Monster cake

2023-11-20 09:44:43

Monster cake


Jodie Berman, a high school math teacher in Chicago, loves mathematics and loves to cook.  We've created an activity based on her Monster Cake (composed of everything that Cookie Monster loves). This recipe is published in her blog, Binomial Baker,

First, students need to find the surface area that the M&Ms cover in order to approximate how many M&Ms she needs to finish her cake.

When Brian tried to make the cake, he mistakenly added too much peanut butter.  Now all the of ingredients will need to be increased by some percent to insure that the cake maintains appropriate ingredient ratios?  Do the math!



Activity Solutions & Supporting Materials
Share this:
Comments (0)
    Display 1 - 10 Of total 0
    Should I buy a gasoline, hybrid, or electric car
    Should you buy a hybrid or an electric car to sa...
    Data remaining ... tricky
    I checked my data usage for...
    Shrinking Toblerone
      New York Times photo - Credit Darren Sta...
    Patterns in the binomial expansion, Pascal
    Realizing that (X+Y)n can be expanded with the h...
    Hurricanes, Typhoons, and Cyclones
      Graphic from http://lagoon-inside.com[...
    Whole lot of cookies
    This activity has been u...
    How much do the movie tickets cost?
    Ooops! I was supposed to buy 4 adult and 2 ch...
    How many wings did the Bills send the Bengals?
      Cincinnati Bengals serving their thank-y...
    Will sending you back to school this year cost a fortune?
    With high inflation rates, supply short...