Shake ‘n’ Bake

Let’s Get Baking

In this activity you will choose your own recipe and practice multiplying fractions to perfect your skill!

For this assignment, you will need the following:

• a pair of scissors
• a glue stick/tape
• a copy of the Let’s Get Baking Activity Sheet B
• a magazine that has recipes

Using your magazine, you will:

1. Find a dessert recipe that has a minimum of 4 fractions in it. Try to find a recipe that has a picture!
   
   
2. Use the scissors to cut out your recipe and paste it on the front side of the handout.
   
   
3. Find a recipe for a main course that has a minimum of 4 fractions in it. Try again, to find a recipe that has a picture!
   
   
4. Use the scissors to cut out your recipe and paste it on the back side of the handout.
   
   
5. Beside each of the recipes you have chosen, you are going to practice your multiplying fraction skills again, by increasing each recipe by a factor of 5.
   Be sure to:
   
   • Show all of the necessary steps.
   • Re-write the ingredient name with its new measure.
   • State how many people OR how many servings your new recipe will serve.
     
     
6. Think about the Essential Skills that you have used in this activity.