World’s Largest Pizza
What do you wonder?
6 people
Prize - $1500
If eaten in 2 hours
Today’s Question
How long will it take 6 people to eat the entire pizza?
What information would be helpful for you to answer this question?
What do you notice?
What do you notice?
Yes No
Does your group believe that the time it will take 6 people to finish the 54” x 54” pizza will be under 2 hours?
My initial thinking is...
How long will it take 6 people to eat the 54” x 54” pizza?
Pictures, Explanations, Math
How Can We Find Out?
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Lock It In
The Big Reveal
Some Fun Facts
What do you win?
The entire group wins $1000 and the pizza is free.
Who finishes?
Although attempted every week, only three groups of professionals have finished.
Native Knowledge
Featured in the 2012 Guinness Book of World Records.
The Sicilian Pizza (54”x54”) was chosen as the largest pizza commercially available and deliverable, feeding up to 100 people!
Exit Ticket
If 6 people each ate the sicilian Pizza at a rate of 1 slice every 2 minutes, would they win the $1000?
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Next Day Purposeful Practice or Another learning Through Problem Solving
If 6 people ate the 54” x 54” pizza (200 slices) in 45 minutes, assuming all of them ate equal amounts, what was the rate at which they ate?
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