Lesson 1: Math is EverywhereMPP.3

I can…

I can find applications of math outside of school — in professions like being a chef, in hobbies like gardening, and around my own house.

Key words

• profession — A job someone is trained to do, like chef, nurse, or carpenter.
• inventory — The supply of items a business keeps on hand, tracked by counting.
• portion — The measured amount of food served to one person.
• area — The amount of flat space a surface covers, measured in square units.
• volume — The amount of space something fills, measured in cubic units.

Steps

1. When chefs plan menus, they determine the number of items on the menu and calculate the price point for each item.
2. They decide on the portion size of each item and project how much food is needed for each day.
3. They calculate how much of each ingredient to order — that is counting, measuring, and multiplying, all before a single dish is cooked.

Try it

Choose another person who works in a restaurant — a server, a dishwasher, a manager — and describe the math they would use.

Check your answer

Check with your guided notes.

Sentence starter

I know ___ because ___.

Goal: I can describe how someone uses math at work using the words plan, calculate, and measure.