satmat 24

"Math _____ " is when someone feels extra stressed, scared, or overwhelmed when faced with math

Match the following:

• Brain's "control panel"

• Frontal Lobe

• Regulates the fear response

• Prefrontal Cortex

• Can be affected by anxiety

• Insular Cortex

• Regulates the body's pain response

• Anterior Cingulate Cortex

• Part of brain that processes emotions

• Amygdala

This is a learning disability that affects a person's ability to understand and work with numbers and math ideas. This can lead to difficulty with tasks like counting and recognizing math symbols.

Writing down your fears before a big test can free up space in your brain making it easier to use logic, reasoning, and working memory. This process can help people feel less nervous and score better on the test.

Which of the following are tools to help you overcome math anxiety:

• Strengthen your basics

• Write down your fears

• Breathe and Refocus

• Practice a growth mindset

• Break down the question

Match the following conversions:

• divide by 16

• cups to tablespoon

• divide by 8

• cups to fluid ounces

• divide by 3

• teaspoon to tablespoon

How many teaspoons are in one cup?

• 16

• 24

• 36

• 48

• 64

When baking, ____ is all about how close your measurement is to the true value. For example, consider measuring flour with a cup versus a digital scale.

When cooking, _____ is about how close your measurements are to each other. Imagine you and a friend want to cook chili, the more careful you are with your measuring, the more similar your chili will taste.

Pie crust is 3 parts flour to 2 parts fat, like butter or shortening to 1 part water (3:2:1)

How much flour and water is needed if the pie only had one cup of butter?

• 2 cups of flour and 1/2 cup of water

• 1 and 1/2 cup of water and 1/2 cup of flour

• 1/2 cup of water and 1 and 1/2 cup of flour

• 1/2 cup of flour and 2 cups of water

• 3 cups of flour and 1 cup of water