Challenge your students to think critically as they problem solve questions related to Labor Day.
Kindergarten – 2nd Grade:
Ask your students to color the image. Then use the image to answer each question.
1. Labor Day is considered the “unofficial” end of summer. Summer officially begins in June and continues through August. How many months are part of summer?
2. Many people enjoy cooking out to celebrate Labor Day. Using the image, how many more hotdogs are on the grill than on the plate.
3. Edith is planning for her family cookout. There will be a total of 8 people. She plans to have 2 hotdogs for each person. How many hotdogs does she need? Use words and numbers to support your answer.
3rd – 5th Grade:
1. The local Labor Day Parade begins at 9:45 am and lasts for 1 hour and 20 minutes. What time will it be when the parade ends? Use words and numbers to support your answer.
Use the following information to answer questions 2 and 3:
- There are 6 people in Ruth’s family.
- They are camping for 2 nights over the weekend.
- They plan to enjoy a campfire each night and cook smores.
- Each smore requires 2 graham crackers.
- One box has 26 graham crackers.
- Ruth has 3 boxes of graham crackers.
2. Every person in Ruth’s family likes smores. They want to share the smores equally. How many smores can each person have during the camping trip? Use words and numbers to support your decision.
3. The first night of the camping trip, the family ate 20 smores. Ruth claims that not everyone had the same number of smores. Do you agree or disagree with Ruth’s claim? Use words and numbers to support your answer.
6th – 8th Grade:
1. The Labor Day Parade route is 1.8 miles long. The American Legion Float has 40 pounds of candy to distribute during the parade. They need to divide the candy to have an equal amount for each section of the route. How do you recommend dividing the candy? Tell both the amount of candy and define the length of the parade for each section? Justify your decision.
2. William’s family is hosting a backyard barbeque to celebrate Labor Day. William plans to smoke (which is a way of slow cooking that adds a smokey rich flavor) a 12.5-pound pork roast to make pulled pork sandwiches. The meat needs to cook 1.5 hours per pound of pork at a temperature of 225 then rest for 2 hours before pulling and preparing it for sandwiches. William begins cooking the pork at 7 pm on Sunday evening. At what time on Monday will the pork be ready to serve? Justify your answer.
3. Layla is visiting her cousins (who live 130 miles away) for the Labor Day weekend. If she follows all speed limits along the route, it will take her 2.5 hours to arrive. What is Layla’s average driving speed? Justify your answer.
High School:
Coleslaw is a traditional side dish for family barbeques as it pairs nicely as a side but also as a condiment on sandwiches. Table 1 provides a list of ingredients to make 8 servings of coleslaw.
1. Margaret has 20 people attending her family cookout. Margaret only has ½ cup of cider vinegar. How much more cider vinegar does she need to make the correct number of servings for her cookout? Justify your answer.
2. Cabbage cost 70¢ per pound. Write an equation to represent the cost (y) for x number of pounds of cabbage.
3. Steve is organizing the community cookout. There will be 68 people in attendance describe how the coleslaw recipe needs to change to make enough servings for each attendee. Be specific and tell the amount of at least 3 of the ingredients needed.