STANDARDS

CCSS: 3.MD.B.3, 4.MD.A.2

TEKS: 3.8A, 3.8B, 4.9A, 4.9B, 5.9C

Crazy Cakes

Celebrate National Cake Day on November 26!

November 2019

By Dani Leviss

72

In 2012, Pat Bertoletti set a Guinness World Record by eating 72 cupcakes in 6 minutes.

260

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A maker of vanilla extract baked the largest layer cake. It was 6 feet tall, weighed 1,250 pounds, and had 260 layers.

750,000

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Every year, people eat more than 750,000 king cakes during Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Louisiana. The cakes have a hidden plastic figure inside for good luck!

Major Moments

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1856

Baking powder is invented.

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1951

Duncan Hines makes the first cake mix for grocery stores.

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1977

Carvel makes the first ice cream cake.

Think!

Which number surprised you most? Why?

What do you wonder about what youʼve just seen and read?

Write a word problem using information on this page. Then challenge a partner to solve it!

Algebraic Thinking

Word Problems

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