ELF BISCUITS MATHS CHALLENGE

Task 1
 Choose one of the cookie cutter shapes and
draw round it on squared paper.
 Calculate the area of the shape in squares (as
best you can – it might have to be
approximate).
 Choose a scale (NOT 1:1) and re-draw the shape
to the new scale size.

Task 2
 Do the same with another cookie cutter shape,
but this time give it to a friend to calculate the
area and re-draw the shape to the scale size
that you have chosen.
 Tell them (kindly!) if they are right or wrong!

Task 3
 Read the recipe
 Calculate how much of each of the ingredients
you will need to make 48 biscuits (don’t forget
to include the correct units)
Flour:
Sugar:
Cinnamon:
Ginger:
Eggs:

 Calculate how much you will need of each

ingredient to make 36 biscuits (don’t forget to
include the correct units)
Flour:
Sugar:
Cinnamon:
Ginger:
Eggs:

 Calculate how much you will need of each

ingredient to make 36 biscuits (don’t forget to
include the correct units)
 Flour:
Sugar:
Butter:
Cinnamon:
Ginger:
Eggs:

 Calculate how much you will need of each to

make make 6 biscuits (don’t forget to include
the correct units)
Flour:
Sugar:
Butter:
Cinnamon:
Ginger:
Eggs:

There are 100 students in the Primary section of

EEBA. How many times must we repeat the
baking in order to make sure every student has
at least one biscuit? How many will be left
over? (for the teachers 😁).

How many cookies can one elf eat at one

time???