Math on the Menu Author:Kopp, Jaine Kopp, Denise Davila From one of GEMS most well-known and successful authors, Math on the Menu interweaves mathematics with an imaginary Mexican restaurant. Students help the Rosada family start a restaurant by planning the menu, determining different combinations of ingredients, analyzing costs, setting prices, expanding into combination plates, and arranging t... more »ables annd chairs in a new location. Children use a wide variety of problem-solving skills. These taste- full activities put math learning in a real-world, multi-cultural, and delicious context.« less
This book is from the highly regarded GEMS mathematics units. It contains real life problem solving situations for children in grades 3-5, using restaurant situations.