McGraw-Hill Mathematics: Grade 6, Chapter 4

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Cooking by the Numbers

Fun with Fruits and Vegetables Kids Cookbook
http://www.dole5aday.com/CookBook/C_Home.html

Besides a list of ingredients and a set of instructions, numbers are an essential part of a recipe. Use some whole numbers and fractions to take the guesswork out of making a recipe.

• Click BREAKFAST RECIPES to see the name of the recipe that appears in problems 1 and 2.
• Click BEVERAGE RECIPES to see the name of the recipe that appears in problem 3.
• Click MAIN DISH RECIPES to see the name of the recipe that appears in problems 4 and 5.
• Click SOUP RECIPE to see the name of the recipe that appears in problems 6 through 8.
• Click the name of the recipe to find the information you need to solve the problem.
• Click the Back arrow once to go back to a previous page.

BREAKFAST RECIPE

1. Taylor makes the Raisin Buddy Banana Muffins. Does he use a greater amount of salt or baking powder? Use equivalent fractions to explain your answer.
   
   
   
   
   
2. Angela makes mini muffins using the Raisin Buddy Banana Muffins recipe to give to her friends. How many muffins are there? Can Angela divide the muffins evenly between 2 friends so that no muffins are left over? Can she divide the muffins evenly among 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, or 10 friends?
   
   
   
   
   

3. Look at the Tropical Fruit Punch ingredients. Remember that 8 fluid onces equals 1 cup.
   
   Write the amounts of each of the first three ingredients in cups.
   
   

                    c pine-orange banana juice

                    c lemon-lime soda

                    c frozen limeade concentrate, thawed

4. You want to eat one serving of Chinese Vegetable Stir-fry. You read the Per Serving information and find out that each has                  grams of fat. Each gram of fat equals 9 calories. How many calories from fat are in one serving of the stir-fry?

                    calories from fat

5. You read that there are                  total calories in one serving of the Chinese Vegetable Stir-fry. What fraction of the stir-fry's calories is from fat? Write the answer in simplest form.
   
   
   
   
   

5. Leah makes the ABC Vegetable Soup. Does she use a greater volume of chopped onion or alphabet pasta? Use equivalent fractions to explain your answer.
   
   
   
   
   

6. You want to eat one serving of the ABC Vegetable Soup. You read the Per Serving information and find out that each serving has                  grams of fat. Each gram of fat equals 9 calories. How many calories from fat are in one serving of the soup?

                    calories from fat

7. You read that there are                  total calories in one serving of the ABC Vegetable Soup. What fraction of the soup's calories is from fat? Write the answer in simplest form.
   
   
   
   
   

Math at Home

Today I explored a Web site that features recipes taken from a cookbook written for kids. I used my knowledge of fractions to learn more about the recipes. For example, I figured out that the Tropical Fruit Punch recipe calls for 64 fluid onces, or                  cups, of pine-orange banana juice.

You can find out more about this topic by asking your teacher or parents to show you other Web sites.