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Fractions in Cooking

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Fractions in Cooking

Fractions in Cooking

Cooking utensils and fractions illustration

🍪 Part 1: Understanding Fractions in Recipes

1. Circle the correct answer: What does the numerator (top number) in a fraction tell us?

How many equal parts we have

How many total parts there are

The size of the measuring cup

2. Circle the correct answer: What does the denominator (bottom number) in a fraction tell us?

How many parts we're using

How many total equal parts there are

The type of ingredient

3. Fill in the blanks:

In the fraction 1/4, the numerator is _____ and the denominator is _____.

In the fraction 3/4, the numerator is _____ and the denominator is _____.

📏 Part 2: Measuring with Fractions

4. Match the fraction with the correct description:
1. 1/4 cup
2. 3/4 cup
3. 1 cup
A. Three quarters of a cup
B. One quarter of a cup
C. One whole cup
5. Check all the ingredients that might use 1/4 cup measurements in baking:

Sugar

Butter

Vanilla essence

Chocolate chips

Milk

🥧 Part 3: Recipe Problems

6. Sarah's biscuit recipe calls for 1/4 cup of sugar and 3/4 cup of flour. How much more flour than sugar does she need?
7. If you combine 1/4 cup of raisins with 3/4 cup of oats, how many cups do you have altogether?
8. Draw and shade circles to show these measurements:

1/4 cup of nuts:

3/4 cup of cereal:

👨‍🍳 Part 4: Real Kitchen Scenarios

9. Fill in the blanks with the correct fraction words:

Mum asked me to measure _________ cup of brown sugar for the anzac biscuits. This means I need to fill the measuring cup with _____ out of _____ equal parts.

For the fruit salad, I measured _________ cup of chopped apples. This is _____ out of _____ equal parts of a whole cup.

10. Explain in your own words: Why are fractions important when following recipes?
11. Circle the correct answer: Which is more - 1/4 cup or 3/4 cup?

1/4 cup

3/4 cup

They are the same

12. Create your own simple recipe using 1/4 and 3/4 cup measurements:

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