Examples
Examples
Try the starting example
- Meals: day number, meal name, group portions, portions per package, package mass g
- 1,Pasta,5,3,300 2,Oats,5,4,400
- Daily meal-bag package plan
- Day 1 Pasta: 2 packs, 600 g; Day 2 Oats: 2 packs, 800 g
- Total packages
- 4
- Total package mass (g)
- 1400
- Surplus portions
- 4
Try another scenario
- Meals: day number, meal name, group portions, portions per package, package mass g
- 1,Pasta,6,3,300 2,Oats,8,4,400
- Daily meal-bag package plan
- Day 1 Pasta: 2 packs, 600 g; Day 2 Oats: 2 packs, 800 g
- Total packages
- 4
- Total package mass (g)
- 1400
- Surplus portions
- 0
Calculation method
Calculation method
Daily meal-bag package plan
For each distinct day/meal, round required portions up to full packages; do not share packages between different rows.
Total packages
Sum row package counts.
Total package mass (g)
Sum packages × supplied package mass.
Surplus portions
Sum packages×portions per package − requested portions.
Symbols and units
- a
- Meals: day number, meal name, group portions, portions per package, package mass g
Use the units shown. A list keeps the order in which you enter its values. The symbol ^ means “raised to the power of”.
Assumptions & limits
Assumptions & limits
- A whole-package, per-meal packing ledger. Portions and package weights come from your plan or labels; nutrition, dietary suitability and food safety are not assessed.
Are these inputs private?
These calculations run in your browser. A shared link contains the values you choose to share. Only questions submitted to the separate AI finder are sent to OpenAI.
Further reading
OpenStax: arithmetic and geometry ↗
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