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A&W's Third Pound Burger
Number Sense Math and Food Funny Wow factor
 In 1980, A&W offered a bigger and tastier burger to compete with another famous burger brand, but the sales were not successful at all. What could have gone wrong?? This activity is based on...
4th 5th 3rd Fractions 6th burger 4.NF.A 3.NF.A 5.NF.B

Drill Bit Fractions
Number Sense Math and Food Ratio and Proportion 3-act tasks
 In this updated activity, students explore how drill bits are measured using fractions of an inch. They will use equivalent fractions to compare drill bit sizes, fill in missing numerators, and ...
5th 6th 4th Fractions equivalent fractions decimal 5.NF.B 6.RP.A 4.NF

Someone ate my cake!
Number Sense Math and Food Any time math
🍰In this updated activity, students analyze a photo of a partially eaten cake to figure out how much was taken, what fraction is left, and how much the culprit might owe based on the cake’s ...
3rd 4th 5th Fractions operations with fractions division money angle measure 4.NF.4 4.NF.2. fraction representation 3.NF.1 3.G.2 4.NF.3 4.MD.5 4.MD.6 5.NF.4 proportion proportional reasoning ratio

Mashed Potatoes Proportions
Algebra Number Sense Math and Food Holidays and Annual Events
🥔 "Why do we never have enough mashed potatoes at Thanksgiving?" In this updatedactivity, students will dive into the math of mashed potatoes planning to ensu...
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

Leslie's Yummy Pumpkin Pie
Algebra Number Sense Math and Food Holidays and Annual Events Ratio and Proportion Any time math
Every year more and more people come to our house on Thanksgiving morning for my (Leslie's)famous pumpkin pie and a hike in the nearby woods.  This year 23 people have already accepted. How man...
Fractions 6.RP.2 6.RP.3 5.NF.6 4.NF.4 5.MD.1 6th 5th 4th 4.MD.1 5.NF.4 Recipes unit conversion Any time math

Monster cake
Number Sense Geometry Math and Food Ratio and Proportion
Jodie Berman, a high school math teacher in Chicago, loves mathematics and loves to cook.  We've created an activity based on her Monster Cake (composed ...
Fractions measurement percent estimation Volume 6.RP 7.RP 5.NF 7.G.6 surface area 6.G.4 6th 7th 5th 4th circle area food

How much chocolate is left?
Algebra Number Sense Geometry Math and Food Ratio and Proportion
 In this short activity, students reason and calculate what is left of these chocolate bars.  The bars are the same size but are molded into different numbers of sections.  Which one ha...
6.NS 5.NF MP1 MP3 6th 5th 4th 4.NF candy chocolate candy Fractions multiplication of fractions adding fractions with unlike denominators

Which gasoline is the cheapest?
Algebra Number Sense Ratio and Proportion
When Brian traveled to Crete last summer with his wife and son on an Archaeological dig, buying gasoline for his small rental car got him wondering again. He was pretty g...
6.RP.3 7.RP.1 7.RP.3 6th 7th 8th HS gasoline conversion conversion rates unit fractions

Pizza party figuring
Number Sense Geometry Math and Food
  In this activity students decide how to divide 2 pizzas amongst 6 adults and 3 pizzas amongst 8 kids.  Fractional pizza parts need to be drawn and considerations discussed about which f...
Fractions MP2 MP3 MP7 6th 5th 4th fraction representations 5.NF.3 fraction operations elementary food

Hands of Support
Math and Art Ratio and Proportion 3-act tasks Data and probability
 Lorenzo Quinn, an Italian sculptor, created and temporarily installed this piece of art entitled "Support" in Venice.  Quinn used his own children's hands to design this piece.  His in...
proportion ratio MP1 6th 7th 8th HS 6.RP.A 7.RP.A 3-act task MP4 operations with fractions estimation
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