Plan the Perfect Date!

Introduction

You have asked your girlfriend/boyfriend to make all the decisions for your upcoming anniversary.  They must choose a restaurant and an activity for the date.  You will choose a gift.  

Restaurant Options:  Cuban, Thai, or German

Activity Options: Boating on Lake Michigan, The Taste of Chicago, or Concert at Northerly Island

Gift Options:  Necklace or Ring

Task

Your TASK includes researching the costs of the various activities, restaurants, and gifts to create a TREE DIAGRAM that illustrates all the available choices for your date.

The Total Cost for each date will be calculated to better prepare you for how much you might be spending!

Maximum, Minimum, and Average cost values will be calculated along with mathematical probabilities.  

You need the date to go perfectly, and want to conduct the best possible research!

Tree Diagram Example: PIZZA!

Process

Your PROCESS includes the following:

Who knew math mattered in dating?

  1. Research the estimated cost of the Restaurant Options, Activity Options, and Gift Options.
  • Draw a TREE DIAGRAM to illustrate the choices.
  • Calculate the TOTAL COST for each choice.
  • Determine the MAXIMUM and MINIMUM cost for the date.
  • To the nearest dollar, what is the AVERAGE cost for this date?
  • What is the probability that the date costs more than $200?
  • Evaluation

    Evaluation Rubric:

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    Conclusion

    Congratulations!  Your date is IMPRESSED with your planning skills!  

    Happy Dance!

    Credits

    Credits:

    Author Biography:

    Kerry Pozulp is a high school Special Education Inclusion teacher who supports students in Integrated Math 1, 2, 3, College Algebra Trig, and Pre-Calculus.

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    Teacher Page

    Teacher Page:

    This WebQuest will lead the student through a series of investigations in order to compute probabilities of independent, dependent and compound events with a tree diagram, and use these to interpret data.

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