help with calories- math question

raindancer

I have been adding 2 tbs of Jimmy Dean Turkey Sausage crumbles to my egg whites in the mornings. They have 80 calories for 2/3of a cup. How much for the 2 tbs?


Sorry, I'm mathamatical challenged.

SHBoss1673

well there are 16 tblspoons in a cup, but that's only if you level it off. so if 10.5 tablespoons equals 2/3 of a cup

then 10.5 tblspoons would be 80 calories or about 8 calories per tablespoon (probably better to round up to 10 though.

elainegsd

2 Tablespoons * (1 cup/16 tablespoons) * (80 calories/ (2/3 cup)) = 15 calories

Ahhhh, I love the smell of math in the morning! :happy:

mandiewalters

10 tablespoons equals 2/3 cup according to ask.com, so....divide the calories by 5 and you should get the number of calories in 2 Tbsp. Hope that helps.:)

NikkiJ17

Ok I'm not sure how accurate this is but I'm taking a shot at it. LOL there are 16 tablespoons in 1 cup and 2/3 cup = 80 calories so 16 divided by 3 =5.333, that would be 1/3. so 2/3 would be 10.66 tablespoons. 80 divided by 10.66 is 7.5. So I would say 7.5 per tablespoon or 15 for 2 tablespoons. Hope that helps!!! If I'm wrong someone please correct me. I wonder how many calories I just burned figuring that out!!! LOL

raindancer

Cool, Thank you
Sometimes I just get a brain block when it comes to math.:bigsmile:

asallen7

(2/3) US cup = 10.6666667 US tablespoons

So you can take that serving and divide it by 11 when you enter it in MFP.

(2 / 3) * (1 / 11) = 0.0606060606 <---This is about how much for ONE tablespoon

So when you type in your serving, you should enter 0.12 (the amount for 2 tbsp) in the serving box. Hope this helps. Google search is also a calculator. If you type in a math problem (some types) it will solve it. Which is how to got these answers. I typed in

2/3 cups to tablespoons for the first answer.

I typed in (2 / 3) * (1 / 11) for the second part and got 0.0606060606

kathleennf

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raindancer

(2/3) US cup = 10.6666667 US tablespoons

So you can take that serving and divide it by 11 when you enter it in MFP.

(2 / 3) * (1 / 11) = 0.0606060606 <---This is about how much for ONE tablespoon

So when you type in your serving, you should enter 0.12 (the amount for 2 tbsp) in the serving box. Hope this helps. Google search is also a calculator. If you type in a math problem (some types) it will solve it. Which is how to got these answers. I typed in

2/3 cups to tablespoons for the first answer.

I typed in (2 / 3) * (1 / 11) for the second part and got 0.0606060606

Thats what I really needed the .12. I put that in but it seemed like too few calories. But it works for me.

elainegsd

Asallen's logic is near perfect, but there is one small error.

If there are 10.66667 T per 2/3 of a cup, then your conversion factor is 1/11 for one tablespoon. This is NOT .06, it is .09. Double that for the two tablespoons, and you get .18

You should get a caloric value somewhere near 15 calories for the sausage, there will be some variation for rounding.

raindancer

I measure in a 2 tbs measuring glass while the sausage is still frozen. So it will be an estimate anyway. I just wasn't sure how to adjust the serving size in the food tracker.

Thank you everyone for your help.:bigsmile:

NikkiJ17

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