Everyday Math in Foods

Streaming video - 2015

Cooking and baking are perfect examples of math used in everyday life. Join Chef Dave Christopherson as he takes a closer look at practical applications of math at the grocery store and in the kitchen. Basic math skills are used to determine recipe costs, converting recipes, determining timing, and more. Kitchen and math concepts presented in short video segments include: reading a recipe, measuring techniques, kitchen equivalents, timing a meal, estimation of amounts and recipe costs, unit price, recipe conversion, and English to metric conversion.