Many teachers use time after the Challenge in the Jasper adventure has been solved to focus students' attention on the mathematics they applied during the excitement of coming up with their solutions. The Jasper context provides a natural anchor for additional mathematical activities and lessons. Teachers may develop their own problems, or have students solve selected analogous problems provided on the laserdisc to help deepen their understanding of the concepts and skills involved in this Jasper adventure, and extension problems to broaden their learning into related subject areas.
Challenge
Find the best plan for the 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. time slots, including when to tell the driver(s) to be at Airport Rental Agency to pick up and return the van(s).
If you have time, see if you can improve Victor's plan for 9 to 3.
Analogous Problems
The first analogous problem explores the importance of matching strategies and goals. The second revisits the original story, using new travel times. Three other problems present new problems in the context of the original story where one to three factors of the original subproblems have been changed. Another problem investigates rates, and another involves maps and scale. One problem examines the reasons why opinion polls about the same issue may yield very different results, and another problem explores exponential relationships. The last problem uses trash accumulation to address volume and percentages.
The first analogous problem explores the importance of matching strategies and goals. The second revisits the original story, using new travel times. Three other problems present new problems in the context of the original story where one to three factors of the original subproblems have been changed. Another problem investigates rates, and another involves maps and scale. One problem examines the reasons why opinion polls about the same issue may yield very different results, and another problem explores exponential relationships. The last problem uses trash accumulation to address volume and percentages.