Cooking is Like Math!

Did you know that cooking is full of math? It's true! Here are some easy examples where we use math in the kitchen:

1. Ingredient Ratios: If a recipe needs $x$ cups of flour and $2x$ cups of water, we can show it like this: Water = 2 times the flour.

2. Scaling Recipes: If a recipe is meant for 4 people but you want to serve $n$ people, you can figure out how much of each ingredient you need by using this: Amount for $n$ people = (n divided by 4) times the ingredient.

3. Cooking Time: If you're cooking $x$ pieces of chicken and each piece takes 30 minutes, the total cooking time will be: Total time = 30 times the number of pieces.

These math ideas can really help you adjust recipes to fit what you need! Happy cooking!