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How Chefs Use Math
  • Authored by: Sheri L. Arroyo; Math Curriculum Consultant: Rhea A. Stewart, M.A., Specialist in Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education
  • Also available in Math in the Real World Set, 10-Volumes
  • Trim Size: 7 x 9-1/4
  • ISBN-10: 1604136081
  • ISBN-13: 978-1-60413-608-1
  • Status: In Stock
  • List Price: $28.00
  • Imprint: Chelsea Clubhouse
  • Published: 10/01/2009
  • Dewey Number: 641
  • Reading Level: Grades 3-5
  • Pages: 32

Summary

If you have ever eaten food at a restaurant, had someone cook for you, or cooked something yourself, you have seen math in action. How Chefs Use Math demonstrates how chefs use math to measure, prepare, and cook to create tasty, delicious food.

Concepts and skills emphasized include:

  • Number Sense and Operations
  • Problem Solving
  • Estimation
  • Measurement
  • Data Analysis
  • Algebraic Thinking
  • Geometry and Spatial Sense.

Specifications

Full-color photographs and illustrations. Glossary. Further reading. Index.

About the Author(s)

Sheri L. Arroyo holds an M.A. in education. She has been an elementary school teacher in San Diego, California, for more than 20 years and has taught third grade for the past 13 years.

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