Introduction
While playing with your mates in an abandoned warehouse, you discover a battered old suitcase packed with bundles and wads of $50 notes. Years ago $1 000 000 went missing from a bank and the money was never found. Could this be the loot?
Task
Investigate whether $1 000 000 would fit into the suitcase described on the next page, and whether you would be able to carry it home.
Process
Instructions
1. Read and plan:
Make sure you understand the meanings of: wad, justify, loot, dimensions, assumptions, and bundle.
Read the rubric.
Download your investigation plan.
2. The suitcase and the $50 notes:
The dimensions of the suitcase are 50 cm x 40 cm x 10 cm.
A $50 note measures 15.1 cm x 6.5 cm.
One wad contains 100 notes.
One wad is approximately 1 cm high.
Ten wads make a bundle.
The approximate mass of one bundle of notes is one kilogram (1 kg).
3. How many bundles and wads?
Work out how many wads of $50 notes are needed to make $1 000 000. Then work out how many bundles to make $1 000 000.
4. How heavy is a million dollars?
Calculate how much $1 000 000 worth of $50 notes could weigh.
5. Will a million dollars fit into a suitcase this size?
Determine how many bundles and wads of $50 notes will fit into the suitcase. You will need to know the dimensions of the $50 notes and the suitcase. Think outside the square! The bundles and wads could be packed in different directions or on their sides. Try various arrangements.
6. Is this the loot?
Explain whether $1 000 000 would fit into the suitcase and whether you could carry it home. Show all your calculations to justify your answers. List any assumptions you made.
Evaluation
Conclusion
Inquiry question:
Is one million Australian dollars with more or less than one million U.S dollars?
Use an appropriate website to convert you $1 000 000 to ten different currencies. Design a table to record this information.