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Ice Cream Cylinder

January 16, 2017

A campaign-style comparison of a classic ice cream cone with a cylinder-shaped one, which holds three times the volume.

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Free for classrooms, worksheets, slides and other non-commercial use under CC BY-NC 4.0, with credit to Ben Orlin.

Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2017-01-16-ice-cream-cylinder/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Transcript

"Ice Cream Cone: Timeless. Classic. Elegant. Doubles as hat."

"Ice Cream Cylinder: For same height and radius, holds 3x as much ice cream."

"The choice is clear. Vote cylinder."

Topics
Geometry › VolumeGeometry › 3D ShapesNumber & Arithmetic › Ratios & Proportions
Level
Middle SchoolHigh School
Themes
FoodPolitics