Converting units is an excellent example of how math relates to our everyday tasks. The resource prompts mathematicians to use baking, cooking, and other daily activities to discover how to make larger quantities of each ratio or recipe.

Concepts

equivalent ratios, ratios, scale, scale factors, proportions, proportional reasoning, currency exchange, conversion factors

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Additional Tags

math

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Instructional Ideas

• The worksheet references pounds for currency and grams for weight; add on the task of converting to dollars and ounces

Classroom Considerations

• Includes five pages of questions to use individually or altogether

Pros

• Worksheet provides workspace for each question
• Introduces the metric system and pounds for currency
• Provides a skill sheet so the teacher can determine and monitor learners' levels

Cons

• None

Common Core

6.RP.A.1 6.RP.A.2 6.RP.A.3.a 6.RP.A.3.d MP1 MP2