Sally wants to make cupcakes using the recipe of 2 eggs, 1 cup flour, 1 cup sugar, and 1 stick of butter to make 20 cupcakes. Sally has 3 eggs, 2 cups flour, 2 cups sugar, and 2 sticks of butter. However, Sally can only make 20 cupcakes because the 3 eggs she has will make 20 cupcakes according to the recipe, and the eggs are the limiting reactant that will run out first before the other ingredients.

1. LIMITING REACTANT
Hannah O’Shaughnessy

2. Cupcakes
 Sally wants to make cupcakes for her
customers. The equation is:
2 eggs + 1 cup flour + 1 cup sugar + 1 stick of
butter  20 cupcakes
 Sally has: 3 eggs, 2 cups of flour, 2 cups of
sugar, and 2 sticks of butter
 How many cupcakes can Sally make?

3. Cupcakes
 Still only 20!
 This is because the
eggs are the limiting
reactant in this recipe.
The eggs will run out
before the other
ingredients and
therefore only 20
cupcakes can be
made.