Have you ever made some type of food using a recipe, or have you ever seen someone following the directions on a recipe to cook or bake something? 

If you have, then you have probably noticed that recipes are usually full of measurements written in the form of fractions.  Also, the measurements on measuring cups and spoons that you use when cooking are written in the form of fractions. 

What if someone sent you a recipe with the measurements written in the form of decimals?  How would you know how much to measure in your measuring cups and spoons? 

As you probably guessed, you would need to convert the decimals to fractions, and that is exactly what you will need to do in the following activity. 

Tie up your apron strings and get ready to cook up some conversions!