n your post, describe your cooking plans to your peers. Explain how you multiplied fractions to solve the problem:
Describe the healthy recipe you chose.
List the measurement of each ingredient in the original recipe and how many people it serves. List the number of people invited to your party.
Explain how you calculated the amount of each ingredient you’ll need to prepare enough servings for all of your guests.
State the amount of each ingredient you’ll need to cook for your party.
Describe other ways you use fractions to benefit your health in real life. For instance, do you use them for structuring an exercise routine or scheduling daily activities? Name a situation that might require you to multiply fractions or mixed numbers. Specify whether you would be multiplying a fraction or mixed number by an integer or multiplying two fractions or mixed numbers together.
In my post, I would describe my cooking plans to my peers and explain how I used multiplication of fractions.
For my party, I have chosen a healthy recipe for a quinoa salad. This recipe serves 4 people and includes the following ingredients:
- 1 cup of cooked quinoa
- 1/2 cup diced cucumber
- 1/2 cup cherry tomatoes, halved
- 1/4 cup chopped red onion
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- Salt and pepper to taste
I have invited 10 people to my party and need to calculate how much of each ingredient I'll need to prepare enough servings for everyone.
To calculate the amount of each ingredient needed, I'll multiply the original measurements by the number of servings required. For example, to calculate the amount of cooked quinoa needed, I'll multiply 1 cup by 10/4 (the number of servings required divided by the original number of servings).
1 cup * (10/4) = 2.5 cups
Therefore, I'll need 2.5 cups of cooked quinoa for my party. I'll repeat this calculation for each ingredient to determine the necessary amounts.
The amount of each ingredient needed to cook for my party would be:
- 2.5 cups of cooked quinoa
- 1.25 cups diced cucumber
- 1.25 cups cherry tomatoes, halved
- 0.625 cups chopped red onion
- 0.625 cups chopped fresh parsley
- 5 tablespoons olive oil
- 5 tablespoons lemon juice
- Salt and pepper to taste (amount remains the same)
Apart from cooking, I use fractions in real life to benefit my health in multiple ways. One way is when I measure ingredients for recipes, where precise fractions are often used. Additionally, when I structure my exercise routine, I might allocate a certain fraction of time to different activities. For example, I might spend 1/3 of my workout time on strength training and 2/3 on cardiovascular exercises.
A situation that might require me to multiply fractions or mixed numbers could be when I want to calculate the nutritional value of a recipe that serves a different number of people or when I want to double a recipe. In these cases, I would be multiplying a fraction representing the original recipe by an integer representing the desired number of servings.