Pounds of Halloween Fun!

Pigs go to Market By: Amy Axelrod

Math Literature:

Integrating

Subject Areas

SummaryThe Pigs can't wait to throw their annual Halloween party.

But when Grandpa and Grandma Pig eat all of the guest’s

candy, the Pigs have to make a last minute trip to the

supermarket, where Mrs. Pig wins a free shopping spree for

being the one millionth customer. Mrs. Pig feels sure she has got enough candy to

share now, until they get home and see the amount of guests

waiting on them to arrive.

Problem• How much did all the candy that

the pigs ate weigh?

• In order to find how much all the candy

that the pigs ate weighs, we need to

know the weights of the packages…..

Go back in the story to look at the

packages for weight and quantity.

• Ghouly Drops:

– 20 Giant Drops = 12 oz (340 g)

• Jelly Spiders:

– 24 Spiders = 11 oz (312 g)

• Pound O’ Pumpkin:

– 16 Chocolate Treats = 16 oz (454 g)

• Witches Brooms:

– 40 Licorice Brooms = 20 oz (567 g)

– 36 Licorice Brooms = 18 oz (510 g)

• Red Hot Jumbos:

– 12 Jumbos = 6 oz (170 g)

• Wiggly Worms:

– 80 Worm Pack = 28 oz (794 g)

– 60 Worm Pack = 21 oz (595 g)

Gouly Drops:

6 packs with five rows of

four gumdrops

Jelly Spiders:

3 bags with three rows of

eight spiders

Pound O’ Pumpkins:

4 buckets with four rows

of four pumpkins

Witches Brooms:

2 boxes with four rows of

nine brooms

Red Hot Jumbos:

1 box with three rows of

four jumbos

Wiggly Worms:

1 jar with eight rows of

ten worms

Do Not Go To The Next Slide…

• Until you have finished working out the

problem!

• When finished, go to the next slide to

check your answer.

• DO NOT ERASE ANY OF YOUR

ANSWERS.

• If you got the problem wrong, write down

the correct way to work it on a separate

sheet for us to review together.

Add Up The Ounces….

• Ghouly Drops: 12oz + 12oz + 12oz + 12oz + 12oz + 12oz = (12 X 6) = 72 oz

• Jelly Spiders:11oz + 11oz + 11oz = (11 X 3) = 33oz

• Pound O’ Pumpkins:16oz + 16oz + 16oz + 16oz = (16 X 4) = 64oz

• Witches Brooms:18oz + 18oz = (18 X 2) = 36oz

• Red Hot Jumbos:6oz

• Wiggly Worms:28oz

• Drops (72oz) + Spiders (33oz) + Pumpkins (64oz) + Brooms (36oz) + Jumbos (6oz) + Worms (28oz) = 239oz

BONUS!

• How many grams do we have if we have 239 ounces?

• How many pounds is 239 ounces?

• Remember:

• 16 ounces = 1 pound

• 1 ounce = 28.35 grams

ANSWERS:

• We have 239oz

• 239 X 28.35g = 6775.65 grams

• 239 ounces / 16 ounces (in a pound) = 14.9375 pounds