Layer cakes and turnovers

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by OhioKaren

I just answered my own question. Layer cakes are 10" squares, so the triangle would be 10" on all sides. Turnovers are 6". I couldn't find size information until I did some searching. There would be quite a bit of waste if I tried to create turnovers from layer cakes. Lots of designs are in layer cakes and charms but not in turnovers.

---

Fold a 10" square in half diagonally and measure the folded side. You will see that it is longer than 10" .

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by K. McEuen

Fold a 10" square in half diagonally and measure the folded side. You will see that it is longer than 10" .

---

Ummm. Geometry is a long time ago, but I think for a right triangle (i.e., one with a 90 degree angle) the square on the hypotenuse equals the sum of the square on the other two sides. So if layer cakes are 10 inches square, & you cut on the diagonal ...um...10 squared is 100, times two for sum of two sides, = 200; square root of 200 is ...er ... According to Google, 14.14 inches. So a diagonal half of a layer cake would be 14.14 (approx) inches on long side.

But like I said, it's a long time ago. Aren't there any math teachers on the forum?

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Claire OneStitchAtATime

Ummm. Geometry is a long time ago, but I think for a right triangle (i.e., one with a 90 degree angle) the square on the hypotenuse equals the sum of the square on the other two sides. So if layer cakes are 10 inches square, & you cut on the diagonal ...um...10 squared is 100, times two for sum of two sides, = 200; square root of 200 is ...er ... According to Google, 14.14 inches. So a diagonal half of a layer cake would be 14.14 (approx) inches on long side.

But like I said, it's a long time ago. Aren't there any math teachers on the forum?

---

That sounded like the scarecrow from the Wizard of Oz.:lol:

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Hulamoon

That sounded like the scarecrow from the Wizard of Oz.:lol:

---

What, the scarecrow doesn't remember much geometry either? :).

Hey, you don't have to tell me. I'm not one of the ones saying turnovers are equal on all three sides. I took geometry ...

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by K. McEuen

Hey, you don't have to tell me. I'm not one of the ones saying turnovers are equal on all three sides. I took geometry ...

---

I didn't mean to be telling you -- just adding to the information you provided, & thinking you might be able to confirm that I was on the right track :). I'd be the first to say nobody should rely on my math. I always make someone else calculate the tip in a restaurant!

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Claire OneStitchAtATime

What, the scarecrow doesn't remember much geometry either? :).

---

No, it came to him in an epiphany. Me, I moved to much and never took geometry. Then became a baker and had to learn fractions of all things.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Hulamoon

No, it came to him in an epiphany. Me, I moved to much and never took geometry. Then became a baker and had to learn fractions of all things.

---

I liked geometry in high school, but I would have made more effort to remember it if I had known it would be so useful for something I actually wanted to do, like quilting!

When you cut a 10" square in half from corner to corner, you get two right triangles which have 2 sides 10" long and the third side is longer (don't make me figure the square root of 200...please...I don't have that calculator handy) A 6" square cut in half from corner to corner would give you 2 triangles which have 2 sides 6" long and a third side longer (square root of 72). They are NOT equilateral triangles.

I have seen some Moda slices" these are 1/2 of a layer cake.