Design an efficient cereal box. Scholars use set volume criteria to design a cereal box by applying their knowledge of surface area to determine the cost to create the box. They then determine whether their designs will fit on shelves, or if they need to alter their designs.

Concepts

surface area, surface area of prisms, volume, volume formulas, volume of prisms, rectangular prisms, volume of rectangular prisms, cereal

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Additional Tags

math

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Instructional Ideas

• Lead a discussion on how to find dimensions for given volumes
• Provide card stock to have class members construct their cereal boxes

Classroom Considerations

• The class should be familiar with finding volume and surface area of rectangular prisms
• The final performance task in a series of eight

Pros

• Provides a breakdown of how to distribute the points for each aspect of a question
• Includes ideas to look for in responses

Cons

• Referenced problem numbers are not accurate in questions

Common Core

7.G.B.6 MP1