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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
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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?
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