Job Hunting Given a list of different summer jobs including details about the work and about pay, students determine which job is best for them. Filling the Pool Students determine how long it takes to fill a pool that fills at a certain rate. Given a birthday cake made of 3 different flavors in 3 different fractional amounts, students design possible birthday cakes that meet the criteria. Given the dimension of a kitchen floor and the dimension of tiles, students determine the number of tiles needed to cover the kitchen floor. Given an amount of building material, students determine the different size sandboxes that can be made.
Students determine the number of squares on a checkerboard.
A022 Shovel, shovel, shovel Three decks of various sizes need to be shoveled. The work is shared by 6 shovelers. Students decide how the work and pay can be fairly shared. Given the decimal lengths of the first three xylophone keys, students determine the lengths of a keys and the number of 1-yard strips needed to build a xylophone. 8 A053 Post Office Display Students determine the amount of space needed to display enlargements of stamps they create.