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008 960521s1997 nyua j 001 0 eng
010 _a96022143
015 _aGB97-10624
020 _a0471138134 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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_b.D348 1997
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100 1 _aD'Amico, Joan,
_d1957-
_919737
245 1 4 _aThe math chef :
_bover 60 math activities and recipes for kids /
_cJoan D'Amico, Karen Eich Drummond ; illustrations by Tina Cash-Walsh.
260 _aNew York :
_bJ. Wiley,
_cc1997.
300 _axi, 180 p. :
_bill. ;
_c24 cm.
500 _aIncludes index.
505 0 _aDiscovering the kitchen -- Measuring. How many grams is a pound of potatoes? -- How many quarts is a liter of milk? -- How long is that giant cookie? -- How much soup is in a bowl of soup? -- What does a handful of pasta weigh? -- How do you cook candy? -- Arithmetic. How do you triple a sandwich recipe? -- How to you cut an applesauce recipe in half? -- How much lettuce do you need for 6 salads? -- Fractions and percents. What's 1/3 of a waffle? -- What's the percent of margarine in a muffin? -- Geometry. What's the area of a brownie? -- What's the diameter of a cupcake? -- What's the circumference of a pie? -- Appendix A. Answers to the math activities -- Appendix B. Nutrient content of recipes -- Appendix C. Nutrition in a nutshell -- Appendix D. What's safe to eat? -- Glossary.
520 _aRelates math and cookery by presenting math concepts and reinforcing them with recipes. Provides practice in converting from English to metric system, multiplying quantities, measuring area, estimating, and more.
650 0 _aCooking
_vJuvenile literature.
_919738
650 0 _aMathematics
_vJuvenile literature.
_919739
700 1 _aDrummond, Karen Eich.
_919740
700 1 _aCash-Walsh, Tina,
_d1960-
_eill.
_919741
856 4 2 _zView contributor biographical information
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