McGraw-Hill Mathematics: Grade 3, Chapter 6

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A Trip to the Fair

Valleyfair!
http://www.valleyfair.com

Let's take a virtual tour of an amusement park. Which rides do you like?

• Click Kids and then Half-Pint Park.
• Read; then complete exercises 1 and 2 below.
• Go to the top of the page and click Rides. Then click start your engines at Valleyfair.
• Click Excalibur and read about it. Then complete exercises 3 and 4.
• Click the following rides and complete the exercise for each: High Roller, Wild Thing, Mad Mouse, and Power Tower.

1. The Busy Boats ride has 6 boats. If 6 children can sit in each boat, how many children can ride in the Busy Boats at one time?
   
   
   
   
2. The Hot Air Balloon Ride has 6 baskets. If 4 children sit in each basket, how many children are on the ride?
   
   
   
   
3. Excalibur is a 2-minute ride. If you ride it 8 times, how many minutes will you spend on the ride?
   
   
   
   
4. Excalibur has 8 track criss-crosses. How many criss-crosses will you ride over if you get on the ride 9 times?
   
   
   
   
5. High Roller has 4 cars. If 4 people sit in each car, how many people will ride the High Roller at the same time?
   
   
   
   
6. Wild Thing is a 3-minute ride. If you ride it 10 times, how many minutes will you spend on the ride?
   
   
   
   
7. Mad Mouse has 8 cars. Four passengers fit in each car. How many passengers can ride the Mad Mouse at one time?
   
   
   
   
8. Power Tower has 3 towers. Each tower seats 12 passengers. How many passengers can ride Power Tower?
   
   
   
   

Math at Home

Today I took a virtual tour of an amusement park. I saw the major attractions of the park and found out the prices of some of the attractions. I found out that if I rode the Wild Thing 10 times, it would take            minutes.

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