Thursday, October 31, 2013

Homework for THURSDAY, October 31st. DUE MONDAY!

Complete the following on loose-leaf paper.  This will be due on MONDAY.  Show your work! We will go over it on Monday.

Challenge 1
There are about 432 students at Evergreen.  Of those 432 students, 3/4 of them want a new videogame system this holiday.  Of that 3/4, 1/3 of them want the new Xbox One. 

Of that 1/3, 2/3 want the standard edition.

What FRACTION of ALL students want the new Xbox One? 
How many students in this example want the new Xbox One?

What FRACTION of ALL students want the Xbox One STANDARD edition?
How many students in this example want the new Xbox One STANDARD Edition?


**Hint.  Read it carefully and make sure you are multiplying fractions**

Challenge 2

**READ this carefully** Take your time!  Multiply your fractions!

Target sold 200 iPads on Black Friday for the holiday.  3/4 of the iPads were 16GB, 1/8 were 32GB, and 1/8 were 64GB.

16GB iPads cost $499
32GB iPads cost $599
64GB iPads cost $699

How many 16GB iPads were sold?  How many 32GB iPads were sold?  How many 64GB iPads were sold?

How much money did Target get for all of the 16GB iPads?  What about the 32GB and 64GB?

Part 2:
Target only keeps 1/20 of the money for all the iPads they sell.  The rest of the money goes to Apple.  How much money did TARGET make on the 16GB iPads they sold?  What about the 32GB and 64GB?

How much money did APPLE get from the iPads that Target sold?  How much was the money from the 16GB, 32GB, and 64GB? 

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