Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.8
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
1694
Points per Word
0.000295
Page Count
24
Points per Page
0.020833
Series
PowerMath; PowerKids Press
Description
This book gives several examples of recipes used during the Civil War, such as gingerbread, groundnut soup, gumbo, and hardtack, and shows how to add and subtract fractions to double or halve the ingredients.