Yield Test Example Problems

3. Chef Linda bought 3 bunches of basil for a recipe for a brunch

she is catering. Eachbunch weighs 2.5 ounces, and 4.2 ounces of usable basil are

yielded from all the cleanedbunches. What is the yield

percent?

4. You purchased 25 pounds of sweet potatoes. After cleaning the potatoes, there are 6.25 pounds of peels. What is the yield percent?

5. You purchase 6 heads of Bibb lettuce. Each head weighs 6 ounces. After cleaning the lettuce, you have 1.8 pounds of trimmed lettuce. What is the yield percent?

6. You purchase 25 bananas. Each banana weighs approximately 0.44 pound. After peeling and trimming the fruit, you have 7.1875 pounds of cleaned bananas. What is the yield percent?

• 7. You purchase a case of beets that weighs 40 pounds. After cleaning the beets, you have 13 pounds 9.6 ounces of trim. What is the yield percent?