The daily walk
Author : Inmaculada Illán
Elderly people in Hellín usually go for a walk in the afternoon . They want to be fit and healthier . One of the most usual paths appears in black in the map . You can also see another black line . This is the graphical scale .
1 ) Measure the length of the line that shows the scale . 2 ) Measure the length of the line which indicates the walk . 3 ) Calculate the real length of the walk . 4 ) Using Google Maps calculate the length of the walk . 5 ) If one person ’ s velocity is 4 Km / h , How long is the walk ? 6 ) One person spent one hour and a quarter in his / her walk . What was his / her average velocity ? 7 ) The City Council wants to point a milestone every 250 meters . How many milestones do they need ? 8 ) The walk is clockwise . Put a red point in each place in the map where a milestone is placed . 9 ) The City Council wants to carve the milestones indicating the numbers of meters that you have walked from the starting point , which is placed in front of the railway station - yellow point in the map- , remember that the walk is clockwise . The prices are the following : One milestone : € 68 . A carving digit : € 2 ( except if the number is 0 , in this case the price is 1 Euro ) Raising a milestone : € 20 each .
Calculate the total amount .
Related Topics and Concepts : Proportionality , measurements , Real Life Context : Health and sport