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We love math picture books, especially those with edible Math activities and recipes!

My children discovered a whole collection of math books at the library over the summer and theystill reference them in their daily lives.

They are budding little mathematicians that love to find right angles, natural patterns, and numbers in their favorite games.

Keeping math fun has been an integral part of our homeschool for years.

We strive for hands-on math activities that make lasting impressions on our kids.

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If your children are like mine and enjoy hands-on math, I got just the book for you!

Eat Your Math Homework: Recipes for Hungry Minds

Eat Your Math Homework: Recipes for Hungry Minds is a math-themedrecipe book!

You heard me right…MATH THEMED RECIPE BOOK! I’m so in love with this concept, folks!

Because my kids love getting in the kitchen I knew this book would be a hit…it did not disappoint!

It encompasses a unique collection of yummy recipes and fun hands-on math facts.

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This math-themedbook contains six recipes all about edible math projects.

  • Fibonacci Snack Sticks
  • Fraction Chips
  • Tessellating Two-Color Brownies
  • Milk and Tangram Cookies
  • Variable Pizza
  • Probability Trail Mix

What did the kids want to make first? Fibonacci Snack Sticks!

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Edible Math Activities and Recipes ~ Fibonacci Snack Sticks

The basis of the Fibonacci snack sticks is to create the Fibonacci pattern using foods that are easily skewered on kebab sticks!

The children used cut up fruits, marshmallows, and gummy bears to create their patterns.

Fibonacci Facts: This was such a fun activity for the children. Not only did they enjoy a hands-onactivity that dealt with predicting numbers, but they learned some fun facts about the mathematician Fibonacci!

  • Did you know Fibonacciwas an Italian mathematician during the Middle Ages and lived from 1170 to 1250?
  • Rabbits were to blame for the discovery of the famous Fibonaccipattern. Fibonacci was investigating a problem involving the growth and population of rabbits.
  • The Fibonacci pattern is found throughout nature. The seed head of a sunflower and the outer skin of a pineapple, for instance, both have a consecutive Fibonacci number of spirals.
  • The Fibonacci pattern of numbers begins 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21,….and continues to infinity! Do you see the pattern? The Fibonacci sequence adds the two previous numbers to get the next: 1+1=2, 1+2=3, 2+3=5, 3+5=8, 5+8=13, 8+13=21, and so on.
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Snack Sticks are a Fun Way for Kids to Use Fibonacci Sequence

Eat Your Math Homework: Recipes for Hungry Mindsis a great way to make math lessons into edible math fun!

My kids adored this activity and I’m thrilled that they retained the math facts they learned.

What do the children want to make next? Fraction Chips!

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Now it’s your turn!Edible Math Activities and Recipes ~ Fibonacci Snack Sticks - The Natural Homeschool (5)How will you make math fun for your kids today?

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Fantastic Printable Math Bundle

In this awesome Math printable bundle, you will get 20 sets (88 pages) of hands-on activities to help your kids learn. Many kids actually think that they are games! They learn while they play. Isn’t that fantastic?! This bundle is awesome because you can simplify many of the activities for younger kids and you can make them harder for older kids.

This Math bundle is a digital download and it includes:

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* Montessori Math Subtraction Facts – Presentation and Printable

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Now, it’s your turn! Get this awesome bundle and use it with your kids!

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How do you learn math in cooking? ›

Estimate the number of an ingredient by its measure, such as “how many chunks of sweet potato do you think are in one cup?” Measure and then count. Learn order and sequence by following a recipe. Practice time math by calculating cooking time, such as, “It is 12:20 p.m. now and the recipe takes 45 minutes to bake.

What are the applications of math in the kitchen? ›

A chef's routine includes simple to complex math calculations. Examples include counting portions, increasing a recipe yield, determining a ratio for preparing a stock, calculating a plate cost, or establishing a food and labor budget.

What is the formula for edible portions? ›

Subtract the amount of trim weight from the AP weight and you will have what is referred to as your processed or edible product (EP) weight. The formula is: AP weight – waste = EP weight.

What kind of math do chefs use? ›

Cooks and chefs use math constantly, from measurements to ratios to conversions. What is a recipe, after all, if not an equation where component parts add up to create a whole? Cooks are constantly adjusting recipe sizes to fit their needs.

Why are math skills needed in preparing food? ›

Measuring and Estimating

In the kitchen, accurate measurements are crucial for cooking food. By introducing your child to various measurement units and encouraging them to estimate ingredient quantities, you can enhance their understanding of measurements and develop their estimation skills.

Why is math important in food? ›

Maths is a very important subject for food science and technology, as it helps to understand, model, and optimize various aspects of food production, processing, preservation, and consumption.

Do you use algebra in cooking? ›

Variables are the quantities of ingredients and the number of servings. By using Algebraic intelligence, the cook ensures that not only is the food available enough but also that it tastes great. Cooking is so Algebraic!

How do you think we use math in cooking or baking? ›

Some other maths skills involved in baking include:
  1. Budgeting for ingredients.
  2. Setting the correct temperature on your oven.
  3. Dividing batter equally among baking tins.
  4. Estimating how how many cupcakes or cookies a batter or dough will make.
  5. Identifying shapes, such as round cookies or square brownies.
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What are 3 examples of how math is used within culinary arts? ›

Math shows up in many aspects of cooking and baking, including converting temperature from Celsius to Fahrenheit (and vice versa), changing the quantities of ingredients provided by a recipe and working out cooking times based on weight.

Do you have to take math in culinary school? ›

A college degree in culinary arts focuses on the preparation, cooking, and presentation of food. For this major you'll take lots of culinary arts classes. But you'll also need to take classes in the arts, science, math, and social sciences to earn your bachelor's degree.

Why does math matter in the kitchen? ›

Most of the time when you're cooking with your kids, you'll be using fractional measurements. When you double a recipe to make more food, you'll need to double the fractions, which will reinforce fractional math as well as multiplying and, in certain situations, dividing fractions if you're cutting a recipe in half.

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