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CK-12 Foundation

Fractions as Percents: Baking Cookies

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
A five-question interactive challenges mathematicians to solve word problems involving fractions as percents. Baking two different types of cookies and needing the exact amount requires scholars to make fractions, turn them into...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Cooking Up Something Good

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students compare and convert units of measurement within the United States customary system and within the metric system by baking cookies. Students discuss how to double the cookie recipe, how to make only half of the recipe, and how to...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Bake Sale

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
Put math into action with the real-life scenario of a bake sale. The participants at this bake sale are ready to divide their fresh-baked cookies into bags. It is up to your number crunchers to help decide how many cookies should go in...
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Piscataway Township Schools

Bake Sale

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Here is a project that instructs young bakers to calculate the ingredients needed for a cookie bake sale. The catch is that the ingredients for 32 cookies is given; however, pupils must figure out the amounts needed for 12 and 60...
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Order Real Numbers: Pie Baking Contest

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Time is on your side. Scholars plot three points on number lines with different time units to represent the time it takes three people to bake pies. They determine the fastest baker and the difference in times between the bakers.
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K20 LEARN

Baking Cupcakes!: Fractions

For Teachers 4th - 5th Standards
Following an engaging video, mathematicians solve a word problem about baking cupcakes using fractions. Scholars practice different problem-solving strategies, then find different ingredient amounts for their recipes. Pupils solve a...
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Math Wire

Gingerbread Man Bake Sale

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
Gingerbread cookies aren't just a sweet treat! Scholars identity the amount of combinations a baker can make in his gingerbread cookies using limited quantities of decorating ingredients.
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California Education Partners

Bake Sale

For Students 5th Standards
Work with fractional cookies. The three-part assessment task checks the pupils' ability to find the product of fractions and whole numbers, mixed numbers, or fractions. Learners determine the amount of ingredients needed and how many of...
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Curated OER

Over Baking Fractions

For Teachers 7th - 8th
In the over baking fractions, students add mixed fractions, multiply decimals,, and use the order of operations to solve multi-step problems. They evaluate six problems involving mixed fractions and decimals.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Applied Science - Science and Math Lab 4B

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Learners experiment with the combination of vinegar and baking soda. In this applied science lesson, future scientists compare qualitative and quantitative data collected from their exploration. Then they work together to analyze and...
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Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Baking Cookies

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
You can never have enough cookies, but do you have enough ingredients? This activity allows your bakers to discover how many batches of cookies they can make with the ingredients provided. Also useable as an independent assignment, your...
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Scholastic

Study Jams! Multiplication

For Students 3rd - 4th Standards
What does baking cupcakes have to do with multiplication? Watch this video and find out as your class learns that multiplication is the repeated addition of equal groups. Properties of multiplication are also introduced with...
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Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Banana Bread

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
Show your future bakers how to choose the right baking pan by calculating the volume of a pan. The resource compares two pans, one with decimal edge lengths and is too small for the recipe and one that may work. Your number crunchers are...
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Worksheet
Yummy Math

Raspberry Chocolate Heart Cake

For Students 6th - 9th Standards
Have you ever finished a piece of cake and wished you had more? Solve this common dilemma with math! A straightforward worksheet prompts middle schoolers to use the given dimensions of a heart-shaped cake when planning to bake two larger...
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Curated OER

Math Club Worksheet #21b

For Students 4th - 8th
For this math word problem worksheet, students solve a math word problem containing fractions while baking a cake. Students complete 1 problem total.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Bake Sale

For Students 4th - 5th
In this math word problems worksheet, students read through a story about two girls who made cookies for a bake sale. Students then answer three questions based on their reading.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Pounds and Ounces: It's All About Weight

For Teachers 1st
First graders explore number sense by participating in a measurement estimation activity. In this weight lesson, 1st graders discuss the differences between measurement units, both English and Metric. Students examine a loaf of bread to...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Chocolate Math

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students practice solving math equations by analyzing chocolate recipe measurements. In this chocolate baking math lesson, students read about the Hershey factory and recipes used to create chocolate bars. Students solve problems and...
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Interactive
Scholastic

Study Jams! Multiples

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Cupcakes and pancakes help teach young mathematicians about multiples in this mouth-watering presentation. Watch and learn how knowing her multiples helps Zoe bake enough desserts for her birthday party. Following the presentation, go...
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MENSA Education & Research Foundation

Pi Day Fun!

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
In this multi-faceted introduction to pi, participants perform a bevy of pi-related activities. Ranging from measuring household items to singing pi songs and reading pi stories, this fun and non-intimidating resource serves to bring up...
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Skills Workshop

Ratio, Scale, and Proportion

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Converting units is an excellent example of how math relates to our everyday tasks. The resource prompts mathematicians to use baking, cooking, and other daily activities to discover how to make larger quantities of each ratio or recipe.
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Agriculture in the Classroom

Pumpkins... Not Just For Halloween

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Celebrate fall with four pumpkin themed hands-on activities! After learning about pumpkins, scholars complete two activity sheets that reinforce estimation and word problems. They then plant pumpkin seeds and bake a pie in a bag.   
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Math Drills

Christmas Word Problems

For Students 6th - 8th
Solve 10 festive word problems during the holiday season! Santa and his team need your class's help to decorate, sort toys, organize reindeer, and bake toffee with multiplication and division skills.
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Curated OER

The Commutative Cookie

For Teachers 3rd
Learners illustrate multiplication problems using Unifix cubes. Some very nice attachments are present in this tasty lesson which uses baked goods to illustrate an array.

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