Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Road Trip Mathematics Challenge!!!

The Rm T Math Class is working on a road trip challenge. There has been a lot of incredible discussion, strategizing and learning coming out of it!!!


Could you solve it?




Road trip!!!
Details:
-        Feilding to Whangarei
-        Fuel economy: 11L/100Km            $1.80 L                 55L fuel tank
-        100km/hr open road speed           50km/hr town speed                      Average town length 2.5km
-        30 min rest/ 1.5 hours driving
-        Your driver gets a speeding ticket 150 km into the journey (10 minute delay)
-        Your baby brother regurgitates his milk all over his car seat 350km into the trip (20 minute delay)
Your mission:
Work out the…
-        Distance from Feilding to Whangarei?
-        Litres of petrol used?
-        $ worth of petrol consumed?
-        How long the trip took?
-        Where do you plan to stop for petrol and rests?
-        Where does the police officer pull the vehicle over?
-        Where does the milk incident occur?
-        Will the family still be on speaking terms at the end of this trip?

 
                                                                                                                                      








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