Andrew Stadel 3-Act Math Tasks

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4	In-N-Out Locations	How many In-N-Out locations are there?	Prob	Scatter	x	x	x
5	Swing Wraps	How many total times will the swing wrap around the pole?	G	Modeling/circles	x	x	x
6	Tether Ball	How many times will the ball wrap around the pole?	G	Circles and more	x	x	x	Design a chain and pole...	7/15/2014	7.G.4
7	Candle Eyes	How many football fields is 10 miles?	6	Conversions	x	x	x		1/16/2014
8	Snail's Pace	How long will it take for the snail to get across the sidewalk?	A	Rate	x	x			7/9/2013
9	Woody's Raise	What amount (of money) per week did Woody settle for?	A	Inequalities	x	x	x		7/6/2013
10	Shiny Lincoln	What's the price of the large penny?	G	Circles, proportions	x				5/27/2013
11	Watertime	How long will it take for the dye to flow to the bottom?	A	Rate	x				5/25/2013
12	Printer Paper		G	Volume (prism)	x		x		5/16/2013
13	Deodorant	How much paper is stacked on the shipping crate?	A	Rate, time	x	x			4/14/2013
14	Thick As A Brick	How long is that song?	G & A	Time, ratio, prop	x	x	x	A rule for any point in the song.	4/7/2013				Zachary Shiner
15	Trashketball	How many trashketballs will fit in the can?	G	Spheres, Cylinders	x	X	x	Change can ht. to fit 1k balls	3/12/2013
16	Boat on the River	Will the boat safely pass under the bridge?	G	Trig Ratios	x	x	x	Maximum angle?	2/28/2013
17	Stacking Cups	How many cups does it take for the stacks to be equal in height?	A	Linear Eq's/Sys	x	X	x	What's the height?	2/23/2013
18	Black Box2	What [fraction] will come out of the black box?	K-5, A	Add Fractions	x	X	x		2/12/2013
19	Best Halves [Square]	Who drew the best half?	G	Area, Ratio, %	x				1/17/2013
20	Styrofoam Cups	How many cups will stack to the top of the door frame?	A	Linear f(x), slope	x	X	x	Styro = blue cup stack	1/17/2013
21	Stealing Second	How long will it for the ball to get to second base and beat the runner?	G & A	Pythag Th., Rate	x				1/7/2013
22	Bottomless Mug	How much money could you actually save?	A	Rate, time, calendar	x	X	x	See Act 2	1/4/2013
23	Quesadilla	How should I cut the quesadilla?	NS	Fractions, dec, %'s	x				12/29/2012
24	RR Crossing Lights	When will the lights be in sync?	A	LCM	x	x	x		12/22/2012
25	Christmas Tree Lights	How long will it take to wrap lights around the tree?	G	Surface Area Cone	x				12/15/2012
26	Red Vines	How many Red Vines come in the container?	G	Area/Volume	x	X	x		11/17/2012
27	Ferris Bueller	How many miles were driven on the car? Can it be reversed?	A	Distance, rate, time	x				11/15/2012
28	Toilet Paper Roll	How many sheets on the toilet paper roll?	G	Circle properties	x	X	x	Roll size of 10k shts	10/14/2012
29	Candy Corn	How many scoops of candy corn will fit in the jar?	G	Volume - Cylinder	x	X	x	Jar size for 300 cups	10/11/2012
30	Wall Pictures	What should be the spacing between the pictures?	A	Linear equations	x	X	x	Wall size of 100 pics	10/8/2012
31	Lawn Mower	How long will it take to mow the lawn?	G & A	Diff areas & rate	x			Edge the perimeter	9/30/2012
32	Basketball Travel	Who will make it to the other corner first?	G & A	Pythagorean Th.	x	X	x	Walk on every line	9/7/2012
33	Storage Money	How much cash is that?	G & A		x			How much to fill room	9/4/2012
34	Basketball Shots Pt. II	How many 2-pt and 3-pt shots does he make in a minute?	A	Linear Systems	x	X	x	My % vs. NBA	9/2/2012
35	Basketball Shots	How many free throws and layups does he make in 1 minute?	A	Linear Systems	x	X	x	My % vs. NBA	8/31/2012
36	Hedge Trimmer	How long will it take to finish trimming the hedges?	G & A	Trapezoid Area/Rate	x	X	x		8/22/2012
37	Couch Coins	What coins will she get?	K-7	Money	x	X	x	+1¢ & split 3ways?	7/31/2012
38	Ferrari Ride	When will our friend be yanked off by the Ferrari?	A	D = rt	x	X	x	Length of b-ball floor	7/25/2012
39	Pencil Cup	How many pencils will fit inside the cup?	G	Area (Polygon)	x	X	x	Circular pencils?	7/19/2012
40	Rock Paper Scissors	Who wins the game? What's the probability of winning?	A	Probability	x		x		7/1/2012
41	Paper Cuts	Are the rectangular areas similar or different?	K-7	Fractions	x	X	x	Triangular paper?	6/30/2012
42	Bouncy Ball	Which ball bounces higher? Are successive bounces linear?	A	Direct Variation	x		x		6/25/2012
43	Elmo's Microwave Travel	How far will Elmo travel in the microwave for 1 minute?	G & A	D=rt/Circumference	x	X	x	Graphing Stories	6/18/2012
44	Mr. Potato Head	How tall will Mr. Potato Head be in the 10th frame?	A	Inverse function	x	x	x		5/19/2012
45	Circle Maze	How far does Mr. Stadel travel to get to the treasure?	G	Arc Length	x				5/19/2012
46	iPad Usage	What are the percentages of each iPad use?	G & A	Percentages	x	x	x	Make circle graph	5/19/2012
47	American Flag	How many cubes will complete the American Flag?	G	Volume (prism)	x	X	x	CA Flag?	5/4/2012
48	File Cabinet	How many Post-it stickies will cover the file cabinet?	G	Surface Area	x	X	x	1.375" x 1.875" or 2.875" x 4.875"	4/24/2012
49	Rolling Tires	How many rotations will each tire make before hitting the target?	G	Circumference	x	X	x	Dist of 100 rotations	4/11/2012
50	Water Vase	How long will it take to fill the vase with water?	G	Volume/Rate	x	X	x	Vase size of 100 gal.	3/17/2012
51	Sand Vase	How many scoops of sand will fill the vase?	G	Volume/Rate	x	X	x	Vase size of 100 scoops	3/17/2012
52	Fake Money	How many pennies will there be after duplicating 10, 20, 30 times?	A	Exponential Growth	x	x	x		3/10/2012
53	Sweet Snacks	What combinations of sweet snacks can be bought with $20?	A	Linear Inequalities	x	x	x	Add a third item?	3/8/2012
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