Who doesn't love the story Horton Hears a Who! by Dr. Seuss. For those of you who aren't familiar with this particular tale, Horton the elephant takes on the task of protecting tiny creatures living on a dust speck that he has placed on a clover.
At one point in the story, a bird steals the clover from Horton and drops it over a very large clover field at 6:56 a.m. Ever the faithful protector and true to his promise to save them, "Because, after all, a person's a person, no matter how small," Horton begins the enormous task of searching for the lost clover.
But clover, by clover, by clover he found
That the one that he sought for was just not around.
And by noon poor old Horton, more dead than alive,
Had picked, searched, and piled up, nine thousand and five.
1. At this rate, estimate how many clovers Horton picked each minute.
2. Approximately how many seconds did Horton spend on each clover?
For each of the above answers, round to the nearest whole unit.
The story continues
Then, on through the afternoon, hour after hour...
Till he found them at last! On the three millionth flower!
You need only choose one of these questions to answer:
A. If Horton continued at the rate you calculated above without pausing, how long would it take him to reach the three millionth flower? Be sure to answer this question in a way that makes sense (in other words, don't give an answer like 72 hours when 3 days would give us a better sense of how long this is).
or
B. In the story it seems that Horton finds the clover later the same day. If he continued picking from noon until he found the clover at six o'clock that same evening, approximately how fast would he have to work?
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Solution:
1. At this rate, estimate how many clovers Horton picked each minute.
a. 30 clovers per minute
2. Approximately how many seconds did Horton spend on each clover?
a. 2 seconds per clover.
You need only choose one of these questions to answer:
a. If Horton continued at the rate you calculated above without pausing, how long would it take him to reach the three millionth flower? Be sure to answer this question in a way that makes sense (in other words, don't give an answer like 72 hours when 3 days would give us a better sense of how long this is).
a. It would take Horton about 10 weeks of non-stop picking to get 3 million clovers.
or
b. In the story it seems that Horton finds the clover later the same day. If he continued picking from noon until he found the clover at six o'clock that same evening, approximately how fast would he have to work?
a. 8,308 clovers per minute to finish by 6:00 pm.
23 comments:
Bird dropped clover in field at 6:56 a.m.
By 12:00 he picked 9,005
He searched for 5:04
Converted the 5:04 to minutes
This ended up being 304 minutes
Then I divide 304 by 9,005
Which were about 30 clovers per minute
Then we knew that 30 went into a60 twice
So that meant he looked at each clover for 2 seconds
C.G.
Horton was looking for the clover from 6:56 am to 12:00 noon. That means he was looking for the clover for 5 hours and 4 min. In that time he picked 9,005 clovers. There is 304 min in 5 hours and 4 min. 9,005 divided by 304 equals 29.6 or about 30. That means Horton looked at 30 clovers and looked at each one for about 2 seconds because 30 multiplied by 2 equals 60.
J.B.
The clover was dropped at 6:56 a.m.
By 12:00 p.m. he went through 9,005 clovers
He searched for 5 hours and 4 minutes
(304 minutes to look)
1. He picked up about 30 clovers per minute
2. He looked at each clover for 2 seconds
For those answers I divided 9,005 by 304 which equals 29.6, round it to the nearest tenth and its 30.for # 2. 30 goes into a minute twice which means he looked at each clover for two seconds.
J.G
• The bird dropped the clover at 6:56 a. m
• But by 12:00 he had picked up 9,005
• He searched for five hours and four seconds
• Converted the 5:04 to minutes
• With ended 304 minutes to look
• Then divide 9,004 by 304
• That rounded up to 30
• He picked up about 30 clovers per minute
• He looked at each clover for 2 seconds
A.P 2/12/10
1. The estimate of how many clovers, Horton picked up, the estimate is about 180 clovers...
2. Horton spent about 30 seconds on each clover he picked up!
3. The problem would be A because it tells you about many day he spent on picking and finding flowers. And it shows that he was looking for the clover for days! so A would be the answer so the question.
C.L.R
Horton picked about 1286 clovers per minute the way I found this out is that I took 6:59am and 12:00 am which is noon and estimated how many hours 6:59am was from 12:00am With was about 7 hours then I divided it by 9thousand and 5 the answer came out as1286.4285
I.M.
Horton picked 1286 clovers per minute. I found that out by taking 12:00 and 6:59 and that is 6 hours 59 minutes. This is about 7 hours. Then divided it by 9,005 and the answer was 1286.4285. So rounding that was 1286.
6:56 then by noon nine thousand and five flowers were picked
so then he picked up 55 flowers per minute
J.N, J.M
9005/60=150 each min. rounded to
150/60=2.5=3 sec. also rounded
B. He spent 360 min. looking for the clover in 6 hours. It took him 21600 sec. looking for the clover.
60*6=360
1. So Horton picked 21.6 clovers each minute. So what I did was I took 6:56 which was the time when the clover was dropped. Then I converted 6:56 in too minutes, and divided by 9,005 which was how many he had picked so far. Then go the answer of 21.6
2. So Horton picked each clover in .36 seconds. Too get this answer I took 416 which was us converting 6; 56 in too minutes then times it by 60 and got 24960 and then divided 9005 and 24960 and got .36 as the answer.
3. Horton would have too picked 25 clover s each minute too finish in the same day. How I got this was I took 9005 and divided it by 360 which is noon from 6 o’ clock which was 6 hours converted in to minutes. Then we got that Horton will have too work and pick 25 clovers each minute.
S.A.
Horton
12:00 - 6:56 = 5 hours & 4 mins. (or 304 mins.)
He picked 9,005 clovers within that time.
1.9,005 clovers / 304 mins. ≈ 30 clovers per min. Horton picked about 30 clovers per minute.
2. 30 clovers / 60 seconds = 5 seconds Horton spent 5 seconds on each clover
B. 12:00 – 6:00 = 6 hours (or 360 mins.) There is 6 hours from the time Horton picked the 9,005 clover to the 3 millionth clover.
3 million - 9,005 = 2,990,995
2,990,995 clovers / 360 mins. ≈ 8,308 clovers per min. Horton would have to pick and check 8,308 clovers per minute to find the 3 millionth clover from noon to 6pm.
1.) Horton picked about 21.6 clovers minute or 22 clovers a min.
I got the answer to number one because I divided the number of clovers that were piled which were nine thousand and five and then I converted the time that the clover was dropped which was 6:56 into minutes which was 416 and then took 9,005 and divided it by 416. Then that gave me 24960 and I divided 9,005 by 24,960.
2.) Horton picked about 0.36 clovers in a second, or 0.4 clovers in a sec.
I got the answer to number two by taking the number of minutes that I converted in problem one which were 416 and then I multiplied that by 60 and it gave me the number seconds which were 24,960. Then I divided 9,005 by 24960 and it gave me 0.36 and that’s how I got my answers.
B. Horton would have picked approximately 25.01 clovers per minute.
I got the answer to B. by taking the time period between noon to six o-clock which was six hours, then I took 6 hours and converted it into minutes, which then gave me 360 minutes. Then I divided 9,005 by 360 which gave me 25.01 clovers per minute
T.H
BKB
1. 30 Clovers Each minute
6:56
360 + 56 = 416 (minutes)
12:00
12 x 60 = 720 (minutes)
720 – 416 = 304
9,005 / 304 = 30
2. .5 seconds per clover, which rounds to about 1 second.
30 / 60 = .5
.5 (rounded) = 1
A.3,000,000 / 30 = 100,000 minutes
100,000 / 60 = 1,667 hours
1,667 / 24 = 69.4
69.4 = 69
Answer: 69 days
1. So Horton picked 21.6 clovers each minute. So what I did was I took 6:56 which was the time when the clover was dropped. Then I converted 6:56 in too minutes, and divided by 9,005 which was how many he had picked so far. Then go the answer of 21.6
2. So Horton picked each clover in .36 seconds. Too get this answer I took 416 which was us converting 6; 56 in too minutes then times it by 60 and got 24960 and then divided 9005 and 24960 and got .36 as the answer.
3. Horton would have too picked 25 clover s each minute too finish in the same day. How I got this was I took 9005 and divided it by 360 which is noon from 6 o’ clock which was 6 hours converted in to minutes. Then we got that Horton will have too work and pick 25 clovers each minute.
K.M.
1.22 clovers per. Min. 9005 divided by 416
2.2.7 sec. one each clover or 3 sec.
a.7211.54
24 = 1440
48 = 2880
72 = 4320
84 = 5760
108 = 7200
5 days 21 hours’ and 54 sec
Answers:
#1) In 1 minute Horton can pick a total of 22 clovers. The way I figured out this answer is I divided 9,005 into 416.
#2) It took Horton approximately 3 seconds.
#3) a. 7211.54
24= 1440
48= 2880
72= 4320
84=5760
108=7200
It took 5 days 21 hours and 54 seconds.
SR
K.K
To find the answer for Horton hears a who by finding out how long he searched ands I got 5 hours and 4 min and then I turned that into minutes and ended up with 304 minutes. Next I divided 9,005 [clovers] by 304 [min] and came up with 29 clovers per minute. After that I divided 60 seconds by 29 clovers per minute and got about 2 seconds on each clover.
MC
1.60 min multiplied by 7 (from #2) is 420 sec.
2.544
60 min. hour
30 sec. min
9,005 picked
6:56am- 12:00 pm
I found the difference from 6:56 and 12:00 and it is 6:56 min and I rounded 6:56min to 7:00 and divided 9,005 by 7:00 and I got 12.86 and that rounded to 13
So he picked 13 clovers a minute.
1. At this rate, estimate how many clovers Horton picked each minute.
I got 416 by multiplying 60 by 6 because there is 60 minutes in an hour and the time is 6:56. For my answer to 60 multiplied by 6 I got 360. Then I added 56 to 360 because there is 56 seconds left over. Then I got 416.
9005/416= 22 clovers in one minute
2. Approximately how many seconds did Horton spend on each clover?
It took 3 seconds for Horton to pick one clover.
Well my guess for the shape problem is that X= 1.6. Well one of the reasons I thought the answer was 1.6 was because if you divide 12.8 with 8 the answer would be 1.6 I think all you need to do was divide to of the sides that all ready had the numbers on it and that’s my guess.
A.a
A.L
1. At this rate, estimate how many clovers Horton picked each minute.
I got 416 by multiplying 60 by 6 because there is 60 minutes in an hour and the time is 6:56. For my answer to 60 multiplied by 6 I got 360. Then I added 56 to 360 because there is 56 seconds left over. Then I got 416.
9005/416= 22 clovers in one minute
2. Approximately how many seconds did Horton spend on each clover?
It took 3 seconds for Horton to pick one clover.
AF
nine thousand and five.
6:56 a.m 2 noon
1. At this rate, estimate how many clovers Horton picked each minute.
2. Approximately how many seconds did Horton spend on each clover?
For each of the above answers, round to the nearest whole unit.
The story continues
choose one of these questions to answer:
Work: 6:56-12:00= 5 hrs 4 min.
60x4=304.
(305 minutes)
Number of clovers=9005
9005/304= about 30
30 clovers a minute
Number of clovers picked every second: .5(not enough) Horton needs 2 seconds to pull one clover.
Answer to 1. 2
Answer to 2. 30 seconds
answer to B. 4 clovers every minute
James M. Kainan W.
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