101 Questions
Banana Bread Baker
You don't want to be short bananas when making bread. Scholars use their math skills to make sure there are enough bananas to go around. Using measurements given in a recipe, they must determine how many bananas they need to increase the...
Illustrative Mathematics
Cooking with the Whole Cup
Whoops! Travis accidentally put too much butter into the recipe. Your bakers must find out how to alter the recipe to accommodate different changes by using unit rates and ratios . The activity has multiple parts and calculations with...
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: Ask Dr. Math: Cake Recipe Ratio
Dr. Math has to go into the kitchen to solve this real-world problem. A student is looking for a solution to a ratio problem about baking a cake. You'll need to stir up your knowledge of ratios, fractions, decimals, proportions, and...