Westfield Students Bake With Math (Photos)

WESTFIELD, NJ - A Math Bakery at Franklin Elementary, where 4th graders in Beth Billing's class recently donned a baker's hat and apron for a creative lesson on how to multiply whole numbers by fractions/mixed numbers.

"Because fractions are often used in baking, this activity was an engaging way for my students to apply these skills in a real-world scenario," Billing said. "They rotated between different stations with varying levels of difficulty - from basic computation to more complex problem-solving. They worked with their groups to understand and solve the problems at each station."

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