Pizza Place Combinations

Kenneth’s Pizza Place! Pizza! Pizza! At my pizzeria, I allow customers to choose any
number of toppings from my list and create pizzas like my bestseller “Choose 3” or the
goliath “the Dozen”. I would like to make a new commercial and show how many
different pizza combinations can be made. I need your help for me to know how many
possible outcomes can be made.

Kenneth’s List of Condiments

Meats Veggies/Fruit
Pepperoni Ground Beef Tomatoes Banana Peppers
Italian Sausage Chicken Mushrooms Green Peppers
Bacon Anchovies Olives Onions
Pineapples Spinach

Calculate the possible combinations of different pizzas based on the ingredients provided. These are
all combination questions, the order of the ingredients do not matter. Use the list of ingredients to
complete determine the possible options for each pizza. (SHOW YOUR SOLUTION)

Possible Options

Simple
Choose 1 Topping

Choose 3
(Best Seller!)
Choose Any 3 Toppings

Meat Beast
Choose Any 4 Meats

Vegginator
Choose Any 5
Veggies/Fruit

The Dozen
Choose Any 12 Toppings

Deuce Deuce
Choose 2 Meats and 2
Veggies/Fruit

The Balanced Beast

Choose 4 Meats and 4
Veggies/Fruit
 Layers of Lasagna
In addition to my famous pizza pie, Kenneth’s Pizza Place serves up its award-
winning lasagna. The customer decides the order the layers are stacked and
believe me, the Noodles, Italian Sausage, Ricotta Cheese option tastes different
than the Noodles, Ricotta Cheese, Italian Sausage Option. Much of my pizza
place’s magic is the way the layers interact with each other! I’m also planning for
a commercial that focus on my lasagna options.

Help me to determine how many lasagnas my customers can have. The customers can choose each
layer only once. The top and the bottom of each lasagna is layered with Lasagna noodles so they do
not need to be factored into the choice options.

Kenneth’s Lasagna
Meats Vegetables Cheese
Italian Sausage Roma Tomatoes Ricotta Cheese
Ground Beef Onion Mozzarella Cheese
Pepperoni Peppers Parmesan Cheese

Calculate the possible permutations of different lasagna layers based on the ingredients provided. These are
all permutation questions, when layering the lasagna, order does matter. (SHOW YOUR SOLUTION)
(Chefs may disagree, but I think ways the layers interact is the key. HAHA)

Possible Options

Simple
Choose 1 Layer

Choose 3 (Best Seller!)

Choose Any 3 Layers
Carne Lovers
Choose Any 2 Meat Layers
Cheese & Veg
Choose Any 3 Veggies or
Cheese Layers
Mongo
Choose Any 7 Layers

The Works
Choose All 9 Layers
Deuce Deuce Deuce
Choose 2 Meats, 2 Veggies
and 2 Cheeses
 Your Own Pizzeria
After years of developing your perfect crust and sauce, you’ve finally rented a space and
are going to be able to open your own pizzeria! In this project, you will need to construct
menu options for your pizza and lasagna offerings. You will need to select ingredients as well as create
five pizza and five lasagna specialties. Before you start, you’ll need to have a snazzy pizzeria name!

In the table, choose a pizzeria name and list the ingredients that you will provide at your store. You
will need to put the ingredients into categories so it’s clear what choices the customers have.

Pizzeria Name:

From the ingredients list, construct five specialty pizzas and determine the possible options. Your
specialty pizzas must allow your customers to make choices. You will use the possible options to
advertise on your menu.

Specialty Pizzas Possible Options

 From the ingredients list construct five specialty lasagna options and determine
the possible options. Your specialty lasagna must have customers select different
ingredients for each layer and they cannot select the same ingredient more than
once. You will use the possible options to advertise on your menu.

Specialty Lasagnas Possible Options

1. Which pizza and which lasagna provide your customers with the most options?

2. Is there a way to increase the number of options? Explain how this could be done.

3. On your menu, you will be able to have a special feature section for one pizza and one lasagna.
Choose which items you will use for these special sections and explain why.
The Menu
Name: ___________________
Section: _________________

Rubrics for Scoring

Criteria 15 13 10 8
Solution 95-100% of the Almost all 90- Most (85-89.99%) More than 84.99%
& Answers steps and 94.99%) of the of the steps and of the steps and
solutions have steps and solutions have no solutions have
No errors. solutions have No errors. Errors.
errors.
3 2 1 0
Excellent use of Good use of color. Too many different The presentation
Creativity color. One wanted The menu part colors used. of the worksheets
(Menu Part) to keep looking at was easy to look is dull.
menu part at.

7 6 5 4
Excellent use of Good use of color. Too many different The presentation
Creativity &
color. One wanted The project was colors used. of the worksheets
Neatness
to keep looking at easy to look at. is dull.
the project.
5 4 3 2
The work is The work is The work is The work appears
presented in a presented in a presented in an sloppy and
Neatness neat, clear, neat and organized fashion unorganized. It is
organized fashion organized fashion but may be hard to hard to know what
that is easy to that is usually read at times. information goes
read. easy to read. together.

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