Algebra:
Fish Painting and
Puzzle
Today's
Snack: Bake
some frozen fish sticks and dip them in tartar sauce or a little ketchup.
FIN-tastic! Drink down a few waves of milk, too.
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Supplies:
Piece of watercolor paper or drawing
paper
Watercolor paints and brush |
Container of water
Color marker | pencil and scratch
paper
First,
have fun painting a beautiful picture of a fish on the watercolor paper. Use
any colors, patterns and textures that you want. Leave a little white space
underneath your picture.
While
it is drying, carefully copy the following number puzzle underneath your fish
picture:
How much does a fish weigh if its tail
weighs 4 kilograms, its head weighs as much as its tail and half its body, and
its body weighs as much as its head and tail together?
Using the pencil and scratch paper, solve the puzzle.
(See the answer below) Once your fish picture is dry, write the answer on the
back of your picture, and quiz your friends and family!
Also convert the answer from kilograms to ounces.
Note that one kilogram equals 35.3 ounces. So how much does your fish weigh in
pounds and ounces?
(Answer: 32 kilograms . . . x 35.3
oz. + 1,129.6 oz. ÷ 16 oz./lb. = 70.6 lbs.)
