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Mrs. Marcott's
kindergarten class - South Hamilton Community Schools |
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We brainstormed a list of
five items we would typically buy at the store, then set out to find them
in four different stores.
Each group was responsible
for finding the items, writing down the price and then finding the total
price at the checkout stand.
When we had all of our data
compiled, we brainstormed questions you could answer using the table.
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We
are the kindergarten students in Mrs. Marcott’s class from South
Hamilton Community Schools. We
are located in Jewell, Iowa, which is about
50 miles north of the state capitol, Des Moines.
While most cities or towns have more than one elementary school, we
are somewhat unique in that we have one elementary school that serves 4
towns! We decided that
since our students were from different towns, we would do some comparing
of the different stores in our towns.
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Our
table shows the prices of each item at each store, as well as the total cost of
the items at each store. Use
the table to answer the 10 questions.
| FOOD |
STORE 1 |
STORE 2 |
STORE 3 |
STORE 4 |
| Eggs |
$1.09 |
$0.99 |
$0.69 |
$2.09 |
| Bread |
$1.59 |
$1.79 |
$1.79 |
$1.59 |
| Butter |
$1.29 |
$1.05 |
$1.20 |
$1.99 |
| Milk |
$2.79 |
$2.39 |
$2.87 |
$2.79 |
| Cereal |
$3.99 |
$3.85 |
$4.03 |
$4.99 |
| Total |
$10.75 |
$10.07 |
$10.58 |
$13.45 |
1.
At which store did the groceries cost the most?
2.
At which store did the groceries cost the least?
3.
If you were given $12.00 to spend, would you have enough for your
groceries at Store 1? Store 2?
Store 3? Store 4?
4.
At which store did butter cost the most?
5.
At which store did cereal cost the most?
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At which store did bread cost the most?
7.
At which store did eggs cost the most?
8.
At which store did eggs cost the least?
9.
At which store did bread cost the least?
10.
What is the most expensive item in every store?
Our
project correlates with the following standards:
Connections standard
Numbers and Operations standard
Measurement standard