Measuring sugar in bananas

[J-Man]

Hi,
I'm in 6th grade and working on my first science fair project. I want to measure the amount of sugar in bananas at different stages of the ripening process. I need help with my experiment!!!

I want to do a quantitative benedict's solution test, but don't fully understand how it works. Here's what I know so far....everything I know is from the internet.


Collect a sugar solution from the banana. (Mash the banana, mix it with water, pour through filter paper)

Mix the sugar solution in the Benedict's solution and perform a titration. (Mix it in a test tube and heat with boiling water until the solution turns white)

Use stoichiometry to calculate the concentration of the sugar sample. WHAT?????
What is stoichiometry? I'm stuck here.

Once I figure out how much sugar was in the solution, how do I then find out how much was in the origianl banana chunk?

I've been studying about bananas for the last 3 months, and I think this should be fun. I just don't know how the whole thing works.

Thanks!
J-man