Pancakes

Act 1

1. How many pancakes will that make?

2. Write down a guess.

Act 2

3. What information would be useful to figure this out?

4. Write down some questions you have in your head right now.

All pancakes are 0.25 inches thick.

Act 3

Sequel

5. A family of 8 people each wants 4 pancakes for breakfast. How many batches of mix should be made?

Standards

Common Core

• HSG.GMD.A.3 - Use volume formulas for cylinders, pyramids, cones, and spheres to solve problems.

TEKS

• G.11(D) - apply the formulas for the volume of three-dimensional figures, including prisms, pyramids, cones, cylinders, spheres, and composite figures, to solve problems using appropriate units of measure