Party to the max

Party to the max

Max and his mother are at the supermarket. They are buying food and drinks for max’s birthday party.

Special Price: 4 six-packs of Fruity Fun Cartoons for $20 > both specials are $20

Which one should i choose to get the most cartoons

Bargain! 25 cartons of fruit nectar for $20

Apples: $2.00 a kilo > i think there are about 5 apples in a kilo.

How many apples might we get for $8 ?

> 4 kilos which are 20 apples

Frozen Yoghurt: $3 a Tub

How many tubs of frozen yoghurt can i buy for $12 ?

> four tubs for the exact same amount as 12

Party Blowers: $4 for a pack of party blowers 10 blowers in every pack > we need 15 blowers

How many packs will we need to buy ?

> it would have to be 4 dollars for 10 blowers pack

and buy a pack thats worth $3 that only has 5 inside

Metallic Balloons: $3  for a pack of 5 metallic balloons > 15 metallic balloons will give us 1 each.

How many packs is that ?

> 3 = $9

Activity 2: Max’s mother has already made 5 fruit kebabs for his party. Max is making another 10 , each kebab looks the same.

a: How many pieces of watermelon will max use for his 10 kebabs ? 20

b: How many pieces of fruit will he use altogether ? 70

c: Max washes 28 grapes. Is that enough for 10 kebabs ? no

Max puts out plates of different vegetable bites and bowls of 3 different dips.

Max challenges his 14 guests to each choose a different veg and dip combination.

Is this possible? Explain your answer. (You could use a table like the one below)

	Carrot	Celery	Capsicum	Cauliflower
Onion
Tomato Salsa
Guaca mole

How many combinations would there be if Max put out an extra:

> dip ?

Make your own food or drink problem and give it to a classmate to solve.

Test your problem first to make sure your answer is correct.

Hydroslides

The Fairfield Wave Pool has 3 hydroslides.

Speeder: 12 m Twister: 24 m Ultimate: 36

1: How many times as long as the speeder is the twister ?

>  two times longer

2:  The ultimate has 3 times as long as the speeder . How long is the ultimate ?

> a .36

> b .18

3: If it takes 2 mins. to go down the Twister, how long will it take to go down the speeder and the ultimate if you travel at the same speed ?

> Speeder = 1 minute

> Ultimate = 3 minute

For $5, you get 20 minutes, counting from the start of your first slide.

It usually takes 2 minutes to run back up the stairs each time to start your next slide.

Which slides would you do if you had 20 minutes ?

> I would have 5 mins. on the Ultimate , another 5 mins. on the Twister and 10 mins. on the Speeder