We were tasked to reflect on our use of mathematics during our shopping experience. Well, many factors come to mind in the process. First of all, I have three kids, one girl and two boys, ages 16, 15, and 5 respectively. They are on the top of my shopping list. I think of the number of items each of my kids needs for school and home. The youngest one still goes to the daycare, namely, Palomares Child Care Center, since he is a late baby and does not meet the cut-off date for the kindergarten age requirement. In any event, he has specific food for the daycare, along with baby wipes and other daycare necessities. He loves noodles, so we literally count how many days in the week he'll need his favorite food, since holidays don't count. If we have enough money, we stretch his food to 2 weeks. But, of course, we can't forget that he needs snacks, so we get his favorite crackers, cookies, and we try to throw in healthy snacks as well. Now with all the snacks, we must count at least 2 snacks for each day throughout the week, or maybe even for 2 weeks. It doesn't stop there, because we have the two oldest children who also have their favorite meals, such as spaghetti, ravioli, beefaroni, chicken, pizza, cheese, roast beef, cookies, cereal, milk, fruits, vegetables, and so much more! The bigger the kids get, the more they want to eat, so that means even more counting on our part, to ensure that they have enough food to eat during the week. Because they consume more food than the youngest one, we usually get a week's worth of food, and we'd be lucky if we have enough money to get an additional week's worth of food. We have to also add up how much their food costs, not including their baby brother's meals, baby wipes, etc. So what does all the math add up to? Well, it's over $150, that's for sure, and this doesn't include gassing the vehicles! That adds up even more in math figures. If I were to include the kids' tuition, that would be another astronomical figure, so I'll stop here, since the focus Don recommended was on "shopping." Now you have an insight on my mathematics experience with shopping on a weekly basis! How about yours? I'd love to hear about your experience!
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Mathematics in Shopping
We were tasked to reflect on our use of mathematics during our shopping experience. Well, many factors come to mind in the process. First of all, I have three kids, one girl and two boys, ages 16, 15, and 5 respectively. They are on the top of my shopping list. I think of the number of items each of my kids needs for school and home. The youngest one still goes to the daycare, namely, Palomares Child Care Center, since he is a late baby and does not meet the cut-off date for the kindergarten age requirement. In any event, he has specific food for the daycare, along with baby wipes and other daycare necessities. He loves noodles, so we literally count how many days in the week he'll need his favorite food, since holidays don't count. If we have enough money, we stretch his food to 2 weeks. But, of course, we can't forget that he needs snacks, so we get his favorite crackers, cookies, and we try to throw in healthy snacks as well. Now with all the snacks, we must count at least 2 snacks for each day throughout the week, or maybe even for 2 weeks. It doesn't stop there, because we have the two oldest children who also have their favorite meals, such as spaghetti, ravioli, beefaroni, chicken, pizza, cheese, roast beef, cookies, cereal, milk, fruits, vegetables, and so much more! The bigger the kids get, the more they want to eat, so that means even more counting on our part, to ensure that they have enough food to eat during the week. Because they consume more food than the youngest one, we usually get a week's worth of food, and we'd be lucky if we have enough money to get an additional week's worth of food. We have to also add up how much their food costs, not including their baby brother's meals, baby wipes, etc. So what does all the math add up to? Well, it's over $150, that's for sure, and this doesn't include gassing the vehicles! That adds up even more in math figures. If I were to include the kids' tuition, that would be another astronomical figure, so I'll stop here, since the focus Don recommended was on "shopping." Now you have an insight on my mathematics experience with shopping on a weekly basis! How about yours? I'd love to hear about your experience!
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