per kilogram of meat to inhibit bacterial growth, how much salt is needed for 3 kilograms of meat?
  • A restaurant uses a FIFO (First In, First Out) system. If they receive 10 boxes of tomatoes on Monday, 15 boxes on Tuesday, and use 8 boxes on Wednesday, how many boxes from Monday are left?
  • Food should be cooled from 135°F to 70°F within 2 hours and from 70°F to 41°F within 4 hours. What is the total amount of time allowed to cool the food from 135°F to 41°F?
  • If a kitchen has 4 sinks and each sink needs to be sanitized every 3 hours, and each sanitization process takes 15 minutes, how much total time is spent sanitizing sinks in a 12-hour shift?
  • A walk-in refrigerator's temperature is allowed to fluctuate +/- 2°F from the ideal temperature of 38°F. What is the maximum allowable temperature in the refrigerator?
  • You need to prepare a sanitizing solution with a concentration of 50 ppm (parts per million) using a bleach solution of 5000 ppm. How much bleach solution do you need to add to 1 gallon of water to achieve the desired concentration?
  • A batch of chicken needs to be cooked to an internal temperature of 165°F. A probe thermometer initially reads 70°F and increases by 10°F every 2 minutes. How long will it take to reach the safe temperature?
  • If 15 out of 200 customers report food poisoning symptoms after eating at a restaurant, what percentage of customers reported illness?
  • If a food handler washes their hands for 20 seconds and then contaminates their hands again for 5 seconds before preparing food, what percentage of the time spent on hygiene was wasted?
  • A case of beef weighs 50 lbs. If 2% of the beef is trimmed due to spoilage, how many pounds of beef are lost?