My name______Partners’ Names ______
3.NBT.2 Planning a Summer Vacation Problem
Requirements:
1. You will take a one-week vacation with two other people (three people total).
2. You will catch a round trip flight to a city from Charlotte (CLT).
3. You will rent a car for one week while you are there.
4. You will spend your first three nights in the city where you land, and you will visit two attractions there.
5. Then (on the fourth day) you will drive to another city.
6. You will spend two nights in this city, and you will visit two more attractions there.
7. Then (on the sixth day) you will drive to another city.
8. You will spend two nights in this city, and you will visit two more attractions there.
9. Then (on the eighth day) you will drive back to the city that you first flew into, and fly back to Charlotte from there.
10. You will need to spend $0.20 on gas for every mile you drive. You cannot drive more than 500 miles between cities. You may use a calculator to multiply your miles by 0.20.
11. You will spend $25.00 on food per person per day.
Suggestions:
1. To find flights, hotels, and rental cars go to “travelocity.com.”
2. To find miles between cities go to “mapquest.com” or use the iPad “Maps” app.
3. To find attractions search for “attractions in [city name].” You may also need to search for “admission cost [attraction name]” to find the cost. You are permitted to select free attractions, but the best way to find them is to search for “free attractions [city name]. “ If you select a free attraction, just put “0” in all of that attraction’s expense (cost) blanks.
Our Trip to ______ Name______
We will leave on ______, 2014 and return on ______, 2014.
One round trip plane ticket costs $______. ______.
We will rent a ______to drive for one week. It will cost $______. ______.
We will spend our first 3 nights in ______(the city where our plane lands).
We will stay in the ______hotel and spend a total of $______. ______for these 3 nights.
While we are there we will visit ______(Attraction 1). We want to
visit it because ______.
The cost of admission per person is $______. ______.
We will also visit ______(Attraction 2). We want to
visit it because ______.
The cost of admission per person is $______. ______.
On ______, 2014 we will drive to ______. It is a
______mile drive from ______. We will spend 2 nights there.
We will stay in the ______hotel and spend $______. ______for these 2 nights.
While we are there we will visit ______(Attraction 3). We want to
visit it because ______.
The cost of admission per person is $______. ______.
We will also visit ______(Attraction 4). We want to
visit it because ______.
The cost of admission per person is $______. ______.
On ______, 2014 we will drive to ______. It is a
______mile drive from ______. We will spend 2 nights there.
We will stay in the ______hotel and spend ______for these 2 nights.
While we are there we will visit ______(Attraction 5). We want to
visit it because ______.
The cost of admission per person is $______. ______.
We will also visit ______(Attraction 6). We want to
visit it because ______.
The cost of admission per person is $______. ______.
On ______, 2014 we will drive back to ______. It is a
______mile drive from ______. Then we will fly back to Charlotte.
TRIP EXPENSES SUMMARY Name______
Round trip plane ticket to ______$______. ______x 3 = $______. ______
One Week Car Rental = $______. ______
3 Nights Hotel in ______= $______. ______
Cost of Attraction 1 $______. ______x 3 = $______. ______
Cost of Attraction 2 $______. ______x 3 = $______. ______
Miles Driven on Day 4 ______x 0.20 =$______. ______
2 Nights Hotel in ______= $______. _____
Cost of Attraction 3 $______. ______x 3 = $______. ______
Cost of Attraction 4 $______. ______x 3 = $______. ______
Miles Driven on Day 6 ______x 0.20 = $______. ______
2 Nights Hotel in ______= $______. _____
Cost of Attraction 5 $______. ______x 3 = $______. ______
Cost of Attraction 6 $______. ______x 3 = $______. ______
Miles Driven on Day 8 ______x 0.20 = $______. ______
Food Cost $25.00 x 7 (days) x 3 = $______. ______
TOTAL TRIP COST (add up everything on the right hand side) = $______. ______
MY COST TOTAL TRIP COST from above: ______÷ 3 = $______. ______
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