Introduction
You are throwing a big dinner party for your family. You initially planned to cook a meal for 10 people but one of your friends called to tell you that she invited extra guests and there will possibly be beween 12 to 15 people coming instead of 10 people.
You now have to adjust some of your recipes and serving sizes to accommodate the extra guests who may be coming to your dinner party.
Use your math skills and knowlege of fractions to convert your recipes to accomodate your new dinner party guest list.
Task
Task 1:
Cornbread Stuffing
- Take a second glance at your Cornbread Stuffing recipe.
- Revise the recipe so that it can serve 12 people.
Task 3:
- Take a look at the recipe for your Macaroni Salad.
- Revise the fractions for this recipe so that it serves 15 people.
- Now re-write the directions to the recipe with the new numbers.
Task 4:
- Look at the recipe for your Salted Peanut Tiramisu.
- Revise the recipe so that it serves 12 people.
- Now revise the recipe so that it serves 15 people.
Process
Visit the following websites to practice how to change fractions:
- Adding Fractions from Math Is Fun.
Scroll down for more fraction help.
- Adding Fractions with unlike denominators
- Fraction Game: Addition
- Visual Fractions
- Subtracting Fractions from Math is Fun.
- Subtracting Fractions with unlike denominators\
Now try out a few games:
Evaluation
| Needs Improvement | Progressing | Proficient |
Notes: |
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| Tasks 1, 2, 3(a) and 3(b) |
Student completed 2 or fewer tasks Some or all recipe conversions were calculated incorrectly Student did not include all ingredients in revised recipes
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Student completed at least 3 tasks Some or all recipe conversions were calculated incorrectly Student did not include all ingredients in revised recipes
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Student completed all 4 tasks (Task 1, 2, 3(a) and 3(b)) All recipe conversions were calculated correctly Student included all ingredients in revised recipes
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Conclusion
Congratulations to you on the success of your very first Dinner Party!
This shows that not only are you a great host/hostess, but that you are a skilled cook who can easily adjust your serving sizes by converting the fractions in the recipe!
Reflection Questions:
Did you find it difficult or easy to convert the measurements in your recipes?
Which recipe was the easiest to convert? The hardest?
Credits
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Thank you fot taking the time to view and try out this webquest.
L.E.