Monday, July 26, 2004 AD Math in the Kitchen With Valerie OK, boys and girls, today's lesson is on division. Valerie has half a leg of lamb. Valerie has a recipe for a whole leg of lamb. Valerie's recipe calls for two cloves of garlic, slivered and stuffed into slits in the meat. How many cloves of garlic should Valerie use?
a) one clove
b) two cloves
c) three cloves
d) four cloves
If you picked c, give yourself a pat on the back. The correct answer can be determined of course by figuring out just how many slits one can cut into half a leg of lamb. Valerie was able to cut enough to fit the slivers from three large cloves. We asked Valerie if her lamb turned out OK, but we couldn't understand her answer 'cuz she was talking with her mouth full. Posted by Valerie (Kyriosity) at 7/26/2004 02:11:00 PM
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