Yummy Math
Raspberry Chocolate Heart Cake
Have you ever finished a piece of cake and wished you had more? Solve this common dilemma with math! A straightforward learning exercise prompts middle schoolers to use the given dimensions of a heart-shaped cake when planning to bake...
Key Stage Fun
Squeebles Fractions
We are not exactly sure what a Squeeble is, but apparently they love cake and fractions, and your little bakers-turned-mathematicians will also. This app focuses on the basics of fractions including modeling fractions, equivalent...
Balanced Assessment
Frosting on the Cake
Party planners need algebra too! Here, pupils decide the perfect size of a cake based on available ingredients. They use the concepts of area and perimeter to make their conclusions.
Curated OER
Math Club Worksheet #21b
In this math word problem worksheet, students solve a math word problem containing fractions while baking a cake. Students complete 1 problem total.
Radford University
Fun with Solids
Cakes offer a yummy way to learn about math. Scholars use manipulatives to discover the formulas for the surface area and volume of prisms and cylinders. They use their formulas to calculate the amount of cake mix and frosting necessary...
Curated OER
Geometric Shape Cakes
Students become problem solvers and communicate geometrical ideas. For this geometrical shapes lesson, students make a cake template from geometrical shapes.
Curated OER
Geometry and Spatial Sense
Middle schoolers investigate geometric shapes in 2 and 3 dimensions. In this geometry instructional activity, students create a model chocolate factory working in groups and using an actual cake. Middle schoolers take a quiz...
Curated OER
Doubling a Recipe
In this measurement worksheet, learners help El Mundo the Great Wizard double his recipe for baking a cake by figuring out the measurements he will need for each ingredient.
Curated OER
Order of Operations
Eighth graders solve equations according to the order of operations. They discuss reasons for following directions by using an analogy of baking a cake. After practicing PEMDAS, 8th graders create and decorate a poster with their own...
Virginia Department of Education
Arc Length and Area of a Sector
What do skateboarding and baked goods have in common with math? You can use them to connect half-pipe ramps and cakes to arcs and sectors. Pupils compare the lengths of three different ramp options of a skate park. They calculate the...
Curated OER
Icing On The Cake
Eighth graders follow a recipe, focusing on the concepts of ratio and proportion, to mix a batch of icing. They decorate cupcakes in the form of a pumpkin.
Curated OER
Volume and Surface Area, A Sweet Activity
Geometry.... sweet! Using sugar cubes, learners build rectangular prisms of different sizes and shapes. They glue them together and assess volume. Then they color the outer sides to visualize and compute surface area. To make a visceral...
Curated OER
Carrot Bunch
Second graders solve a variety of math addition word problems related to planting and cooking carrots. They discuss a story from their math storybook, then read and solve a carrot word problem on a worksheet as a class. Students then...
Curated OER
Pecans
Students practice visualizing the meaning of one-half. In this fraction lesson, students examine pecans to see that each nut holds two halves. They complete a worksheet on which they pretend to decorate the top of a cake with the pecan...
Curated OER
The Joy of Giving
Children identify wants and needs, bake and sell cookies to raise money, and then go to the mall to purchase gifts for Christmas stockings that are donated to the Salvation Army. They then perform Graphing activities to help children...
Curated OER
Identifying Ozone Variations over Different Locations
Students analyze ozone data. In this atmosphere lesson plan, students will use a NASA resource to gather data for different regions of the Earth. Students will then create a graph for their data and answer related...
Curated OER
Word Problems Dealing with Ratio and Proportion
Mindful middle-schoolers read and solve a number of word problems. Learners copy and discuss what they believe their strategies are in solving each problem. They also write their findings and share with the rest of the class.
Curated OER
When Will it Happen?
In this length of time worksheet, students solve math word problems that have to deal with lengths of time. Students complete 5 multiple choice problems.
Curated OER
Add and Subtract Mixed Numbers Quiz
Use this mixed number learning exercise to have your charges complete a set of 13 problems, adding or subtracting mixed numbers. Answers are included on page 2, a reference web site is given for additional activities.
California Academy of Science
Fraction Penguin
Exploring mathematics through art is a fun and concrete way to help learners grasp a concept. They will construct a paper penguin using fractions cut from circles. They'll need to determine 1/8, 1/4, and 1/2 of each circle. Once the...
Curated OER
Real-Life Problems: Time
Combine word problems, telling time, and the four operations. Six problems prompt third graders to write out and solve word problems involving time and timing. Can they finish all six on their own or with a partner?
Curated OER
Create Your Own (Math) Problems
Math word problems are the focus of this presentation. Learners view slides that have a variety of word problems on them. In addition to solving those problems, they are invited to make up similar problems on their own. The last slide...
Curated OER
Bread in a Bag
Could the history of bread really be interesting? Yes, it could! An informational text gives scholars wheat production background from 8,000 years ago, discussing different types of bread and the current industry in Oklahoma. Learners...
K-5 Math Teaching Resources
Adding Mixed Numbers (Unlike Denominators)
Mix things things up in your elementary math class with a series of problem-solving exercises. Presented with a series of mixed number word problems, young mathematicians are asked to solve them by using either visual fraction...