https://padlet.com/sara_brownell/91efrhrf1dcv Math concepts help people make decisions about many things! en-us 2016-11-18 16:51:21 UTC 2024-04-07 03:59:55 UTC hello@padlet.com sara_brownell https://padlet.com/sara_brownell/91efrhrf1dcv/wish/138793953 Room 10 Parents,
Our class has been working to understand ways that math is used in real life.  Students sometimes have a hard time realizing that "school math" (what we see in a workbook) looks different than real math problem solving.
 A big meal like Thanksgiving is a great opportunity to talk with your child about how math applies to every day life.  You can take this week talk with your child about how mathematical thinking has helped people make decisions about a Thanksgiving meal!
Here are some possible questions to get started:
- How many people are being served?
- How many pounds does the turkey weigh?
- How did you decide how many how much XX to buy?
- What size pan will you use to cook XX? How do you know the ingredients will fit inside?
- What are the amounts of ingredients needed for a recipe? Is there a written recipe? If not, how do you know how much to use?
- What size container is needed for leftovers?
- How much time is needed to prepare XX? When will you start cooking each part of the meal? How do you know that it will all be done and ready to eat at the same time?]]> 2016-11-18 18:22:21 UTC https://padlet.com/sara_brownell/91efrhrf1dcv/wish/138793953 sara_brownell https://padlet.com/sara_brownell/91efrhrf1dcv/wish/138799077 Add a post to this digital bulletin board to share some Thanksgiving real-life math. You can include photos, video, audio, and more!]]> 2016-11-18 18:37:45 UTC https://padlet.com/sara_brownell/91efrhrf1dcv/wish/138799077 sara_brownell https://padlet.com/sara_brownell/91efrhrf1dcv/wish/138830612 2016-11-18 20:20:01 UTC https://padlet.com/sara_brownell/91efrhrf1dcv/wish/138830612 ahassanal0001 https://padlet.com/sara_brownell/91efrhrf1dcv/wish/139993436 There are many things to think about when planning Thanksgiving. For example, how do you decide how much turkey to buy?  
x = amount of turkey we need to buy
We project that each person will eat .75 pounds of turkey. There will be 10 guests at the dinner.
SO x = (0.75 x10) pounds of turkey. So we need to order 7.5 lbs. at least. 
By: Alisha's parents]]> 2016-11-27 00:19:11 UTC https://padlet.com/sara_brownell/91efrhrf1dcv/wish/139993436 koguri0002 https://padlet.com/sara_brownell/91efrhrf1dcv/wish/140058125 1: 5 people are being served
2: Grandma bought a 15 pound turkey. 
3: Grandma bought this much turkey because she thought  5 people will eat 2 pound of turkey each =  10 pounds, with 5 pounds of leftovers to be shared between two families.
 4: Grandma looked for a disposable pan that she thought fits the turkey. She put the turkey that she was going to buy into the pan she thought was going to fit to make sure that they fit each other. 
5: There was no written recipe, so for mashed potatoes: grandma estimated 2 potatoes per person, which equals 10 potatoes; for stuffing: a 12 oz bag of stuffing will feed 4.5 people with 1.5 cups of cooked stuffing; for cranberry sauce: she opened two cans, which was too much, but she knew I loved cranberry sauce and that there will be lots of left overs for me to take home; for the salad: she bought one head of salad, one cucumber and one very large tomato. 
6: There were many size containers and we just took the container size that we needed; a big container if we wanted more food and a small container for the smaller portions. 
7: So for a 15.5 lbs turkey, it would take about 4 1/2 to 5 hours of cooking time. So if we ate dinner at 6:30, we need to start cooking the turkey at 1:30 in the afternoon. If it takes 1 hour to make mashed potatoes, we would need to start making it at 5:30; and if stuffing takes about 20 minutes to cook, then we should start the stuffing at 6pm; she also made the salad ahead of time because it does not need cooking.

by: Kaylee, and Lyly :-)]]> 2016-11-27 22:45:02 UTC https://padlet.com/sara_brownell/91efrhrf1dcv/wish/140058125 https://padlet.com/sara_brownell/91efrhrf1dcv/wish/140085511 2016-11-28 05:10:57 UTC https://padlet.com/sara_brownell/91efrhrf1dcv/wish/140085511 https://padlet.com/sara_brownell/91efrhrf1dcv/wish/140085813 We were told to make a dish that serves 15 to 20 people. We decided to make a vegetable quiche. Our biggest pan is 12 inches in diameter and 2 inches deep.  We used 20 eggs,1 bell pepper, 1 onion, 16 oz mushroom, 12 oz sausages, and 4 cloves of garlics.  There were 1/4 leftover at the end. We estimated that each person ate about 3/4 of an egg. Since all ingredients are evenly distributed, we concluded that about 20 people sampled the quiche. 20*3/4/(4/3)=20.  15 eggs would be perfect.
20*3/4=15

Jensen (Lucia)]]> 2016-11-28 05:15:57 UTC https://padlet.com/sara_brownell/91efrhrf1dcv/wish/140085813 https://padlet.com/sara_brownell/91efrhrf1dcv/wish/140394520 The meal served 23 people and the food was beef ribs. If everyone eats 7 beef ribs, how much are all the ribs in all?
Everyone is eating 7 ribs so 7 x 23 will find the answer.  The answer is 161. 161 is about 160 and each lb is 5 ribs so 160 divided by 5 is 32 lb. Each pound is about 9 dollars so 32 x  9 = 288 dollars.

- Kyle and his mom]]> 2016-11-29 03:10:37 UTC https://padlet.com/sara_brownell/91efrhrf1dcv/wish/140394520