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Activity

Present the following problem to students:

You are about to make your favorite cookie recipe.

You check the bowls in the kitchen and the only

one you can find is a 5-quart bowl. Will you be able

to make the cookies in that bowl?

Here is the recipe:

What is the total volume of the recipe ingredients

in cups? In quarts?

Procedure

1. Before starting on the problem, have the students

look at the recipe to find ingredients where the

measurement is not given in cups, and prepare

them to convert these measurements into cups.

Measurements: 5 eggs = 1 C

Other ingredients = 1 .

2. Using the TI-34 MultiView calculator, find the

total volume of the recipe ingredients in cups.

18 cups

3. Next, convert the total number of cups into

quarts.

4 quarts

4. Would the ingredients fit in the 5-quart bowl?

Yes

Extension

Ask the students to find other recipes at home and

add up the list of ingredients to determine how

large the bowl would need to be.

2 cups brown sugar

2 teaspoons baking powder

2 cups white sugar

2 teaspoons baking soda

1 cups butter

1 teaspoon vanilla

cups shortening 4 cups flour

5 eggs

5 cups oatmeal

1 teaspoon salt

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My favorite recipe — fractions (Continued)

³ Some measurement conversions:

3 teaspoons (tsp.) = 1 tablespoon (Tbsp.)

16 Tbsp. = 1 cup (C)

1 egg = C

4 C = 1quart (qt)

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