Math Idea #1 Problem Solving Objective: The students will solve addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division problems that focus on serving size and counting "5 A Day." Materials: Fruits and Vegetables Problem Sheet Introduction: * Students may need to review addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division skills, especially when regrouping or renaming is involved. * Students may also need to review basic problem solving skills such as identifying the needed operation, excluding extraneous information, and determining if the actual question has been answered. Group/Individual Activity: * Have students solve the word problems on the 'Problem Solving' sheets. * If problem solving sheets are used in a group setting, students may be asked to solve all or a designated number of problems, asking for assistance from group members as needed. After the set number of problems have been solved, group members should compare answers and try to reach a consensus as to the correct answers. The teacher may intervene when a consensus cannot be reached. Related Activities: * Have students create their own fruit and vegetable word problems. Problems may be shared on the board or overhead, or the teacher can make a booklet of the class' problems. * Students may use Cuisenaire rods to demonstrate portions or fractions of foods. Fruits and Vegetables Problem Sheet 1. Tom ate a salad for lunch. His salad had 3 servings of his "5 a Day." Fill in the blanks to tell how much of each item he could have eaten to get 3 servings. [HINT: There is more than one correct answer.] ___cup lettuce leaves ___cup spinach leaves ___cup carrots ___cup tomatoes Bonus activity: Make a salad in the Salad Factory that has 3 servings of your "5 a Day". What items are in your salad? 2. The salad Tom ate for lunch contained 3 servings of fruits and vegetables. If he had a small glass of 100% juice for breakfast with his cereal, how many servings of fruits and vegetables does he need to eat for supper to get his "5 a Day"? Bonus: What is one way Tom can complete his "5 a Day" at dinner? 3. Juanita loves Carrot & Raisin Sunshine salad. At lunch she ate salad that contained 1/2 cup shredded carrots, 1/4 cup raisins and 1 cup lettuce leaves. How many servings of fruits and vegetables did she get from the salad? 4. Jerry loves Fruit 'N' Juice Shakes for an afternoon snack. To make the shake, he used 1 banana, 6 oz. of 100% pineapple juice, 1/2 cup of lowfat vanilla yogurt, and 1/2 cup strawberries. How many servings of fruit are in this recipe? If the recipe makes enough for 2 glasses, how many servings of fruits will Jerry have if he and his friend Chad each have a shake? 5. Jake helped with dinner by cooking both broccoli and carrots in the microwave. He ate 1/2 cup broccoli and 1/2 cup carrots. How many servings of vegetables did he get from his dinner that night? Bonus: If Jake had 100% juice with his breakfast, and an apple as a snack after school, how many servings of fruits and vegetables did he have during the day? 6. Annie loves to cook Chinese food. She cooked Chinese Vegetable Stir-Fry for supper and ate two cups of it herself. How many servings of vegetables did she have for supper? Bonus: If Annie had an orange for breakfast, and a bunch of grapes with her lunch, how many servings of fruits and vegetables did she have today? Did she reach her "5 a Day" goal? 7. Have you ever stopped to measure your salads? Well, Joyce decided it would help her figure up her "5 a Day", so she began to use a large measuring cup as she made salads for her family. She makes salads for 4 like this: 2 cups of spinach, 2 cups of romaine lettuce, 2 cups of carrots, 2 cups of tomatoes, 1 cup of cauliflower florets, and 1 cup of broccoli florets. Add up the total number of servings for this salad, and figure out how many servings each person will get if all 4 people at the table get the same amount. 8. Jamie loves fruit salads, and decided to help make one for dinner. He is making a salad for 6 people. The salad contains 3 cups of watermelon chunks, 1 1/2 cup raisins, 3 cups pineapple chunks, and 3 cups of apples. He divides the salad into 6 bowls. How many servings of fruit salad will each person get? 9. Fernando and Omar made Musical Fruit Melodies for their school project. They made enough for 4 servings. How many servings of fruits can you get if you have a serving of their Musical Fruit Melodies. Here's the fruit they used in their recipe. 1 cup chunked fresh pineapple = 2 servings 1 banana = 1 serving 1 cup grapes = 1 serving 1 orange = 1 serving 1 apple = 1 serving 1 cup pitted prunes = 4 servings 1/2 cup pitted dates = 2 servings __ total servings / 4 people 10. Antoinette and Robin took a picnic lunch to the park. They had a bag of carrot sticks, a bag of celery sticks, 2 small boxes of raisins, 2 apples, 2 turkey sandwiches, and 2 small 100% orange juice drinks. If they divided their lunch equally, how many servings of fruits and vegetables did each one have for lunch? (HINT: The bags of celery and carrot sticks had about 12 sticks each.) 11. Look at the Food Guide Pyramid. It tells you to have 3 - 5 servings of vegetables and 2 - 4 servings of fruits each day. To eat "5 a Day", how much of each, should you have? 12. How much of each should you have to equal one serving? Visit Serving Size Land in the Land of 5 a Day. Just click on the picnic basket. ___ piece(s) of fruit = 1 serving ___cup(s) of cooked vegetable = 1 serving ___cup(s) of canned fruit = 1 serving ___cup(s) of leafy greens like lettuce and spinach = 1 serving ___ounce(s) 100% juice = 1 serving ___small glass(es) of 100% juice = 1 serving ___handful(s) of raisins = 1 serving ___ carrot(s) or celery stick(s) = 1 serving Use this table to help show you how many servings of Fruits & Vegetables you get each day. What Counts as 1 serving? 1 of fruit, such as piece banana, orange, apple, peach, pear 1/2 cooked or canned cup vegetable such as beans, peas 1/2 canned fruit, such as cup canned pineapple 1 cup raw leafy greens, such as spinach or lettuce 1 100% juice small glass 6 100% juice ounces 1 raisins small box 1/4 dried fruit, such as cup raisins 1 raisins handful Counting Servings of Fruits and Vegetables How piece Name of Fruit = How Servings Many? cup or Vegetable Many? small glass handful sticks = servings = servings = servings = servings = servings = servings = servings = servings = TOTAL SERVINGS 5 A Day Adventures: Math Idea # 1