Categories
Genres
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
High school
Sign up / login

Mashed Potatoes Proportions

Algebra Number Sense Math and Food Holidays and Annual Events
2024-11-11 07:42:04

Mashed Potatoes Proportions


🥔 "Why do we never have enough mashed potatoes at Thanksgiving?" In this updatedactivity, students will dive into the math of mashed potatoes planning to ensure there’s plenty to go around! They’ll adjust a recipe for various serving sizes, converting between decimals and fractions and setting up expressions to determine how much of each ingredient is needed. 

Don’t forget to kick off this activity with a starter that invites students to tap into their number sense. 

⏰ Around 45 to 55 minutes, including the starter

Activity Solutions & Supporting Materials
Tags:
6th 7th 5th ratio Ratio Table operations with fractions fraction operations proportions food Thanksgiving 6.RP.2 6.RP.A.3 6.RP.3 7.RP.1 5.NF.6 6.RP.1 5.NF.B 7.EE.B 7.RP.A.1
Share this:
Comments (0)
    Display 1 - 10 Of total 0
    Hoarding stopped!
      A Danish market found an...
    California wildfire
    Wildfires are burning in the Sierra Nevada M...
    Linsanity
    Jeremy Lin is the New York Knicks most start...
    Growth of Facebook update
    Facebook is so accepted in our world today that ...
    A lot of Cars
    đźš™ In this updated activi...
    Memorial Day 2026
    Memorial Day is a US holiday observed on the last ...
    Effects of new MLB rules
    This year new rules ...
    How big is this hornet really?
    Egad !!!!   Giant Asian hornets have no...
    The Ultimate Key Lime Pie
     On a cold and snowy day in Boston about ten ...
    Can Joey and Miki do it again?
    Updated !            ...