Showing posts with label Kim Garcia 8-14. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kim Garcia 8-14. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 9, 2014

Tuesday, November 11, 2014

Kim's Proportion Problem

1.) To make lemonade, you need 6 lemons and 8 cups of water. How many lemons do you need if you have 24 cups of water ?

Let "x" be how many lemons you need for 24 cups of water
Steps : word ratio , ratio table , proportion , find x


To make lemonade with 24 cups of water you will need 18 lemons.

2.) A 20 gigabyte digital music player sells for $249. A similar 30-gigabyte player sells for $349. Which player offers the better price per gigabyte of storage ? 

Let "x" be which music player is the best price per gigabyte of storage.
Steps : word ratio , ratio table (2) , Proportion (2) , find x and y 


The music player that has the best price per gigabyte of storage is the 30 gigabyte because it's cheaper and it has more gigabyte of storage.

Your problem* 

3) The ratio of of an object's weight on Earth to its weight on the Moon is 6:1. The first person to walk on the Moon was Neil Armstrong. He weighed 165 pounds on Earth. How much did he weigh on the moon ?




Tuesday, November 4, 2014

Kim's Rate Problem


Group problem: Rate to Unit Rate

There was a farmer named JM. He left his farm from 1:00 pm to 6:00 pm, when he came back, the chickens he was taking care of laid 5 chicken eggs. How many chicken eggs did the chickens laid per hour?


My Problem : Rate to Unit rate

Jessica went grocery shopping and spends $6 for 3L of milk. How many liters of milk will she have if she spend $10?


Group Problem: Unit rate to Rate

Krystal decided to do a long drive from Winnipeg to Calgary and made a choice to not change her speed the whole drive. She will make it to calgary in 4 hours. If her speed is 50km/hour . How many kilometers did she travelled the whole 4 hours?



My Problem: Unit rate to Rate

In cooking class, Grade 8's were supposed to bake 16 cookies per 2 trays. If they got a total of 4 trays instead of 2, How many cookies did they make?