1. Pounds of Halloween Fun!Pigs go to Market By: Amy Axelrod Math Literature: Integrating Subject Areas
2. Summary The Pigs can't wait to throw their annual Halloween party. But when Grandpa and Grandma Pig eat all of the guest’s candy, the Pigs have to make a last minute trip to the supermarket, where Mrs. Pig wins a free shopping spree for being the one millionth customer. Mrs. Pig feels sure she has got enough candy to share now, until they get home and see the amount of guests waiting on them to arrive.
3. Problem How much did all the candy that the pigs ate weigh? In order to find how much all the candy that the pigs ate weighs, we need to know the weights of the packages….. Go back in the story to look at the packages for weight and quantity.
4. Ghouly Drops: 20 Giant Drops = 12 oz (340 g) Jelly Spiders: 24 Spiders = 11 oz (312 g) Pound O’ Pumpkin: 16 Chocolate Treats = 16 oz (454 g) Witches Brooms: 40 Licorice Brooms = 20 oz (567 g) 36 Licorice Brooms = 18 oz (510 g) Red Hot Jumbos: 12 Jumbos = 6 oz (170 g) Wiggly Worms: 80 Worm Pack = 28 oz (794 g) 60 Worm Pack = 21 oz (595 g)
5. Gouly Drops: 6 packs with five rows of four gumdrops Jelly Spiders: 3 bags with three rows of eight spiders Pound O’ Pumpkins: 4 buckets with four rows of four pumpkins Witches Brooms: 2 boxes with four rows of nine brooms Red Hot Jumbos: 1 box with three rows of four jumbos Wiggly Worms: 1 jar with eight rows of ten worms
6. Do Not Go To The Next Slide… Until you have finished working out the problem! When finished, go to the next slide to check your answer. DO NOT ERASE ANY OF YOUR ANSWERS. If you got the problem wrong, write down the correct way to work it on a separate sheet for us to review together.
