Using his famous mashed potato recipe, Brian has asked students
- to change decimals to fractions,
- to calculate ingredient measures for various-sized Thanksgiving gatherings,
- to explain their thinking in calculating these figures
- and to judge how many servings could be created from 7 ½ pounds of potatoes.
The Activity: not-enough-potatoes.pdf
CCSS: 5.NF.6 , 5.NF.6 , 6.RP.1 , 6.RP.2 , 6. RP.3 , 7.RP.1
For members we have an editable Word doc and solutions below.
not-enough-potatoes.docx not-enough-potatoes-solutions.pdf
We’ve just been given an extension to this lesson.
and for members we have an editable docx and solutions.
It’s-all-gravy.docx It’s-all-gravy-solution.pdf
Teacher feedback: Just finished this activity and my 7th graders loved it. They were so creative finding different ways to make 32 servings. Each student was trying to out-do the other with more complex use of serving amounts and proportions. Lots of fun! – Mrs. Keli Leunes, Math Teacher, PAAAS Plainfield, NJ
Looking for another math lesson like this? Check out Big Burger
from Yummy Math http://www.yummymath.com/2015/not-enough-mashed-potatoes-2/
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