A piece of cake
In this lesson, students build on their skills in finding volumes and surface areas of prisms and cylinders to design a multi-level celebration cake for a party. They use mathematical modelling to vary the size and shape of the component cakes and to calculate how much frosting is needed.
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| Year level(s) | Year 10 |
|---|---|
| Audience | Teacher |
| Purpose | Teaching resource |
| Format | Web page |
| Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches | Differentiated teaching, Mathematics investigation |
| Keywords | prisms, cylinders, surface area, volume, Maths Hub lesson plan |
Curriculum alignment |
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| Curriculum connections | Critical and creative thinking |
| Strand and focus | Measurement |
| Topics | Area, volume and surface area, Mathematical modelling |
| AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions |
AC9M10M01
Solve problems involving the surface area and volume of composite objects using appropriate units
AC9M10M05
Use mathematical modelling to solve practical problems involving proportion and scaling of objects; formulate problems and interpret solutions in terms of the situation; evaluate and modify models as necessary, and report assumptions, methods and findings |
| Numeracy progression |
Understanding geometric properties (P7)
Proportional thinking (P7) |
Copyright details |
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| Organisation | Commonwealth of Australia |
| Copyright | © 2024 Commonwealth of Australia. Creative Commons BY 4.0. |
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