Make the cookies healthy. The assessment task asks pupils to determine the number of cookies they could make based on a given amount of ingredients. Given two sugar substitutes, learners determine which substitute would be better and provide an explanation. The task is the eighth in a series of nine assessments.

Concepts

dividing fractions, fractions, unit fractions, whole numbers, fraction word problems, fraction models

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Additional Tags

math

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Instructional Ideas

• Have class members bring in recipes from home
• Create opportunities during instruction for the class to be involved in mathematical discussion and justifications

Classroom Considerations

• Individuals should be familiar with drawing diagrams to represent division

Pros

• Includes a description of the SBAC assessment claim the task addresses
• Contains a scoring rubric for consistent grading
  

Cons

• None

Common Core

5.NF.B.7.a 5.NF.B.7.b 5.NF.B.7.c MP2