McGraw-Hill Mathematics: Grade 4, Chapter 2

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Which Playscape Do You Want?

Adventure Systems
http://www.adventuresystems.com/html/growing.htm

Compare prices and find the best playscapes to sell to customers.

• Scroll down the page and click price range.
• Use this page to solve the problems.
• To see a playscape, click its name.
• Then, to find out the cost and pieces in each playscape, click its picture.

1. A customer wants to buy Swing Climber I.
   The customer asks how much more the climber will cost if it is made of cedar.
   How much more does a cedar Swing Climber I cost than a pine Swing Climber I?
   
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2. The customer sees that Swing Climber I does not have a slide.
   She wants a slide with swings, like Swing Climber III.
   The customer decides she wants a Swing Climber III made of pine.
   How much more does the pine Swing Climber III cost than the cedar Swing Climber I?
   
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3. Another customer wants to buy two items for a school playground—Swing Climber 1 and Sand Condo.
   The customer wants the items made of pine.
   How much will the customer pay?
   
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4. You tell the customer, who wanted the Swing Climber 1 and the Sand Condo in pine, that if he bought the Gym Loft made of cedar, he would get swings, a slide, and a tree house.
   In addition, it would cost less and the wood would last longer.
   How much would the customer save if he bought the Gym Loft in cedar instead of Swing Climber I and Sand Condo in pine?
   
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5. The customer likes your idea, but he wants the Gym Condo in pine instead.
   Write a number sentence about the price difference between the Gym Loft in cedar and the Gym Condo in pine.
   
                                                                                             
   
   
6. Click Skytower Townhouse Villa.
   Write a number sentence comparing the difference in price of the Skytower made of cedar with the Skytower Townhouse Villa made of pine.
   
                                                                                             
   
   
7. At the end of the day you've sold the following items:
   Swing Climber III made of pine
   Gym Condo in pine
   Skytower in cedar
   How many dollars worth of goods have you sold?
   
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8. About how much money did you bring in rounded off the nearest hundred? Thousand?
   
                                          
   
   

Math at Home

Today I explored a Web site that showed many different kinds of swing sets and playscapes. I pretended that I was selling these items to customers. I sold more than $                 thousand worth of swings and playscapes!

You can find out more about this topic by asking your teacher or parents to show you other Web sites.