Math Fraction Cookbooks!

Today in my AM and PM math classes, we shared a delicious project! The task of this mini-project was to find a favorite recipe with at least four fractions in it. Then, rewrite the recipe for half the amount of people it serves and then again for  3 times the amount of people the original recipe serves. For an added bonus, if the students made the recipe to serve a third of the people in the original recipe and brought it into class today, they were able to choose a homework pass or 5 points added to their extra credit ticket. Needless to say, we had a lot of fractional food in my room today! :) Everything was delicious and we all had a great time! The students enjoyed the food so much that they were asking for the recipes. Below are links to each cookbook. Enjoy and feel free to leave a comment!

AM Math Fraction Cookbook
PM Math Fraction Cookbook Part 1
Pm Math Fraction Cookbook Part 2

A digital collage by Smilebox

Fraction Fun!

On Friday, the students in my math classes learned to play a new card game. Here are the rules:
1. Two to three players can play.
2. Each player gets four cards placed face down. Cards are placed as shown below.

3. Turn cards over.You now have two fractions in front of you.The top card is your numerator.Bottom card is your denominator.All face cards and Aces are worth 10.
4. Add the two fractions together.
5. Make sure to simplify your fraction.Make sure to make any improper fractions proper.
6. Compare your fraction to the other player.
7. The largest fraction wins.That player gets all of the cards that were just used. Put your winning cards off to the side.
8. Repeat until all the cards have been used in the deck.
9. Count how many cards you collected during the game.The person with the most cards wins.

You can also change up the game by doing the smallest fraction wins, or the fraction closest to 1 or any other benchmark number. Have fun playing it! I know we did!

The only problem is that this game still does not have a name. Any suggestions? Please leave a comment if you play the game or if you have an idea for a name of it. Don't forget to use only your first name and last initial.