African desert is home to some pretty incredible plants, like the cactus. Some cacti are able to survive on as little as 3 millilitres (ml) of water a day. Wow!
Let’s imagine that you are given a cactus for your birthday. To keep it alive, you must give it 3 ml of water every day.
Over one full year, how much water will you need to give your cactus plant?
365 days x 3ml = 1095ml
365 x 2 = 730ml
730+365=1095ml
another way of solving the actuation-
300 x 3 = 900
60 x 3 = 180
5 x 3 = 15
900 + 180 + 15 = 1095ml
Kia ora AJ,
ReplyDeleteMy name is Rachel and I am working with Megan and Cia on the Summer Learning Journey programme this year. It is great to see that you have registered for the SLJ and already posted two bonus activities! I can see from this post that you are a good mathematician as you figured out how much water you would need to feed your cactus using two different approaches. That is really cool to see!
Did you practice doing maths problems like these in your class this year? I hope that you will continue to practice your literacy skills by participating in the SLJ throughout the summer. We're going to be online every day and would love to read your work and provide comments. We'll also track your points and you'll be in to win some great prizes!
Keep up the awesome work, AJ. See you online again soon, I hope!
Best,
Rachel