Aunt Jemima and more: Elementary Grades Pancake Math
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Grades 1-8, with parental supervision
Today is Shrove Tuesday – the day that precedes the start of the 40 days of Lent. It is Pancake Day throughout the world! This website offers pancake-themed math for the elementary grades.
At this archived Aunt Jemima website you can find out how to use information on a pancake mix box to teach your kids about multiplication, addition, measurement, and every other principle of math all while they’re enjoying a pancake breakfast.
And for the younger set: A Pancake Curriculum!
Find all kinds of pancake-themed activities and lessons that teach while they entertain!
Also try: Pancake Recipe Math
Practice counting, measuring, estimating, charting, averaging and more all while baking some delicious pancakes for Grandma!
And for the upper elementary grades and beyond, visit ths site:
This pancake sorting problem asks how many “prefix reversals” are sufficient to sort an arbitrary stack of pancakes.
