Saturday 5 January 2019
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.
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Tena Koe Fau,
ReplyDeleteKa pai for creating this Google slide to show us how you have solved the problem. I can see that you've been playing with different numbers to see whether if they would add up together to meet a total of 500 kg.
Remember we only need to use the unit 'kg' when we are talking about weight. In this case, we only need to use 'kg' for how much the adults (25kg) and children (15kg) can lift, as well as the total weight of the giant squid (500kg).
To help you understand better, I have re-written your strategy below:
*15kg x 10 (you're talking about the number of children so you don't need a unit) = 150kg (this is how much weight ten children can lift so you do need to keep your unit)
So.. rather than writing 15kg x 10kg = 150kg, you need to write 15kg x 10 = 150kg. Understood? If you are still confused, please let me know so that I can explain further!
Your final answer is correct and you did a great job by clearly indicating how many of each (adults and children) we need to lift the squid. Tino pai!
From Susie :)