Bringing Math to Real Life!!
We have been learning fractions in our math lessons. This math homework will bring all our math skills to real life and make math relevant to your child’s learning.
Some families only shop for groceries on the weekend, so this math homework will be assigned on Monday, February 27th and will be due on Monday, March 6th.
Follow these steps to complete your homework. Please make sure your parents are helping you with the hot oven and dangerous steps. Your parents must sign the lines on the last page.
Iron Chef Homework!
Step #1………… Look through cookbooks and choose a recipe or dinner you would like to plan and cook for your family.
Step #2………… Copy the recipe ingredients.
Name of Recipe = ______
List all the Ingredients (and the amounts of each) in the recipe you will cook. Pay close attention to the fractions!
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How many people will this recipe serve? ______
Where did you find this recipe from? ______
Step #3….. Make a list of all the ingredients you do not have and will need to buy.
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Step #4…..Cut out any coupons you can find for those ingredients. How much money will you save with coupons?
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Step #5…… Go shopping at the grocery store.
Step #6…. Write the price next to each ingredient you buy. (You can write the price next to your list on step #3.)
Step #7….. Total the cost of those ingredients. No calculators! Estimate the total cost to the nearest dollar.
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Step #8……….. What type of bills did your parents use to pay for the groceries? Count back the change. How much change do you need to receive?
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Step #9……What is the elapsed time that it took you to grocery shop?
Time started: ______
Time ended: ______
Elapsed time: ______
Step #10….. Cook the dinner or recipe paying attention to the fractions you use to cook.
Step #11…… When serving the meal, can you equally divide the recipe that will feed your family so each person receives an equivalent fraction of your food? (For example, if you baked a pan of brownies and you have 6 people in your family….could you cut it into equal pieces?) Write 2 more equivalent fractions that match your fraction.
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Step #12….. How much time did it take to prepare and serve your dinner/recipe?
Time started: ______
Time ended: ______
Elapsed time: ______
Step #13….Ask one of your parents to sign the bottom of this sheet. Ask a family member to write a sentence if they enjoyed your cooking!!
Bonus! Expanding Fractions…
Let’s pretend you are inviting more people over to share your dinner/recipe. Write the amount of ingredients you will need if you have to double the recipe. Double your fractions!
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My child, ______, is an Iron Chef and used math skills to plan and cook a special recipe/dinner for the family. I thought the meal was
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(parent’s signature)