Big Burger 2013
Time to treat the kids to ratios, proportions, fractions and big burgers! In this activity students explore ratio of the different ingredients in the world’s largest burger. They then apply this ratio of ingredients to other giant burgers. This is a delicious math activity for exploring ratios and fractions with kids.
The activity focuses on the use of a ratio table. Give your students the opportunity to informally work their way to solutions using the ratio table. Check out the videos about the “big burger” below. Thank you to Robert Kaplinsky (check out his great math activities on his website) for letting us know about the videos from the History Channel.
CCSS: 5.NF.6 , 5.NF.6 , 6.RP.1 , 6.RP.2 , 6. RP.3
Three teachers in Georgia created a version of this post that they felt was suitable for their 5th grade students. Many thanks to Jenise Sexton, Michael Wiernicki, and Graham Fletcher for sharing their adaptation with all of us. largest-hamburger-ever-5th.pdf also CCSS: 5.NBT.7
For members we have an editable Word doc and solutions below.
largest-hamburger-ever.doc big-burger-solutions.pdf
Comments (6)
This is a great lesson that I am excited to use. I was briefly, doubly excited when I misread, “For members we have an editable Word doc and solutions below.” as “For members we have an edible Word doc and solutions below.” Watching that burger video must have blurred my vision. Thanks for Yummy Math.
Thank you, Jackie. You’ve made us laugh. Very sweet. Leslie
Thank you Charlene! We appreciate the kind words and feedback. Thanks for taking the time!
I can’t say enough good things about this site. My students enjoy it so much and so do I!
That’s a funny coincidence. I was working on the same problem. No need now. Here are a pair of videos from Modern Marvels I had put together to go with it that may be helpful for teachers.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRvqrjEcUp0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QfP2BbUWBw
The videos are great, Robert. Thank you. Leslie