PerformanceTask4

Treasure Box

By:
Bianca Gao
&

Sarah Daks

Scenario:
Mr.Pennysclasswillbeconstructingwoodentreasureboxes.Eachstudentwillconstructabox
thatconsistsof4rectangularpiecesforthesidesthatare 814 incheslongand 634 incheswide,and2
rectangularpiecesforthetopandbottombasesthatare 814 incheslongand 814 incheswide.Priortoclass,
Mr.Pennyplanstocutawoodenplankintotherequiredpiecesofwoodsothestudentshavethenecessary
materialsatthestartofclass.

Part A:
Table and writing

How many side pieces 814 inches long and 634 inches wide can Mr.Penny cut from a wooden plank 958
9 foot wide?
feet long and 16
Convert measurements, if necessary.
Compare length and width to find common measurements.
Explain how you found your solution.
How many side pieces: 14 side pieces
9 ft to inches by multiplying it to 12 inches.
Explanation:
To get 14 side pieces, we first converted 958 ft and 16
9 ft turns into 6.75in, which is the same as the width of one side plank. Next, I
958 ft turns into 115.5in and 16
divide 115 12 in by 814 in
to get how many pieces we can make. We divided those two numbers because the
3
widths are already 6 4 . Before we start dividing, we turned the mixed numbers into improper fractions. 115 12
1
33
33
turns into 231
2 and 8 4 turns into 4 . To divide, we have to find the reciprocal of 4 since it is the divisor, and
231
4
then we multiply 2 by 33 . Mr.Penny can cut 14 side pieces.

Part B:
Diagram and writing

How many base pieces 814 inches long and 814 inches wide can Mr. Penny cut from a wooden plank
418 feet long and 418 feet wide? Draw a diagram to support your answer.
Convert measurements, if necessary.
Compare length and width to find common measurements.
Explain how you found your solution.
Base pieces: 36 base pieces
Explanation:
First, we converted 418 ft to inches, which was 4912 inches. Then, we divided 4912 in by 814 in. To
1
33
divide, we had to turn them into improper fractions. 4912 in is 99
2 in and 8 4 in is 4 in. Now, we found the
4
4
99
1
1
reciprocal of 33
4 which is 33 . We multiply 33 by 2 . The product is 6. 6 pieces fit along one side of the 4 8 by 4 8
square. Since the square has equal sides, the other side would also have 6 pieces fit there. Next, we found
the area of the big square, since you need to know how many base pieces can fit inside. 6*6 is 36 base
pieces.

Part C:
Table and writing

9 foot
The rectangular sides of the treasure box will be cut from wooden planks 958 feet long and 16
wide. How many planks will Mr. Penny need so that his 18 students can each construct one treasure
box?
Use
Part A
to help you solve.
Explain how you found your solution
Planks: 18 planks
9 foot plank makes 3.5 side pieces. Since the class needs 4 side pieces, we
Explanation:
One 958 feet by 16
would have to round 3.5 to 4. Then, we multiplied 18 by 4 because there are 4 rectangular pieces. The
product is 72. Then, we divide 72 by 4 to get how many planks it would take to make 72 side pieces.
Mr.Penny would need to buy 18 planks.

Part D:
Table and writing

The rectangular bases of the treasure box will be cut from wooden planks 418 feet long and 418 feet
wide. How many planks will Mr. Penny need so that his 18 students can each construct one treasure
box?
Use
Part B
to help you solve.
Explain how you found your solution.
Planks:
1 plank

Explanation:
Mr.Penny would need only 1 plank to make enough base pieces for all treasure boxes. 1 plank
yields 36 base pieces. There are 18 students and each student needs 2 base pieces to make one box, so we
multiply 18 by 2 to get 36 base pieces. 36 is equal to 1 plank, so Mr.Penny needs to needs 1 plank.

Part E:
Table and writing

Each treasure box will need 3 pieces of decorative ribbon 412 inches, or 38 foot, long. The ribbon
pieces will be cut from a long ribbon with a length of 214 feet. Use a model to find the quotient of 214
feet 38 foot. How many ribbon pieces can Mr. Penny cut from one long ribbon?
Explain how you found your solution.
Ribbon pieces: 6 ribbon pieces
Explanation:
We got 6 ribbon pieces by first dividing the the two numbers given; 2 divided by .When we
divided, we set up 2 by turning it into an improper fraction and to do that, we had to multiply 2 * 4 and
add 1 to end up getting 9/4. Then, we set up 9/4 divided by . But, since there is no way to really divide it like
that, we set up the reciprocal; 9/4 * 8/3 = 72/12 and divided to get the simplest form, from 6/1, which is 6.

Part F:
Table and writing

How many long ribbons will Mr. Penny needs for his 18 students to each decorate one treasure box?
Use your answer from
Part E
to help you solve.
Explain how you found your solution.
Long ribbons: 9 long ribbons

Explanation:
We got this by looking at Part E and remembering that every student needs 3 pieces of small
ribbon and that there is 6 small pieces of ribbon in one long ribbon. We drew charts to represent that for
every three boxes, there is one student being able to make a treasure box with the needed ribbon. Also, you
can just multiply 18 times 3 to end up getting 54. Then you divide 54 by 6 and get 9.

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Part G:
Table and writing

1 of a dollar for every 1 inch of ribbon. Find the total cost of the ribbons needed for
Mr. Penny pays 10
4
the treasure box project.
Convert currency, if necessary.
Explain how you found your solution
Total Cost: $97.20
Explanation:
We found our answer by first knowing that 9 long ribbons were needed for Part F and one
long ribbon was 2 feet. Next, we multiplied 2 by 9 and got 81/4. Then we converted it into inches which
was 243 inches. Then we remembered that 1/10 of a dollar was 10 cents, so that would mean one full inch
would cost 40; 0.10 * 4. Last, we multiplied $0.40 per inch by 243 inches to finally end up getting $97.20. In
conclusion,
Mr. Penny paid $97.20 in all for all of the ribbons.