Theoretical Yield
Imagine you're planning a dinner party and have decided to make pizzas, but you only have a limited amount of dough. Just like how the dough limits the number of pizzas you can make, theoretical yield refers to the maximum amount of product that can be produced from a given amount of reactant. In this analogy, the dough is your reactant, the pizzas are the product, and the theoretical yield is the most pizzas you can make if everything goes perfectly and no dough is wasted.
Practice Version
Theoretical Yield: The maximum amount of product that can be produced from a set amount of reactant is called the theoretical yield. Theoretical yield is the calculated amount of product expected from a chemical reaction based on the reactants used, assuming everything goes perfectly.