The Math Chef: Over 60 Math Activities and Recipes for Kids [Paperback]

Joan D'Amico (Author), Karen E. Drummond (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 12, 1996 | Age Level: 9 and up | Grade Level: 4 and up

Just as cookies go with milk and peanut butter goes with jelly, math and cooking go hand in hand. This fun-filled book shows you exactly how.

With more than 60 activities and recipes to try, you can practice math while you cook! Get a handle on measurement, multiplication, division, fractions, percents, geometry, and more, while whipping up mouth-watering treats like scrumptious stromboli slices, chewy marshmallow-fudge squares, yummy chicken nuggets, and delicious butterscotch muffins.

Whether you're a beginner or an experienced cook, you too can become a Math Chef. All activities and recipes are kid-tested and require only common ingredients and kitchen utensils. There's also a helpful list of safety rules, an explanation of basic cooking skills, and a complete nutrition guide.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 4-6. Cooking and math make such a natural combination that a book about both should be a real winner; unfortunately, that is not the case with The Math Chef. The recipes are interesting and tasty, and the directions, including safety precautions, are good; the black-and-white illustrations show both boys and girls involved in the process. In fact, as a children's cookbook, this title works well. The math is introduced and explained adequately, but its inclusion in the recipes seems more of an afterthought; for instance, when the concept of area is introduced in a two-page explanation, the only connection it has to the four recipes are that the sizes of the baking pans are highlighted. When weights are discussed, the weight equivalents (1 _ pounds [700 grams] of tomatoes) of the ingredients are given. Unlike Vicki Cobb's Science Experiments You Can Eat (HarperCollins, 1984), the math and the food preparation here are not interdependent. If you need another good recipe collection, this one is fine, but it will fare better in the cooking section than in the 510s.?JoAnn Rees, Sunnyvale Public Library, CA
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From the Publisher

The only kid's cookbook to focus exclusively on math, The Math Chef is full of simple, fun math activities and recipes that teach kids important math skills like English and metric measurement, multiplication, division, fractions, percents, geometry, and much more. Kids learn each math concept through a math activity related to food and cooking, then practice the concepts learned in kid-friendly recipes like Awesome Animal Crackers, Banana Blaster Muffins, and other delicious dishes! Features over 60 activities and recipes that can be done with common ingredients and standard kitchen equipment. Includes rules for kitchen safety and cleanup and a clear explanation of nutrition.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9 and up
  
• Paperback: 180 pages
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass; 1 edition (December 12, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471138134
• ISBN-13: 978-0471138136
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 7.4 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #116,086 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Average, July 7, 2008

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M. Butler "Guide on the Side" (N.O., LA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Math Chef: Over 60 Math Activities and Recipes for Kids (Paperback)

I teach fourth and fifth grades, and I bought this book thinking that it would offer fun and different ways to incorporate math into everyday life activities like cooking and eating. I found it to be out of date, average at best and did not really require the use of very much math. It is really more of a children's cookbook than a math activity book. I was disappointed.

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great and fun way to introduce math topics, September 5, 2008

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C. Holt (New York, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Math Chef: Over 60 Math Activities and Recipes for Kids (Paperback)

I am so excited to use this book with my son. I home school my children and this book presents math topics such as measurements, radius, division, fractions and many others in a practical way. Children see math used in everyday life, in the kitchen! It isn't the only method we will use to teach these topics, but it certainly will add to the enjoyment of learning them!

4.0 out of 5 stars More chef, July 1, 2010

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This review is from: The Math Chef: Over 60 Math Activities and Recipes for Kids (Paperback)

This is a great book if you are teaching your child to cook. Most of the math is in measuring or doubling recipes and other useful things like that. Simple easy recipes.