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Stoichiometric Ratios and Recipe Batches

Keep one reaction recipe visible so stoichiometric ratios read as complete batches, not detached worksheet proportions.

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Starter track

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Stoichiometry and Yield

Next after this: Limiting Reagent and Leftover Reactants.

1. Stoichiometric Ratios and Recipe Batches2. Limiting Reagent and Leftover Reactants3. Percent Yield and Reaction Extent

This concept is the track start.

Why it behaves this way

Explanation

Stoichiometric ratios become easier to trust when one recipe card stays visible beside the actual supply bins. This bench keeps the recipe, the two reactant supplies, and the finished product tray on one run so the idea of a full batch never turns into detached worksheet algebra.

The key move is to count complete recipe batches, not isolated particles. If the recipe says 2 A plus 3 B, then every finished batch has to spend those packets together.

Key ideas

01A stoichiometric ratio is a recipe for one full reaction batch, not just a pair of unrelated numbers.
02Matching the supply ratio to the recipe ratio keeps either reactant from running out first.
03Changing the recipe card changes how many full batches the same supplies can support.

Frozen walkthrough

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Frozen walkthrough
Use the recipe bench rather than a detached proportion drill.

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Frozen valuesUsing frozen parameters

How many full batches can the matched 2 A + 3 B setup make?

Reactant A packets

reactantAAmountValue

Reactant B packets

reactantBAmountValue

A per batch

recipeAValue

1. Read one complete batch from the recipe card

One full batch spends 2 packets of A and 3 packets of B together.

2. Count how many copies of that recipe fit

The matched setup contains 10 A and 15 B, which is five copies of the same 2:3 recipe.

3. Read the product tray as finished batches

Because both supplies scale together, the bench can finish five full batches without either side capping the run early.

Batch count

full batches
When the supply ratio matches the recipe ratio, the reaction can keep finishing full batches until both bins empty together.

Common misconception

If one reactant has the larger number written next to it, that must mean it always makes more product.

Product comes from complete recipe batches, not from whichever supply has the larger raw count.

The supply ratio only works cleanly when it matches the recipe ratio shown on the same bench.

Mini challenge

Keep a matched recipe where neither reactant caps the run first.

Make a prediction before you reveal the next step.

Decide whether you need to change the supplies, the recipe card, or both before you touch the sliders.

Check your reasoning against the live bench.

You need the supply ratio to match the recipe ratio shown on the bench.
That keeps the same number of full recipe batches available from both bins instead of letting one reactant run out early.

Quick test

Misconception check

Question 1 of 2

Answer from the recipe bench, not from memorized cross-multiplication.

Which statement is the cleanest stoichiometric reading?

Use the live bench to test the result before moving on.

Accessibility

The simulation shows two reactant supply bins, one product tray, and a recipe card that states how many packets of A and B one full batch needs.

A readout card reports the current recipe, the maximum possible batches, which supply is limiting, the actual output, and how much of each reactant is left after the run.

Graph summary

One graph scans possible batches against the A supply, a second scans possible batches against the B supply, and a third compares actual product with the theoretical product as percent yield changes.

Graph hover, compare mode, and the shared overlays stay tied to the same recipe bench instead of opening a separate chemistry-only view.