Enough stuffed crust to go around. Pupils calculate the area and perimeter of a variety of pizza shapes, including rectangular and circular. Individuals design rectangular pizzas with a given area to maximize the amount of crust and do the same with a circular pizza.

Concepts

area, area formulas, area of circles, area of rectangles, perimeter, perimeter of rectangles, circumference, rectangles, circles

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Additional Tags

math

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Instructional Ideas

• Bring in stuffed crust pizzas and measure them to compare actual to calculated values
• Consider removing the formulas from the assessment task

Classroom Considerations

• If allowing the class to use a calculator, be clear on whether they should use the pi key or 3.14 in thier calculations

Pros

• The resource has a worksheet so teachers can analyze the students' responses
• The Noyce Foundation determined the standards that would go with the task

Cons

• The rubric has spelling errors, and the grid lines do not align with the item numbers

Common Core

7.G.B.4 7.G.B.6 MP1 MP5