Culinary Math

by Helen Thompson

Overview

Cooking is a kind of science—you have to get the measurements right to make everything work. It takes math. In Culinary Math, you'll discover how numbers, ratios, and other math help make tasty foods you can cook yourself.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781422289167
Publisher:	Mason Crest
Publication date:	09/02/2014
Series:	Math 24/7
Sold by:	SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format:	eBook
Pages:	48
Lexile:	880L (what's this?)
File size:	2 MB
Age Range:	6 - 18 Years

Table of Contents

Introduction 6

1 Grocery Math 8

2 Estimating at the Grocery Store 10

3 Grocery Shopping with Coupons 12

4 Kitchen Measurements 14

5 Fractions in the Kitchen 16

6 Recipe Math 18

7 More Recipe Math 20

8 Cooking in Batches 22

9 Using Time in the Kitchen 24

10 Liquid Math 26

11 Nutrition Math 28

12 Greater Than and Less Than: Food Label Math 30

13 Counting Calories 32

14 How Many Calories Do You Need? 34

15 Putting It All Together 36

Find Out More 38

Glossary 40

Answers 41

Index 47

About the Author and Picture Credits 48