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Pennsylvania Academic Standards: Mathematics 2.3.3 A

Did you know that ingredients can be measured in three different ways? You can measure by weight, by volume or by counting. Looking at the recipe for Fish Food, name the ingredient you measured by volume? Name the ingredients you measured by weight? Did you measure anything by counting?

While cooking you will often use the different forms of measurement. Because you may not always have the exact measuring tool required in a recipe, it is helpful to know that certain units of measure have equivalents (or different ways of measuring the same amount). Now get out some water, measuring spoons, measuring cups and even a stick of butter to see how well you know these common kitchen equivalents:
  1. 1 tablespoon = _____ teaspoons
  2. 1 cup = ______tablespoons
  3. 1 cup = ______fluid ounces
  4. 1 quart = ______pints
  5. 1 quart = ______cups
  6. 1 quart = ______fluid ounces
  7. 1 gallon = ______quarts
  8. 1 stick of butter =_____cup
  9. 1 stick of butter = ______tablespoons

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  1. 3 teaspoons
  2. 16 tablespoons
  3. 8 fluid ounces
  4. 2 pints
  5. 4 cups
  6. 32 fluid ounces
  7. 4 quarts
  8. 1/2 cup
  9. 8 tablespoons
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