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Amusement Park Math Grades 6-8 Dr. Janet H. Caldwell, Rowan University [email protected] Roller Coasters Fury 325 at Carowinds 32 passengers 325 feet high 1.25 miles long Duration 3.25 minutes Top speed 95 mph Height requirement 54 inches Coaster Problems You go to a height of 150 feet , Ride Drop (ft) • Plot each drop on pause, then plunge 128 feet, a number line. Desperado -225 reaching a speed of 60 mph. • Estimate a point DropZ -137 that represents You spin through a 104-foot vertical Sforce -205 the mean of loop, two 45-degree loops, a 60- these drops. Monster -114 foot loop underground, and a Mantis -137 corkscrew. Use integers to describe your height during the ride. More Coaster Problems Use words and a graph. Using just your graph: •Where is the coaster going fast? •Where is it going slowly? •Faster at B or D? D or F? C or E? Roller Coasters Build Your Own Online http://discoverykids.com/games/bu ild-a-coaster/ http://www.learner.org/interactives /parkphysics/coaster/ Build Your Own Model Knex Lego Pitsco … At the Arcade Ann, Beth, Carol, and Dave were playing Skeeball at the arcade. They agreed to pool their tickets and split them equally. Ann has 17 single tickets and eight 25-point tickets. Beth has 9 single tickets and seven 25-point tickets. Carol has 11 single tickets and twelve 25-point tickets. Dave has 3 single tickets and fifteen 25-point tickets. How many tickets will each person get? Carousel A carousel has an inner and outer ring, each going in opposite directions. A horse on the inner ring makes a complete circle in 40 seconds. A horse on the outer ring makes a complete circle in 60 seconds. How often do the horses meet? Two Ring Carousel – At the Park Count the number of horses in the inner ring and in the outer ring. Measure the space between the horses in each ring. Find out how long it takes for a horse in each ring to go around the circle. Which horses look like they are moving faster? Why? What’s the Wait? The Dumbo ride seats 32 people at one time and lasts for 2 minutes 20 seconds. It takes 4 minutes to unload and load the ride. You are 50 feet back in the line with your little sister. How long must you wait to ride? Ferris Wheel Sketchpad Karen rode a ferris wheel that turned forward during the first half of the ride and then turned backward the second half. Her sister made a video and then they ran the video forward and backward. Which way did the wheel move if the ride was going backward and the video was running backward?
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