1. Home made pizza price comparison
November Kindly contributed by Sara Clayton, West Yorkshire. Search for Sara on
A Functional Maths resource that allows students to calculate the cost of a home made pizza and compare it to a takeaway / store bought pizza.
2 different levels of sheet are provided (Foundation and Higher) that can be printed back to back. Plus a design ideas sheet to give the costing some context. Useful for catering / life skills lessons or for cross curricular work.
Please refer to the download page for this resource on skillsworkshop for detailed curriculum links and related resources.

2. What ideas do you have to improve your work?
Pizza Design Idea
My Pizza will be
This is because
How my Pizza meets the design brief
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Explain how this meal contributes to a healthy balanced diet (3 marks)
Think: Have you got a food in each food group?
Challenge: What is missing? Could you suggest an ingredient you could use?
What was positive about your work today?
What ideas do you have to improve your work?

3. Pizza costing comparison (F) Home Made Pizza Recipe
INGREDIENT
Cost per 100g of Ingredient
COST in recipe
(per 100g/100 X recipe weight)
250g Strong White Flour 7p
25g Margarine
30p
7g Fast action Yeast
243p
½ tsp sat and sugar - 1p
3 Tbs (50g) Pizza Sauce
37p
½ teaspoon mixed herbs 2p
80g cheese
100p
Cooking Costs
10p
TOTAL COST
£ ______
Most people enjoy going out to eat but what does it cost to make your own pizza?
Which pizza is the cheapest? By how much?
Why does it cost more to buy a pizza from a takeaway or in a restaurant?
Why do you think some people buy a takeaway rather than make their own pizza??
November Kindly contributed to by Sara Clayton.

4. Pizza costing comparison (H)
Home Made Pizza Recipe
INGREDIENT
Cost per 100g of Ingredient
COST in recipe
(per 100g/100 X recipe weight)
250g Strong White Flour
25g Margarine
7g Fast action Yeast
½ tsp sat and sugar 1p
3 Tbs (50g) Pizza Sauce
½ teaspoon mixed herbs 5p
80g cheese
Cooking Costs
10p
TOTAL COST
£ ______
Most people enjoy going out to eat but what does it cost to make your own pizza?
Which pizza is the cheapest? By how much?
Why does it cost more to buy a pizza from a takeaway or in a restaurant? What other costs do they have to pay for other than the ingredients?
Why are we willing to pay more for these pizzas?
November Kindly contributed to by Sara Clayton.