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
    World record Snickers Bar
      In late January, workers at the Mars W...
    Figuring planting dates
      It's time to get ready to plant my gar...
    AQI - Air Quality Index
    The AQI is a measurement of how much particulate...
    Shoprite's solar energy goals on the African continent
      Shoprite is the largest supermarke...
    Big Air snowboarding
    Starting February 18th a new Olympic sport will be...
    It might be a good year to see the Perseid meteor shower
    Catching a productive meteor shower can ...
    What is with this chart?
    A fellow teacher, Laura Deschai...
    Typical Super Bowl scores
    Updated for 2023! In this activi...
    The Fiscal Cliff - sounds scary
    We've used a graphic to help students understand...
    Jackie Robinson
    April 15th, 1947 was a date to remember.  J...