Conversions in the Kitchen

Changing between Fahrenheit and Celcius

Math in the Kitchen

• Good math skills are important when working in a professional kitchen

• Occasionally you will have to convert a recipe’s portions, measurements and

temperature ranges

Fahrenheit

• Fahrenheit – the customary unit of measurement for the United States

• What is the temperature for freezing?– 32 degrees fahrenheit

– What’s the temperature for boiling?– 212 degrees Fahrenheit

Celsius

• Celsius – the standard unit of measurement in the metric system

• The temperature for freezing in Celsius?– 0 degrees Celsius

– The temperature for boiling in Celsius– 100 degrees celsius

Differences in Boiling Points

• Did you know that higher in altitude you go, farther above sea level..– water boils at a lower temperature

• The lower in altitude you go, below sea level..

• water boils at a higher temperature

Converting Temperatures

• Occasionally you will come across the need to convert Fahrenheit to Celsius

– Subtract 32 from the Fahrenheit number, multiply the answer by 5,

then divide by 9

Convert the Numbers

Remember…..Subtract 32, multiply by 5, divide by 9

How is Your Math?

Converting Temperatures

• You may come across a recipe where you have to convert Celsius to Fahrenheit

• Multiply the Celsius number by 9 ,

divide the answer by 5 then add 32

Convert the Numbers

Remember…..Multiply by 9, divide by 5, add 32

How is Your Math?