Hello and
welcome to our math trail made by the 5th grade at St. John the
Baptist Catholic School. We’ll be showing you many things in Vermillion, MN and
telling you some of its history. We’ve been making this math trail a long time
and worked very hard. We hope you like it.
*You may want a calculator to complete some of these problems.
Your first stop will be at our school playground.
History: Kids have played on this playground for many
years. Three years ago the parking lot was part of the playground.
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Problem: There are 3
recesses each day. I watched the monkey bars for one day. About 7 kids went on
them that day. About how many went on the monkey bars in 12 recesses?
Solution: About 28 kids
Explanation: 12 recesses
would take 4 days. 7 kids times those 4 days=28 kids
7x4=28
Directions
to next site: Take a right and go to Stein Haus.
The Stein Haus
History:
The Stein Haus use to serve smoked pork chops, sausage, meatballs, sauerkraut,
potato salad, buns, relishes, and many more. Now, there is a fish fry on Friday
Nights.
Problem: I went to the Stein
Haus on Saturday and saw cars by the restaurant. There were three vans and nine
cars. There were about five people in each van, and each car had about three
people in it. About how many people were at the Stein Haus?
Solution: about 42 people
Explanation: First you take
the nine cars and times them by three, because that is how many people are in
each car. Next the three vans are filled with about five people in each van. So
take the three vans and times it by five. Finally add the number of people in
cars and vans to get the answer.
9x3=27
3x5=15
27 +15=42 people
Directions to the next site: Go east past the City Hall and past the bank to Werner’s Implement.
History: It started on
January 1, 1948. The owner was John W. Warner. In 1961 he retried and Ernest
Werner owned it for a few years and gave it to the whole family. The family now
owns it. They go to school for tractor repair, and they have won many awards.
Problem: 6 tractors were in
front of Warner’s. The costs for the tractors are $4, $46, $150, $23,600, and
$89,000. What are the range, mean, median, and mode of the tractor prices?
Solution: Range: $88,996.00, Mean:
$112,800, Median: $150, Mode: none
Explanation: This is a
range, mean, median, and mode problem. How to get range is to subtract the
highest number $89,000 and lowest number $4 to get $88,996.00. How to get the
mean is add all numbers $4, $46, $150, $23,600, and $89,000 to get $112,800. Then you need to divide it by 5 to get
the mean of $22,560. The median is the middle number $150. The mode is if there
is the number that appears the most. There is no mode in this problem.
To the next site: Take a
right to the Grain Elevator.
Grain
Elevator
History:
They started building a new elevator in 1978. It sold grain, wheat, and corn,
and it still does.
Problem:
The elevator has been here from 1978 to now (2004). It has rabbit food,
softener salt, and etc. How many years has it been there?
Solution: 26 years
Explanation:
Extra Data – Read the question. Subtract 1978 from 2004.
Directions
to next site: You walk straight across the street, until you reach Kieffers.
Kieffer’s
History:
Ambrose and Juliana Kieffer owned the restaurant named Kieffer’s. Ambrose was
named for his sausage making. They served sausage, pork, liver, wieners,
headcheese, and summer sausage. They had to rebuild it three times with water
problems. Ken and Ann Keiffer made their own catering service. Now they serve
pizza, burgers, and chicken. There used to be a dance hall in it.
Problem:
Evan and I went to Keiffers and bought a small pizza for $6.95 and two cokes
for $1.00 each. We only had $11.00. How much would a small pizza and two cokes
cost?
Solution: $7.95
Explanation: This is extra
data problem. You don’t need to know that you had $11.00. You just add the
pizza $6.95 and the coke $1.00 to get the answer, which is $7.95.
Directions
to next site: Take about 30 steps to straight and take about 19 steps left to
the Gas station.
History: The pump use to not have a gas pump. It use
to be just a store and it was called Kasel’s. It also has the Vermillion Post
Office inside. It changed to a gas station in 2000. John Kasel started in 1915.
Paul Kasel owned it since 1973.
Problem: We collected the prices of gas for three weeks (look at the graph). If unleaded cost $1.52 on the 4th week how much would plus and premium cost?
Solution:Premium would be
$1.59,
plus would be $1.66
Explanation: Look at the graph add 1.52 + .07=1.59 to get
premium, add 1.59+.07=1.66
To next site: Go behind the
Pump and Market to to pinkish-tanish house that was once a train station.
Train Station
History
on the train depot: This home used to
be a train depot. You could ride to St. Paul on the train. You would have to
pay 50 cents to ride it. Now the train depot is a house.
Problem:
In 1866 the railroad was completed. But on October 2, 1910 it was struck by
lightning and burned to the ground. About how many years was the depot used
before it burned and had to be rebuilt?
Solution: 40
years
Explanation:
Estimation Problem
Round
1866 to 1870. Take the year 1910 and subtract 1870 from it.
Directions
to next site: You cross the road and head
back toward Main Street. Go west to the church.
The Church
History: The church was built in 1914 and started on October 11, 1914. It was blessed by Reverend J. Lawler. The church was paid of in just 6 years. It and had an add-on in 1995. Through out the years there have been a lot of priests.
Problem:
Here are 5 first communion classes:
In 1907 there were 26 first
communicants.
In 1917 there were 33 first
communicants.
In 1961 there were 23 first
communicants.
In 1982 there were 26 first
communicants.
In 2001 there were 12 first
communicants.
So
find the range, mean, median and mode of the first communicants.
Solution:
range: 19 mean: 24 median: 26 mode: 26
Explanation:
Range is subtracting the largest and smallest number.
Mean
is add all numbers and divide it by how many there are. Median is the middle
number. Mode is if there are two numbers the same. (But not all ways)
Directions
back to the school: Go across the street and
that is the school. That’s the end.
St. John School
History:
The School was built in 1957-1958 at the cost of 100,000 dollars. It was 1st-8th
grade. Later on it became Preschool through 5th grade. The school is
currently a one-story building. This summer we are adding on.
Problem: The School is a three dimensional object.
What shape is it?
Solution: Rectangular Prism
Explanation: A rectangular
prism is a solid figure with 6 sides that are rectangles. The school is most
like a rectangular prism.
That’s
our math trail. Thank you for joining us.
Mrs.
Petit and the 2004 5th Grade Class.