Engaging Cooking & Math Activities for 12-Year-Olds: Fun Worksheets

Instructions

Welcome to your fun-filled worksheet! Get ready to combine cooking, playing, and math in a culinary adventure. Please read each section carefully and complete the activities. Enjoy!

Part 1: Recipe Math

Imagine you're baking cookies! Let's do some math to figure out your ingredients. Here’s a basic recipe:

• 2 cups of flour
• 1 cup of sugar
• ½ cup of butter
• 1 egg
• 1 tsp of vanilla extract

If you want to make half the recipe, how much of each ingredient will you need? Fill in your answers below:

• Flour: ____________ cups
• Sugar: ____________ cups
• Butter: ____________ cups
• Egg: ____________ (could you use half an egg? How would you do that?)
• Vanilla Extract: ____________ tsp

Part 2: Cooking Creativity

Now, it’s your turn to get creative! Write down a new ingredient you would like to add to make your cookie special. Describe what it is and how it will change the flavor.

Ingredient: ______________________________________________________

Description: _____________________________________________________

Part 3: Cooking Challenge

Challenge yourself with this cooking game! Write a short story about a character who loves to cook and has a mishap while preparing a meal. Use the prompts below to help you plan out your story:

• Character Name: ___________________________
• What meal are they cooking? ___________________________
• What goes wrong? ___________________________
• How do they fix it? ___________________________

Now, write your story below (try to keep it to 5-10 sentences):

Story: ____________________________________________________________________________________________

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Part 4: Math Puzzles

Try these fun math-related cooking problems:

1. If one cookie has 100 calories, how many calories do you have in 12 cookies? ____________ calories
2. If your recipe requires 2 tablespoons of sugar, but you accidentally used teaspoons instead, how many teaspoons did you use? ____________ teaspoons (Note: 1 tablespoon = 3 teaspoons)
3. If you have 3 friends over and each friend gets 2 cookies, how many cookies do you need to bake to ensure everyone has some, plus 1 cookie for yourself? ____________ cookies

Part 5: Fun Reflection

Finally, reflect on your cooking experience! Answer the following questions:

• What is your favorite dish to cook? Why? ____________________________________________________
• What do you like most about cooking? _____________________________________________________
• If you could cook with a chef of your choice, who would it be and what would you prepare together? _____________________________________________________