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ACKNOWLEDGE

First of all, I would like to say Alhamdulillah, for giving me strength and health to do this project
work.
Not forgotten my parents for providing everything, such as money, to buy anything that are
related to this project work and their advise, which is the most needed for this project.
Internet, books, computer and all that. They also supported me and encouraged me to
complete this task so that I will not procrastinate in doing it.
Then I would like to thank my teacher, Cik Siti Nurazlini binti Md Yusoff for guiding me and my
friend throughout this project. We had some difficulties in doing this task, but she taught us
patiently until we knew what to do. He tried and tried to teach us until we understand what we
supposed to do with the project work.
Last but not least, my friends who were doing this project with me and sharing our ideas. They
were helpful that when we combined and discussed together, we had this task done.










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OBJECTIVE

The aims of carrying out this project work are:
To apply and adapt a variety of problem solving strategies to solve problems

To improve thinking skills

To promote effective mathematical communication

To develop mathematical knowledge through problem solving in a way that increase
students interest and confidence

To use the language of mathematical ideas precisely

To provide learning environment that stimulates and enhances effective learning

To develop positive attitude towards mathematics






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Part One

INTRODUCTION
Cakes come in a variety of forms and flavours and among favourite deserts served during
special occasions such as birthday parties, Hari Raya, wedding and others. Cakes are treasured
not only because of their wonderful taste but also in the art of cake baking and cake decorating.
Baking a cake offers a tasty way to practice math skills, such as fractions and ratios, in a
real-world context. Many steps of baking a cake, such as counting ingredients and setting the
oven timer, provide basic math practise for young children. Older children and teenagers can
use more sophisticated math to solve baking dilemmas, such as how to make a cake recipe
larger or smaller or how to determine what size slices you should cut. Practicing math while
baking not only improves your math skills, it helps you become a more flexible and resourceful
baker.
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MATHEMATICS IN CAKE BAKING AND CAKE DECORATING

GEOMETRY
To determine suitable dimension for the cake,to assist in designing and decorating cakes
that comes in many attractive shapes and designs,to estimate volume of cake to be produced.
When making a batch of cake batter,you end up with a certain volume,determined by the
recipe.The baker must then choose the appropriate size and shape of pan to achieve the
desired result.If the pan is to big,the cake becomes too short.If the pan is too small,the cake
become too tall.This leads into the next situations.
The ratio of the surface area to the volumes determine how much crust a baked good will
have.The more surface area there is, compared to the volume,the faster the item will bake,and
the less inside there will be.For a very large,thick item, it will take a long time for the heat to
penetrate to the centre.To avoid having a rock-hard outside in this case,the baker will have to
lower the temperature a little bit and bake for a longer time.
We mix ingredients in round bowls because cubes would have corners where unmixed
ingredient would accumulate, and we would have a hard time scraping them into the batter.

CALCULUS (DIFFERENTATION)
To determine minimum or maximum amount of ingredients for cake-baking,to estimate
minimum or maximum amount of cream needed for decorating,to estimate minimum or
maximum size of cake produced.






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PROGRESSION
To determine total weight/volume of multi-storey cakes with proportional dimensions, to
estimate total ingredients needed for cake-baking, to estimate total amount of cream
decoration.
For example when we make a cake with many layers, we must fix the difference of
diameter of the two layers. So we can say that it used arithmetic progression. When the
diameter of the first layer of the cake is 8 and the diameter of second layer of the cake is 6,
then the diameter of the third layer should be 4.
In this case, we use arithmetic progression where the difference of the diameter is
constant that is 2. When the diameter decreases, the weight also decreases. That is the way
how the cake is balance to prevent it from smooch. We can also use ratio, because when we
prepare the ingredient for each layer of the cake, we need to decrease its ratio from lower layer
to upper layer. When we cut the cake, we can use fraction to devide the cake according to the
total people that will eat the cake.

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Part Two
Best Bakery shop received an order from your school to bake a 5kg of round cake as shown in
Diagram 1 for the Teachers Day celebration.





1) If a kilogram of cake has a volume of 38000cm3, and the height of the cake is to be 7.0 cm,
the diameter of the baking tray to be used to fit the 5 kg cake ordered by your school 3800 is

Volume of 5kg cake = Base area of cake x Height of cake
3800 x 5 = (3.142)(

) x 7

(3.142) = (

)
863.872 = (

= 29.392
= 58.784 cm

2) The inner dimensions of oven: 80cm length, 60cm width, 45cm height

a) The formula that formed for d in terms of h by using the formula for volume of cake,
V = 19000 is:

19000 = (3.142)(

)h

=
=



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Table 1


b) i) < 7cm is NOT suitable, because the resulting diameter produced is too large to fit into
the oven. Furthermore, the cake would be too short and too wide, making it less attractive.

b) ii) The most suitable dimensions ( and d) for the cake is = 8cm, = 54.99cm, because it
can fit into the oven, and the size is suitable for easy handling.


c) i) The same formula in 2(a) is used, that is 19000 = (3.142)(

). The same process is also


used, that is, make d the subject. An equation which is suitable and relevant for the graph:

19000 = (3.142)(

=
=


= h


log = log h


log =

log + log 155.53


Height, Diameter,
1.0 155.53
2.0 109.98
3.0 89.79
4.0 77.76
5.0 69.55
6.0 63.49
7.0 58.78
8.0 54.99
9.0 51.84
10.0 49.18
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Table of log =

log + log 155.53



















Table 2


Height, Diameter, Log Log
1.0 155.53 0.00 2.19
2.0 109.98 0.30 2.04
3.0 89.79 0.48 1.95
4.0 77.76 0.60 1.89
5.0 69.55 0.70 1.84
6.0 63.49 0.78 1.80
7.0 58.78 0.85 1.77
8.0 54.99 0.90 1.74
9.0 51.84 0.95 1.71
10.0 49.18 1.0 1.69
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Graph of log against log


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ii) Based from the graph:
a) when = 10.5 cm
= 10.5 cm, log = 1.021, log = 1.680, = 47.86 cm

b) when = 42 cm
= 42 cm, log = 1.623, log = 1.140, = 13.80 cm


3) The cake with fresh cream, with uniform thickness 1cm is decorated
a) The amount of fresh cream needed to decorated the cake, using the dimensions Ive
suggested in 2(b)(ii)
My answer in 2(b)(ii) = 8cm, = 54.99cm
Amount of fresh cream = volume of fresh cream needed (area height)
Amount of fresh cream = volume of cream at the top surface + volume of cream at the side
surface

The bottom surface area of cake is not counted, because were decorating the visible part of
the cake only (top and sides). Obviously, we dont decorate the bottom part of the cake.

Volume of cream at the top surface
=Area of top surface Height of cream
= (3.142)

1
=2375



Volume of cream at the side surface
=Area of side surface Height of cream
= (Circumference of cake Height of cake) Height of cream
=2(3.142)(

)(8) 1
=1382.23



Therefore, amount of fresh cream = 2375 + 1382.23 = 3757.23



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b) Three other shapes (the shape of the base of the cake) for the cake with same
height which is depends on the 2(b)(ii) and volume 19000

.
The volume of top surface is always the same for all shapes (since height is same),
My answer (with = 8, and volume of cream on top surface =

= 237

) :
1 Rectangle-shaped base (cuboid)


height

length width
1900 = base area height
base area =


length width = 2375
By trial and improvement, 2375 = 50 47.5 (length = 50, width = 47.5, height = 8)

volume of cream
= 2(Area of left and right side surface)(Height of cream) + 2(Area of front and back side
surface)(Height of cream) + volume of top surface
=2(50 8)(1) + 2(47.5 8)(1) + 2375
=3935






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2 Triangle-shaped base

width


slant height


1900 = base area height
base area =


base area = 2375

length width = 2375


Length width = 4750
By trial and improvement, 4750 = 95 50 (length = 95, width = 50)
Slant length of triangle =

= 98.23

Amount of cream
=Area of rectangular front side surface(Height of cream) + 2(Area of slant rectangular left/right
side surface)(Height of cream) + Volume of top surface
=(50 8)(1) + 2(98.23 8)(1) + 2375 = 4346.68





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3 Pentagon-shaped base




width
19000 = base area height
base area = 2375 = area of 5 similar isosceles triangles in a pentagon
2375 = 5(length width)
475 = length width
By trial and improvement, 475 = 25 19 (length = 25, width = 19)

amount of cream
=5(area of one rectangular side surface)(height of cream) + volume of top surface
=5(19 8) + 2375 = 3135



c)Based on the values above, the shape that required the least amount of fresh cream to be used is :
Pentagon-shaped cake, since it requires only 3135

of cream to be used.





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Part Three
When theres minimum or maximum, well, theres differentiation and quadratic functions.
The minimum height, and its corresponding minimum diameter, is calculated by using the
differentiation and function.

METHOD 1 : DIFFERENTIATION
Two equations for this method: the formula for volume of cake ( as in 2(a)), and the formula for
amount ( volume ) of cream to be used for the round cake ( as in 3(a)).
1900
V 2
From :


Sub. into :
V 2


V 38000

minimum value, therefore,

6047.104
18.22

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sub. 18.22 into :


18.22
when 18.22, 2 2 36.44cm

METHOD 2 : QUADRATIC FUNCTIONS
Two same equations as in Method 1, but only the formula for amount of cream is the main
equation used as the quadratic function.
Let volume of cream, radius of round cake:
1900

From :
factorize

completing the square, with and c 0




positive inuicates min value, min. value , corresponding
value of
Sub. into :
19000


18.22
Sub. 18.22 into :
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19000


Therefore, 18.22cm,
I would choose not to bake a cake with such dimensions because its dimensions are not
suitable ( the height is too high) and therefore less attractive. Furthermore, such cakes are
difficult to handle easily.






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Further Exploration

Best Bakery received an order to bake a multi-storey cake for Merdeka Day celebration, as
shown in Diagram 2.
The height of each cake is 6.0 cm and the radius of the largest cake is 31.0 cm. The radius of the
second cake is 10% less than the radius of the cake, the radius of the third cake is 10% less than
the radius of the second and so on.
Given:
height, h of each cake = 6 cm
radius of largest cake = 31 cm
radius of

cake = 10% smaller than

cake
radius of

cake = 10% smaller than

cake
31, 27.9, 25.11, 22.599,
a = 31, r =


V = (3.142)


a)By using the formula fir volume V = (3.142)

h, with h = 6 to get the volume of cakes.


Volume of

, and

cakes:
Radius of

cake = 31, Volume of

cake = (3.142)

(6) = 18116.772
Radius of

cake = 27.9, Volume of

cake = (3.142)

(6) = 14674.585
Radius of

cake = 25.11, Volume of

cake = (3.142)

(6) = 11886.414
Radius of

cake = 22.599, Volume of

cake = (3.142)

(6) = 9627.995
The volume form number pattern:
18116.772, 14674.585, 11886.414, 9627.995,




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(it is a geometric progression with first term, a = 18116.772 and ratio, r =

= =
0.81)
a) The total mass of all the cakes should not exceed 15 kg (total mass < 15 kg, change to
volume: total volume < 57000

), so the maximun number of cakes that needs to be


baked is

= 57000,a = 18116.772 and r = 0.81






= 0.59779
=

0.40221 =

log
log

n = 4.322 verifying the answer
therefore, n
verifying the answer:
when = 5:

= (18116.772(1-

))/(1-0.81) = 62104.443 > 57000 (

> 57000, n = 5 is not suitable)


when n = 4:

= (18116.772(1-

))/(1-0.81) = 54305.767 < 57000 (

is suitable)




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Reflection




















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Conclusion

Geometry is the study of angles and triangles, perimeter, area and volume.It differs
from algebra in that one develops a logical structure where mathematical relationships
are proved and applied.

An arithmetic progression (AP) or arithmetic sequence is a sequence of numbers such
that the different of any two successive members of the sequence is a constant.

A geometric progression,also known as a geometric sequence,is a sequence of numbers
where each term after the first is found by multiplying the previous one by a fixed non-
zero number called the common ratio.

Differentiation is essentially the process of finding an equation which will give you the
gradient (slope,rise over run, etc.) at any point along the curve.Say you have y =

.The equation y = 2x will give you the gradient of y at any point along that curve.

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Reference

M Wikipedia

M www.one-school.net

M additional mathematics textbook form 4 and form 5

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