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Articles suitable for students from kindergarten to grade 5:
| Applications of Integers |
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Integers are everywhere. Negative integers, which may be less obviously seen, can be found on thermometers, in hockey, when measuring altitude, and in banks. |
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| Chess |
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The game of chess has many mathematical applications, other than the obvious concepts of problem solving and logic. |
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| Cooking Conversions |
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When working with recipes, it is important to understand how to convert temperatures and imperial/metric units. |
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| Cooking - Weights and Proportions |
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Using proportions, weight, and time while cooking a turkey. |
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| Creative Cooking |
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Learning how to manipulate recipes using math. |
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| Games of Strategy |
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The strategy behind particular games, such as chess, sudoku, or mancala, can be mathematically analyzed as Combinatorial Game Theory. |
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| Making Enough: Working with Recipes |
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Working with recipes and fractions to produce just the right amount of food. |
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| Math in the Kitchen |
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The mathematics involved in cooking is very broad and includes making conversions, working with numbers in recipes, operations with fractions, and estimating time and cost, among other things. |
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