Lifestyle & Everyday Helpers

Cooking and life-admin calculators: oven temperature and gas mark conversions, recipe scaling, and points calculators for moving to Canada.

Lifestyle calculators handle two kinds of everyday job: getting a recipe right in your own kitchen, and scoring your points for a move to Canada. Each one shows the rule or official table behind its answer, so you can check it.

The Oven Temperature Converter switches between gas mark, conventional °C, fan °C and °F using the gas mark chart that UK recipes follow. Fan ovens run about 20°C lower than conventional ones, so gas mark 4 is 180°C conventional, 160°C fan or 350°F. It helps when a British recipe meets an American oven dial, or an old family recipe gives only a gas mark. The Recipe Scaler multiplies every ingredient by the ratio of the servings you want to the servings the recipe makes. Going from 4 to 6 servings is a multiplier of 1.5, so 250g of flour becomes 375g. Amounts of 10 or more round to whole numbers and smaller ones to one decimal place. Cooking times are not adjusted, so check a bigger batch early.

The CRS Score Calculator estimates your Express Entry score out of 1,200 from IRCC's point tables, and converts IELTS, CELPIP, PTE Core, TEF and TCF results to CLB levels for you. A single 29-year-old with a master's degree, CLB 9 and no Canadian work experience scores 419. A provincial nomination adds 600 points, while job offer points were removed on 25 March 2025.

The BC PNP Points Calculator scores a British Columbia Skills Immigration registration out of 200 from the official programme guide: up to 120 for experience, education and language, and up to 80 for the wage and region of your B.C. job offer. Wage points start at 1 for $16.00 an hour and rise to 55 at $70.00 or more, so a $100,000 salary on 40 hours scores 33.

Immigration scores are estimates; IRCC and BC PNP check every claim when you apply, and draw cut-offs change with each round.

  • Recipe Scaler

    Scale any recipe up or down by servings. Type in your ingredients and see every amount multiplied, with the units kept as you wrote them.

  • Oven Temperature Converter

    Convert oven temperatures between gas mark, conventional °C, fan oven °C and °F, using the gas mark chart UK recipes follow.

  • CRS Score Calculator

    Estimate your Express Entry CRS score out of 1,200 from IRCC's point tables, with IELTS, CELPIP, PTE Core, TEF and TCF converted to CLB for you.

  • BC PNP Points Calculator

    Estimate your BC PNP Skills Immigration registration score out of 200 from the official guide, with wage points, CLB conversion and the latest draw cut-offs.

Common questions about lifestyle & everyday helpers

How do I convert a fan oven temperature?

Take 20°C off a conventional oven temperature. A recipe at 200°C needs about 180°C in a fan oven, and 200°C is 392°F, or gas mark 6. The Oven Temperature Converter shows all four settings at once, and your oven's handbook may give its own adjustment.

How do I scale a recipe?

Divide the number of servings you want by the number the recipe makes, then multiply every ingredient by that figure. Going from 4 to 6 servings means multiplying by 1.5, so 2 tablespoons of sugar becomes 3. The Recipe Scaler does this for every ingredient and keeps your units.

What is a good CRS score for Express Entry?

It depends on each draw, because IRCC sets the cut-off for every round of invitations. The CRS Score Calculator shows your total out of 1,200, the points behind it and which changes would raise it most, such as higher language scores or a year of Canadian work. Compare your total with IRCC's recent rounds.

How many points does a provincial nomination add to CRS?

A provincial or territorial nomination adds 600 points, the largest single item in the CRS. A single 29-year-old with a master's degree and CLB 9 moves from 419 to 1,019. Check the cut-offs on IRCC's rounds of invitations page before planning around a draw.

How many BC PNP points do I get for my wage?

An hourly wage of $16.00 scores 1 point and each extra dollar adds 1, up to 55 points at $70.00 or more. For a salary, divide by 52 and then by your weekly hours. A $100,000 salary at 40 hours is $48.07 an hour, which scores 33 points.