Friday, 25 January 2019

Week 2 Day 3 Activity 3 - The Midnight Zone

On this blog post I have to figure out how many adults and children will lift and move a Colossal Squid which is 495 kg. An adult can lift 25 kg and a child can lift 15 kg.


How I figured it out was:

1 adult+1 child=40 kgs
so 10 adults + 10 children = 400kg
then if i had another 2 adults + 2 children = 80kg
being 12 adults +12 children = 480kg
by adding 1 more child 15kg
in total would be 12 adults and 13 kids giving a total of 495kg

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2 comments:

  1. Megan Lafferty25 January 2019 at 10:46

    Kia ora Maddison,

    Well done on completing another SLJ activity, 'The Midnight Zone'. I really like the equation you used to work out this problem. Ka pai! You got the answer correct so you will be getting the full points for this activity. Can you think of another way of working this question out?

    I came up with another equation to move a 500kg Colossal Squid.

    If I was to plan to move the Colossal Squid in the Te Papa museum, he could weigh around 500 kg, so I will base my answer off this. If I was to invite 20 kids to come and help me who could all carry 15 kg then I would start with 20x15kg= 300.

    I would then invite 8 adults to come and help transfer the Colossal Squid and they could all carry 25 kg, so my equation to that would be 8x25kg=200.

    So if:
    20x15kg=300kg and 8x25kg=200kg then I would need 20 children and 8 adults to move a Colosal Squid weighing 500kg.

    Maybe you could share another equation with me?

    Keep up the awesome work, Maddison. I have been so proud of your efforts so far on this journey.

    Nga mihi,
    Megan :)

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  2. Romana25 January 2019 at 15:42

    Hi Maddison,

    Another great maths equation. And once again great detail in your explanation.

    Keep up the great work
    Mum

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