Multiply & Divide Whole Numbers

Road Trip Math

Prior to Lesson: Have students use technology to find a vehicle they would like to take and a destinations to road trip to. If technology is not available students can choose from the, vehicles and destinations from below.

1. The students have a budget of $1,000 for their trip. Have students choose the people they would like to bring, a vehicle, and a destination, including a thing to do there. If they have it in their budget, they may choose to do more than one activity.

2. To find out the number of gallons of gas a student will need, he or she must divide the total miles by the mpg average (city mpg + highway mpg divided by 2) of the vehicle he or she chose.

3. Give students the current price per gallon. Students must round it to the nearest whole number. The current gas price is $2.42.

4. The students then must multiply the total number of gallons needed (rounded to the nearest whole number) by the price per gallon.

5. Finally, the students need to multiply their total by 2 to get the cost of the round trip.

6. If available, students can look up a hotel to stay at in the area. If not, there hotel expense for the trip is $150.

7. They must use the remaining budget on an activity. Make sure tickets are purchased for each person attending the trip.

8. How much money did you spend? How much of your budget is left over? Did you go over budget?

Focus Content Area Standards

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.5.NBT.B.5

Fluently multiply multi-digit whole numbers using the standard algorithm.

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.5.NBT.B.6

Find whole-number quotients of whole numbers with up to four-digit dividends and two-digit divisors, using strategies based on place value, the properties of operations, and/or the relationship between multiplication and division. Illustrate and explain the calculation by using equations, rectangular arrays, and/or area models.

Standards for Mathematical Practice

CCSS.MATH.PRACTICE.MP1 Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.

CCSS.MATH.PRACTICE.MP2 Reason abstractly and quantitatively.

CCSS.MATH.PRACTICE.MP5 Use appropriate tools strategically.

CCSS.MATH.PRACTICE.MP6 Attend to precision.

CCSS.MATH.PRACTICE.MP7 Look for and make use of structure.

CCSS.MATH.PRACTICE.MP8 Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning.