Activity 3: The Midnight Zone [10 points]
One of these creatures is called the ‘Colossal Squid.’ A colossal squid can weigh as much as 495 kilograms (kg)! Here in New Zealand, we have a full sized colossal squid on display at Te Papa Museum in Wellington. It is the only specimen of its kind in the entire world! This squid weighs approximately 500 kg. In 2018, a team at Te Papa decided to move the giant squid from one area of the museum to another. Deep in the ocean, far below the surface, lies an area called the ‘Midnight Zone.’ It is called the midnight zone because it is always dark or ‘pitch black’ in this area. Much of the deep sea has yet to be explored by humans, however, we do know a little bit about the creatures that live here.
Let’s imagine that the average adult can lift 25 kg and the average child can lift 15 kg. How many adults and children will it take to move the giant squid into its new room at Te Papa? [Note: There is more than one right answer to this question.]
On your blog, tell us how you will solve this maths problem. You can write your answer in words, use a Sketchpad image or post a video explaining how you would figure it out. Be sure to give us your final answer.
1 comment:
Hi Tyra!
Just me again :)
Thank you for sharing your answer for this activity. :)
You are so close with this activity, I am pretty sure I understand what you have done -
For this activity you needed to see if you can come up with a team of adults and children who would be able to move the squid so your total has to equal 500kg's instead of 495 kg's.
Hopefully this might help with your thinking:
I know that 4 x 25 = 100
so if I want to lift 100kg's I would need 4 adults
I know that 15 x 10 = 150
I know if I double 150 = 300
So if I wanted to lift 300kg's I would need 20 kids.
This is not the full or only solution to the problem but hopefully it might give you a clear idea of how you can go about it! :)
Nga mihi,
Ellee :)
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