Cooking math
Math 1
Thanksgiving 2
Math 2
Thanksgiving Jokes
100

If I want to serve dinner at 5 p.m., and my turkey will take 3 and 1/2 hours to cook, what time would I need to start cooking it?

1 pm or 1:30 pm  (1 pm to allow time to cut up the turkey)

100

If the turkey needs to cook for 4 hours, when will we need to put it in the oven for it to come out at 12:00pm?

8:00am

100
What is the most famous dessert for Thanksgiving
Pumpkin pie
100

You are baking Mac n cheese but need to double the recipe.  If the original recipe calls for a 1/2 teaspoon of salt, how much salt should you include?

1 teaspoon

100

"What key has legs and can't open a door?"

A Turkey

200

If turkey costs $1.99 per pound and I buy a 15 pound turkey, how much would it cost?

$29.85

200

If Jane has her mother, father, 2 sisters and their husbands and her own husband over for Thanksgiving how many total people will be at Jane's house for Thanksgiving?

200

What is your favorite side dish on Thanksgiving?

Answer will vary

200

You are baking Mac n cheese but need to triple the recipe.  If the original recipe calls for a 1/2 teaspoon of salt, how much salt should you include? (answer as a mixed fraction)

1 1/2 teaspoons

200

Why did they let the turkey join the band?

Because he had his drumsticks

300

If I need 3 pounds of potatoes to make enough mashed potatoes for 4 people, how many pounds of potatoes would I need to make enough to serve 8 people?

6 pounds of potatoes

300

Jerry takes $25.00 to the store.  If he buys a turkey for $12.50 and a pumpkin pie for $5.00 how much will he have left?

$7.50

300

What is the day after Thanksgiving called?

Black Friday

300

John wants to have coffee with dessert on Thanksgiving.  If he his having ten people for the meal and he wants 1 and 1/2 cups per person, how many cups does he need to make?

15 cups

300

What happened to the turkey that got in a fight?

He got the stuffing knocked out of him!

400

What sport is played during the Thanksgiving season?

Football


400

Jane is baking cakes for Thanksgiving. She wants to make two so she can give one to her neighbor who has been sick. If the recipe calls for 2 and 1/2 cups of sugar how much will she need for both cakes?

5

400

What day of the week is Thanksgiving on

Thursday


400

Jane needs 2 cans of green beans and 2 pounds of sweet potatoes for her Thanksgiving meal. If the green beans are $1.98 a can and the potatoes are $.98 a pound how much will she spend?

$5.92

400

What do you call a running turkey?

Fast Food

500

Give me a fraction that describes the amount of a (typical/nonLeap) year that is Thanksgiving.

1/365

500

If an average length of an NFL football game is 3 hours and 12 minutes and there are 3 football games shown on Thanksgiving, how many total minutes of football would you expect there to be on Thanksgiving this year?

576 minutes

500

Name two other ways to cook a turkey besides baking it

Deep frying, smoking, etc

500

If a typical serving of macaroni is 2oz of dry pasta per person and you have 18 people coming to your house on Thanksgiving, how many boxes of 16oz macaroni pasta do you need to buy?

3

500

Why did the turkey get detention at school?

He used fowl language