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= = =California Here We Come=

The goal of your team is to travel the fewest number of miles possible from any State on the east coast (touching the Atlantic Ocean) to Sacramento, California. Your team must decide where to begin, and then continue on the shortest route westward starting in the Capital of the state of origin and stopping in each state’s capital along the way. You will have to plan a few routes to find the shortest.

Your assignments:

1. Unscramble each State and write the State in the box to the right. Write the capital of each State in the box to the right of each State.

2. Write the number which corresponds with the state on the map. Draw a line if the state is too small to put the number in.

3. Plan a few routes stopping in each capital of the state you visit. Once you have found the shortest route, on an excel spreadsheet, list the state capitals on your journey and the distance from one capital to the next using the Internet site MapQuest - __www.mapquest.com.__ Total the number of miles traveled from the capital you chose to start on the east coast to Sacramento.

a. Using the average of twenty-three miles per gallon of gas at $3.05 per gallon, approximately how much money would be needed to travel from one state capital to the next? Calculating the total miles, what is the total cost of gas spent on the trip?

b. Once your team has found the shortest route, you will research each state that you visited: 1) find symbols that represent the state (e.g., Vermont – maple syrup, Massachusetts – baked beans …) and then 2) list the gift on your excel spreadsheet.

5. Your team will then create another excel spreadsheets– one column traveling 7 hours a day and one traveling 9 hours a day. You will then have to calculate the following problems:

b. If you had averaged sixty miles per hour and you traveled nine hours or less a day, how many days did it take your team to make the trip? You can not travel more than nine hours a day and must stay at the last capital visited under nine hours.

c. If you had averaged sixty miles per hour and you traveled seven hours or less a day, how many days did it take your team to make the trip? You can not travel more than seven hours a day and must stay at the last capital visited under seven hours.

d. Once you know how many days you drive traveling nine hours a day and then seven hours a day, decide how much money was spent on food if breakfast cost $5.50 for one, lunch cost $7.25 for one, and dinner was $10.35 for one.

e. Determine how much money was spent at an average hotel each night you stay at a hotel when traveling 9 hours a day and 7 hours a day. Assume you all stay in one room. Use the site __www.expedia.com.__

f. Now total the gas, meals and hotel expenses to find the total cost of your trip. Compare the cost of a 7 day trip to a 9 day trip.

g. Create a chart comparing the cost of a 7 day trip to a 9 day trip.

Members in your team:

Points: 1. _ 5:b _ 2. _ c _ 3. _ d _ 4. _ e _ 5:a _ f _

Total points