1. COOKING WITH MATH Fractions OTTW
By: Hannah Batt

2. pasta SALAD recipe Awesome Pasta Salad Serves 6 Ingredients
1 (12 ounce) box of tri-colored spiral pasta
1 container small cherry tomatoes (36 tomatoes)
1/2 pound mozzarella cheese (about 3 slices ½ inch thick cut into ½ inch cubes)
1/2 pound salami (about 3 slices ½ inch thick cut into ½ inch cubes)
1 large green bell pepper cut into ½ inch pieces
1 (3.8 ounce) can of sliced black olives, drained
1 cup shredded carrots, chopped into smaller pieces
1 cup favorite Italian salad dressing
Directions
Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add pasta, and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until al dente.
Cut or chop all ingredients as listed above.
In a large bowl, combine pasta with tomatoes, cheese, salami, green pepper, olives and carrots. Pour in salad dressing, and toss to coat.

3. Pasta 1(12 ounce)box serves 6 people
To serve 20 people I will need 3 1/3
boxes, or, (40 ounces) of pasta
Math:
1/6 x 20/1 = 20/6 = 3 2/6 = 3 1/3 boxes, or,
3 1/3 x 12 = 10/3 x 12/1 = 120/3 = 40 ounces of pasta

4. SALAMI ½ pound serves 6 people To serve 20 people I will need 1 2/3
pounds of salami
Math:
1/2 ÷ 6/1 =
1/2 × 1/6 = 1/12 pounds per person
1/12 × 20/1 = 20/12 = 1 8/12 = 1 2/3 pounds for 20 people

5. MOZZaRELLA ½ pound serves 6 people
To serve 20 people I will need 1 2/3
pounds of mozzarella
Math:
1/2 ÷ 6/1 =
1/2 × 1/6 = 1/12 pounds per person
1/12 × 20/1 = 20/12 = 1 8/12 = 1 2/3 pounds for 20 people

6. TOMATOES
36 small whole tomatoes serves 6 people (1 container of small tomatoes)
Each person gets 6 whole tomatoes
To serve 20 people I will need 120 whole tomatoes,
or, 3 1/3 containers
Math:
To determine the number of containers:
1/6 x 20/1 = 20/6 =
3 2/6 = 3 1/3 containers of tomatoes
To determine the number of tomatoes:
3 1/3 converted into improper fraction 10/3
10/3 × 36/1 = 360/3 = 120 small tomatoes

7. GREEN PEPPERS 1 large green pepper serves 6 people
To serve 20 people I will need
3 1/3 large green peppers
Math:
1/6 x 20/1 = 20/6 =
20 ÷ 6 = 3 2/6 = 3 1/3 peppers

8. CARROTS 1 cup of shredded carrots serves 6 people
To make 20 servings I will need 3 1/3 cups
of shredded carrots
Math:
1/6 x 20/1 = 20/6 =
20 ÷ 6 = 3 2/6 = 3 1/3 cups

9. OLIVES 1 can olives (3.8 ounces) serves 6 people
To make 20 servings I will need 3 1/3 cans of
olives, or, ounces of olives
Math:
1/6 x 20/1 = 20/6 =
20 ÷ 6 = 3 2/6 = 3 1/3 olive cans
Each olive can is 3.8 ounces
3 1/3 = 10/3 = 3.33
3.80 x = ounces

10. DRESSING 1 cup serves 6 people To make 20 servings I will need
3 1/3 cups of dressing
Math:
1/6 x 20/1 = 20/6 =
20 ÷ 6 = 3 2/6 = 3 1/3 cups

11. Awesome pasta Next, put all your ingredients in a pan
Then pour in all of the dressing
Then mix all of it up

12. Final product