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Australian food
Use ratio and proportions to adjust recipe size. Middle schoolers investigate Australian food and adjust the recipe size for said foods according to the given situation. They then prepare Australian foods.
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Cooking Up Fractions
Young scholars study fractions through recipes. They rewrite recipes multiplying and changing numbers. They research the Internet for recipes and rewrite fractions to indicate a particular serving. They rewrite directions to change the...
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Fraction Equations: Multiply and Divide quiz
In this fraction equations instructional activity, students solve problems where they multiply and divide fractions. Students complete 14 problems.
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Fractions and Measuring in Cooking
Sixth graders explore cooking by creating food in class. In this ingredient measurement lesson, 6th graders discuss some of their favorite foods and review the proper recipes to cook them. Students utilize fractions to create a new...
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Tortillas
Students convert recipes for tortillas. They calculate the amounts of ingredients as they convert recipes and write an explanation of the task to demonstrate their calculations. After reviewing their calculations, they demonstrate how...
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Add a Fraction and a Mixed Number
In this adding fractions and mixed numbers practice activity, students sharpen their problem solving skills as they solve 6 story problems.
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Halloween Math Lesson Plan
Students practice their multiplication and division by creating a Witches Brew. For this holiday math lesson, students utilize Halloween style ingredients to create a fun edible treat for themselves. Students practice their measuring...
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Company is Coming
Students find a recipe for pancakes on the web then figure out how to half the recipe then figure how to make 3/4 of the pancakes.
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"Using Manipulatives and/or Technology to Solve Math Problems" by Cooking Dinner
Students explore math functions by preparing a meal. In this food measurement instructional activity, students examine a recipe for a meal and alter the size of the recipe based upon the amount of servings needed. Students utilize...
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Everyday Math Experiences
Students can put away the workbooks and experience a real world math day.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: Fractions in Everyday Life, a Recipe
Math Forum offers this exciting instructional activity to help students with multiplying and dividing fractions through a recipe made in the classroom.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: Half of a Recipe
This is the third problem in a series of three tasks involving fraction multiplication that can be solved with pictures or number lines. Aligns with 5.NF.B.6.