Day 2 Thinking Skills Homework

Peter wants to buy 3 ice cream cones. There are 4 shops that sell the product he wants. The shops, the price of the ice cream cones, and any special offers are shown in the following table:

Peter wants to buy all his ice cream cones from the same shop and to spend as little as possible.

Which shop should Peter buy all his ice cream cones from?

Eight students had a reading competition. All of them were given two books that they have to finish reading. Below are the number of hours they’ve spent to finish the books. 

Who is the fastest reader among all 8 students?

Eight competitors in an archery competition receive up to 20 points in each round. The results for the first three rounds are shown table below:

One competitor will definitely win the competition outright if they score enough points in the fourth and final round.

What is the minimum score that this competitor needs to be guaranteed the win?

There are five competitors in a swimming competition. The task is to swim back and forth to see who could swim the fastest. Each of them were given two attempts and the shortest time recorded between their two attempts will be considered as their time recorded. Their results are shown below.

Who was in 3rd place?

Six basketball players had a shooting competition. There are two rounds and the goal is to score 30 points in each round for a total of 60 points. The player with the shortest time recorded wins the game. Their results are shown below.  

Who won in the shooting competition?

Maria, Chelsea, Mark, Suzy, Benjamin and Jasmine were all in the playground when they decided to have a cycling competition. The goal was to go to their school from the playground then from school back to the playground again. The player with the shortest time covered wins the game. Their  results are shown below.  

Who won the cycling competition?

Five friends decided to have a karaoke competition. Each of them were given three songs for them to sing. At the end of every song, the machine generates a score based on the song points that they have reached. Scores from all three rounds were added together to get the average score. The person with the highest average score recorded wins the competition. Their results are shown in the table.  

Who has the highest average score?

Tourists in Japan were asked to vote for their favourite Japanese dish. The table below displays the number of votes received by each dish.

They transferred the data to a pie chart but failed to label it before compiling it with the other pie charts.

Which pie chart represents the data in the table?

The prices for Comedy Central Comedy Show tickets are shown in the table below.

Alfred will need a ticket for the following days of the month: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 15

How much is the cheapest valid combination Alfred could use?

A car importing company imports 6 different brands of cars. The company would like to figure out the popularity of each brand among their customers. To do so, they construct a bar chart so they can compare the amount of cars they imported from each brand.

The following bar charts are fractions of the fully constructed chart.

Ron and Harry would like to go on a road trip. They decide that they would like to rent a motorhome for six days and drive across the United States. The motorhome needs to have on board WiFi and a generator. They end up finding multiple options and decide to create a table to figure out which is the cheapest option.

How much cheaper is the cheapest option in comparison to the second cheapest?

The prices for Indonesia Health and Safety Convention tickets are shown in the table below.

Saturn will need a ticket for the following days of the month: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11

How much is the cheapest valid combination Saturn could use?

The prices for Just for Laughs Comedy Show tickets are shown in the table below.

Bruno will need a ticket for the following days of the month: 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 10, 14

How much is the cheapest valid combination Bruno could use? 

Aciel wants to buy 5 leaf blowers. There are 4 shops that sell the product he wants. The shops, the price of the leaf blowers  and any special offers are shown in the following table:

Aciel wants to buy all his leaf blowers  from the same shop and to spend as little as possible.

Which shop should Aciel buy all his leaf blowers from?

Eight competitors in a skateboard competition receive up to 15 points in each round. The results for the first three rounds are shown table below:

One competitor will definitely win the competition outright if they score enough points in the fourth and final round.

What is the minimum score that this competitor needs to be guaranteed the win?

In a water drinking competition, 5 students were given 2 attempts to finish a glass of 200ml of water. The shortest time in two attempts will be counted as their time recorded. The results are shown below. 

  Who among the students came 2nd in the competition?

Toby wants to buy 12 bulbs. There are 4 shops that sell the product he wants. The shops, the price of the bulbs and any special offers are shown in the following table:

What is the difference in price between the cheapest and most expensive option?

The prices of the passes for the new Avatar Movie Convention are shown in the table below.

Eden will need a ticket for the following days of the month: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19

How much is the cheapest valid combination Eden could use?

Five volleyball players wanted to see who could run the fastest. Each player was given 2 attempts with 5 seconds on each attempt to run. The longest distance recorded will be the one considered as their result. Below are the results.

Who among the players would be the third fastest runner? If the required average speed of a volleyball player is 3 metres per second, should she improve her speed?

Suzy wants to buy 20 phone cases for her new iPhone13 ProMax. There are 4 shops that sell the product she wants. The shops, the prices of the phone cases and special offers are shown in the following table:

Suzy wants to buy all her phone cases from the same shop and to spend as little as possible.

Which shop should Suzy buy all her phone cases from?

In a Physical Education class, the students’ activity for the day is to do the sit-and-reach exercise. Five friends decided to do the activity together. Each student was given 3 attempts and the farthest that they could reach would be recorded as their final score. The results are shown below. 

Who is in second place?

A poll was taken for the preference of Australian Institute of Technology varsity players’ favourite NBA team. The results are shown in the table:

Which of the following bar charts represent the data in the table?

The prices for Maroon Five tickets are shown in the table below.

Adam will need a ticket for the following days of the month: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13

How much is the cheapest valid combination Adam could use?

Due to COVID-19, airports are changing their rules. People would only be allowed to travel if they have been vaccinated at least 1 week before their flight date. 

People’s details are shown in the table below.

How many people would be allowed to travel?

One of the amounts was inputted incorrectly in the chart. Which among the students was incorrect on the chart?

Shane is going to the Country Fair with her friends. In order to play in the different booths, she must have tokens.

Promo 1 costs $10 and includes 10 tokens.

Promo 2 costs $5 and includes 5 tokens.

Promo 3 costs $3 and includes 3 tokens.

Each booth at the fair requires a different number of tokens. 

Shane is planning to play in 8 different booths. Three booths require 8 tokens each, three other booths require 6 tokens each, and two booths require 5 tokens each. Greyson gave Shane 4 tokens.  She wants to spend the least amount of credits that would allow her to play in 8 different booths. Moreover, she also wants to avail the least number of promos.

How much in total should Shane spend?

Klay, Roda, and Lola want to go to Disneyland this October. They also want to try each and every ride but the problem is, the waiting lines are long and they  would not be able to finish everything in one day, which is why they need to come back on different dates. They would like to go to Disneyland on the following dates of October: 12, 15, 16, 17, and 20. The prices of the tickets are shown below. 

How much is the cheapest valid combination they could use?

Brittanie wants to buy 20 flower pots for her garden at home. There are 4 shops that offer the pots she wants. The shops, prices of the post, and other special offers are shown in the table below. 

Brittanie is on a budget and wants to spend as little as possible. In which shop should Brittanie buy her flower pots?

Susan is competing for an art competition next week. She needs the following items: 2 paintbrushes, 1 blank canvas, 1 set of watercolour, and an apron. The items, variations, and other special offers are shown in the table below.

If Susan goes for the expensive options, how much would she have to pay?