Mathematical knowledge is applied in many places including the kitchen. Suppose your lunch on Saturday is rice, stew, water melon and paw-paw juice costing 12000frs CFA. You will need to write out a list " to-buy-list" that will you from emotional buying or forgetting any of the items. The compilation of this list is where you see mathematics in action in the kitchen.
THE TO-BUY-LIST
The following may be the list of items:
Rice =4000frs
Fish = 3000frs
Tomatoes=1000frs
Pepper=100frs
Carrots=400frs
Onion =400frs
Spices =100frs
Paw-paw=500frs
Water melon=800frs
Groundnut oil= 1200frs
Transportation= 500frs.
Total= 12000frs.
ADVANTAGES OF TO-BUY-LIST.
Such a list is has the following advantages:
✓ It prevents you from buying what you didn't budget for otherwise known as emotional buying.
✓It helps you provide just the right quality and quantity of food for your family.
✓ Finally, it enables you save money, time, efforts and energy.
✓You will eat a balanced diet.
There are many other advantages of this having a list like the one above. Having this list and following it strictly requires some level of logical thinking and self discipline which will all result in solving a domestic problem " balanced diet." You know the health problems caused by eating unbalanced diet.
Thanks to this basic knowledge of summation in the list that gives the exact amount of money needed. Without simple knowledge of addition, you will not be able have a concise list like the one above.
Mathematics is used everywhere, the kitchen inclusive. Study it as if all your life depends on it and you will have many job opportunities . You will also be an all round person.
This article was written by Awah Aweh who has written many articles for the internet. You can read more articles on the internet this time around.
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