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?

                                                                                                                                      

Maths writing 2

Equation 6 x 3 + 7

I had 6 spiders and each spider had 3 babies. Then 7 more baby spiders came along. How many baby spiders were there altogether? Hamiora

I brought 6 bags of cow poo and each bag had 3 poos in it. Ethan gave me 7 more poos from his farm. How many cow poos do I have altogether? Kobe

I brought 6 bags of lollies and each had 3 lollies in it. Then I brought 7 chocolate bars. How much candy do I have altogetrher? Cameron

Maths Writing

 In Ms Ellis' maths class we have been practising writing word problems. Boy, have we come up with some doozies.

We started of simple to work out what word problems need.

They need:

- to have proper sentences with CAPITAL LETTERS & PUNCTUATION.

- relate to the equation. Check the operation. Plus, subtraction.

- end with a specific question and a question mark. Otherwise they are just a statement.

- to have some some keywords e.g. Altogether, left over, remains, each.

We found we liked certain contexts: sports, animals, food, gross, funny.

WARNING! Some of the following are disgusting.

Equation: 5 x 12

Princess Celestiana and her knights battled the dark knights. The dark knights had 5 arrows. The silver knights have 12 times the amount of swords. How many swords did the Silver Knights have? Caitlin

Each week 5 people joined the netball team for 12 weeks. How many players are there altogether? Brooke

I brought 5 houses and 12 people could fit in 1 house. How many people can fit into 5 houses? Charlotte

There were 5 cows and each cow did 12 poos.  How many poos altogether? Max

Equation: 15 - 9 + 6

I had 15 dogs and 9 ran away. 6 came back. How many do I now have? Mirryn

There were 15 ships on the Pacific Rim. 9 ships were sunk. 6 more ships sailed to the Pacific Rim. How many warships are at the Pacific Rim? Jai

I had 15 volcanoes and then I blew up 9. Max rebuilt 6. How many do I have now? Lucas

There were 15 people on the bus. 9 got off then 6 got on. How many people are on the bus? Austin

I went to Splash Planet and went on 12 rides. Each ride cost $5. How much did it cost altogether? Jazmin