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Learning Activity 5 - Decimal Diner

Michelle Kim

Created on July 17, 2023

Adding and Subtracting with decimal numbers

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Transcript

Decimal Diner Weekly menu

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Mac and Cheese Monday

Menu

Mac and Cheese 6.50 Salad 4.00 Pop 3.50

Order

Sanjay is planning to have his lunch with 1 Mac and Cheese with one order of salad and one coke. How much does he need to pay in total?

+ Hint

Taco Tuesday

Menu

Chicken Taco $3.50 Fish Taco $4.00 Veggie Taco $3.00 Beef Taco $4.50 Burritos $5.00 Quesedilla $6.50

Order

SeungHee is ordering for herself and her friend. They will be having 2 orders of Chicken tacos, one order of Burritos, and 4 orders of Veggie Tacos. How much will SeungHee need to pay?

+ Hints

Wonton Wednesday

Menu

Ha Gao (Shrimp Dumplings) $ 5.50 Siu Mai(Shrimp and Pork) $ 6.00 Xiao Long Bao $ 4.50 Shrimp Wonton Soup $ 7.00 Cha Siu Bao(Pork bun) $ 5.50 Veggie Spring Rolls $ 6.00

Order

Juan is ordering for his father. His father gave $20 and told him to order the following food: one Siu Mai one Xiao Long Bao one Shrimp Wonton Soup. How much will Juan be left with after ordering for his father?

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Thirsty Thursday

Menu

Mango Smoothie $ 5.68 Strawberry Sunshine $ 6.53 Peach and Pineapple $ 5.45 Minty Magic $ 4..25 Orange Juice $ 3.33 Delicious Milk $2.51

Order

Lee is ordering for her basketball team after practice. He will be ordering one of each menu for everyone to try something unique and different. He only has $15. How much will he need more?

+ Hint

Fast Food Friday

Ingredients

Hamburger $5.68 Cheese Burger $7.56 Veggie Burger $6.54 Fries $4.86 Milkshake $3.55 Pop $1.63

Your Task

Eliza is planning to have her lunch with 1 hamburger, 1 order of fries, and 1 milkshake. How much will she have to pay in total?

+ Hints

Helpful Tips

Think about the key words and Read the question carefully.

What does the word "total" translate to in word problems? Similar to "all" or "at the end"? What did Eliza order? Make sure to align your decimals when solving the problem.

Helpful Hints

Step-by-step

Again, break the question into different steps. 1. What did he order? 2. How much does each drink cost? 3. How much will it be in total? 4. How much more does he need?

Helpful Hints

Break it down to different steps.

This problem includes more than one step. What is the first thing you should do? Then use the answer to solve the next step.

Hint

Think about the key words

What does the word "total" translate to in word problems? Similar to "all" or "at the end"?

Helpful Hints

Read the Question Carefully

1. Remember, SeungHee is ordering more than one menue. Make sure to count and use all the required food to solve the quseions. Challenge yourself, what do we usually do when weadd the same number more than once?