Word Problem Thursday: Cake!

Aug 11, 2016 | Naperville

Here at Mathnasium, we think math is pretty yummy ... hence this week's delightfully delectable installment of Word Problem Thursday! Sink your teeth into our cake word problem. Nom, nom, nom, indeed!

If you bake 2 layers of cake in circular cake tins that are 10 inches across and 2 inches deep, what volume of cake will you have?
(Hint: the volume of a cylinder is π × r2 × h; r is the radius and h is the height.)

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