10.1 Small Group · Group 1
Second Practice Form · Re-Teach, Homework or Retake · Same Standard, New Problems
profession · inventory · Procedural Fluency · Real-World Applications
- Chefs supervise a team of cooks preparing everything from appetizers to desserts. Watch how much of that job is quietly mathematical. We'll walk through a worked example, try one together, then you'll try a few with hints right there when you need them.
- When chefs plan menus, they determine the number of items on the menu and calculate the price point for each item.
- They decide on the portion size of each item and project how much food is needed for each day.
- They calculate how much of each ingredient to order — that is counting, measuring, and multiplying, all before a single dish is cooked.
- profession (profesión) — A job someone is trained to do, like chef, nurse, or carpenter.
- inventory (inventario) — The supply of items a business keeps on hand, tracked by counting.
- portion (porción) — The measured amount of food served to one person.
- area (área) — The amount of flat space a surface covers, measured in square units.
- volume (volumen) — The amount of space something fills, measured in cubic units.
- Believing math only 'counts' when it happens in a classroom — and walking past the calculating, measuring, and projecting inside jobs, hobbies, and chores every day.
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1 MULTIPLE CHOICE
Which of these is NOT one of the ways chefs use math when planning menus?
- AChoosing the color of the restaurant's walls
- BCalculating the price point for each item
- CDeciding on the portion size of each item
- DProjecting how much food is needed for each day
✏️ Workspace & Solution Steps -
2 MULTIPLE CHOICE
One person saves 8 gallons of water a day by turning the water on only to rinse. How much water does that person save in a year (365 days)?
- A2,920 gallons
- B373 gallons
- C1,460 gallons
- D365 gallons
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3 MULTIPLE CHOICE
If each person in a house saves 2,920 gallons a year, how much does a household of 3 people save in a year?
- A8,760 gallons
- B2,923 gallons
- C973 gallons
- D5,840 gallons
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4 MULTIPLE CHOICE
A household of 5 saves 2,920 gallons per person per year. A household of 4 does the same. How much MORE does the household of 5 save than the household of 4?
- A2,920 gallons
- B14,600 gallons
- C11,680 gallons
- D1 gallon
per 1 - 1LabelWrite what each column is.
- 2Find per 1Divide to get one.
- 3ScaleMultiply up to what is asked.
- 4CheckDoes the size make sense?
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5 OPEN RESPONSE
Name one way you used math around your house this week.
💬 Sentence Starter: At home I used math when I ___ .<br>It was math because I had to ___ .✏️ Mathematical Justification & Response -
6 OPEN RESPONSE
Choose another person who works in a restaurant — not the chef — and describe the math they would use.
💬 Sentence Starter: A ___ in a restaurant uses math when ___ .<br>They also have to calculate ___ .✏️ Mathematical Justification & Response
Writing Task: Justify why your mathematical solution is accurate and complete.