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& the Not-So-Amazing Day
By: Jose Gonzales
Meet Captain Amazing – your typical marvelous superhero.
KA-POW
!
BAM!
Captain Amazing could
do everything other
superheroes could do.
He could leap tall buildings
in a single bound, punch
through a wall like it was
tissue paper, and even melt
through steel with his heat
vision.
I fought Captain
Amazing and all I got was
this black eye!
PLUS…he could
make one mean
chocolate soufflé
like nobody’s
business. The only problem was…
Captain Amazing wasn’t
the brightest crayon in
the box. He’d rather foil a robbery than do
homework any day.
One day, Captain Amazing and the Amazing
League decided to celebrate Marveloso’s birthday with a surprise party!
1
Everyone was assigned
a special snack to bring
to the party. Naturally,
Captain Amazing
volunteered to bring his
Amazing Soufflé.
OH! OH! Pick me! Pick me!
Quicker than you can say, “Gosh, that was fast!”
Captain Amazing hopped in his Amazing-Mobile
and headed to the store to buy the necessary
ingredients.
“Ok,” thought Captain
Amazing, “what does
Grandma Amazing’s recipe
say I need?”• 1 ounces (oz.) Cream• 1/5 cup Sugar• 4 ounces (oz.) Chocolate• ½ tablespoon (tbsp.)
Butter• 2 Eggs
“Hmm,” he thought, “Grandma Amazing’s
recipe only makes enough soufflé for 2
people. How many people will be at the
party?” Captain Amazing thought a little
harder. “There’s Spandex-Boy, the Caped
Avenger, Flower Girl, and….”
Total, there would be 10 guests at the party.
All that thinking made Captain Amazing’s
head hurt. Hopefully, he wouldn’t have to do
a whole lot more of that “smart stuff.”
If 10 guests show up to the party, would Captain Amazing need MORE or LESS ingredients than the recipe calls
for? Can you estimate how much?
“The recipe makes
enough for 2 people,
and I need to make
enough soufflé for 10 of
my friends. How many
batches would I have to
make?” thought Captain
Amazing.
If 10 friends show up…
1 5 4 3 2
10 9 8 7 6
If each batch feeds two friends, how many batches would Captain Amazing need?
1 batch
1 batch
1 batch
1 batch
1 ba
tch
“I’ll need to make 5 batches!” he exclaimed.
By this point, Captain Amazing was feeling a
little dizzy. “If I need to make 5 batches of
the recipe, how much of each ingredient do I
need?”
Eggs
+
+
+
+ = 10 eggs
2 eggs x 5 batches
2 eggs
1 batch
2 eggs
1 batch
2 eggs
1 batch
2 eggs
1 batch
2 eggs
1 batch
How many eggs would Captain Amazing need for 5 batches?
= 5 batches
This problem can be also written as:
2 x 5 = 10
Chocolate
4 oz x 5 batches
+ + + +
4 oz.
1 batch
4 oz.
1 batch
4 oz.
1 batch
4 oz.
1 batch
4 oz.
1 batch
= 20 oz.
5 batches
How much chocolate would Captain Amazing need for 5 batches?
This problem can be also written as: 4 x 5 = 20
Butter
How much butter would Captain Amazing need for 5 batches?
½ tbsp.
1 batch
+ +
½ tbsp.
1 batch
+ +
½ tbsp.
1 batch
½ tbsp.
1 batch
½ tbsp.
1 batch
= 2 ½ tbsp.
5 batches
This problem can be also written as: ½ cup x 5 batches
½ x 5 = 2 ½
Sugar
1/5 cup x 5 batches
+
+
+
+ = 1 cup
1/5 cup
1 batch
1/5 cup
1 batch
1/5 cup
1 batch
1/5 cup
1 batch
1/5 cup
1 batch
How much sugar would Captain Amazing need for 5 batches?
= 5 batches
1/5 cup
1/5 cup
1/5 cup
1/5 cup
1/5 cup = 1 cup
This problem can be also written as:
1/5 x 5 = 1
Now YOU try it!
Try to calculate how much creamCaptain Amazing needs for 5 batches.
Remember, he needs 1 oz. of cream for one batch.
What kind of math would you use?
Cream
+ + + +
1 oz. x 5 batches
1 oz.
1 batch
1 oz.
1 batch
1 oz.
1 batch
1 oz.
1 batch
1 oz.
1 batch
= 5 oz.
1 batch
This problem can be also written as: 1 x 5 = 5
If you did it like this, you’re correct!
How much of each ingredient?How much of each ingredient?
1 oz. Cream x 5 batches = 5 oz.
1/5 cup Sugar
x 5 batches = 2 ½ tablespoons
4 oz. Chocolate x 5 batches = 20 oz.
½ tablespoon Butter
x 5 batches = 10 eggs2 Eggs
x 5 batches = 1 cup
“OWWW!” Captain
Amazing said while
rubbing his head. “This
math stuff is like my
kryptonite!” After lying
down for a quick
Amazing Nap, Captain
Amazing felt a lot better.
Now that he found out how much of each
ingredient he needed, it was just a matter of
picking them out and buying them.
Hmm…no trans fat
Zippity Do Da!
Little did Captain Amazing know, today was mega-discount day at the supermarket. Every item marked with a blue sticker is ½ off, and items with a red sticker are 1/5 off. off.
½ OFF!
1/5 OFF!
Stopping a cometcareening towards
Earth was easycompared to this
math stuff!
Sooo Tired…
However, MarvelosoDID save him frombeing eaten by ahoard of piranhas
before, so making asoufflé was the least
he could do.
As it turns out, most of the ingredients
needed had stickers on them. Both the eggs
and the butter had blue stickers, and the
chocolate and the sugar had red stickers.
Captain Amazing looked at the prices.
The prices were…
$0.50 each
$1.50 dozen
$0.50 per
tbsp. $0.75
per cup
$1.00 per
ounce
How much of each ingredient did Captain Amazing need again?
• 10 eggs• 1 cup sugar• 20 oz. chocolate (5
bars)• 2 ½ tbsp. butter• 5 oz. cream
• One dozen (12) eggs = $1.50
(eggs are only sold by the dozen)
• 1 cup sugar = $0.75• 1 chocolate bar =
$0.50• 1 tbsp. butter = $0.50• 1 oz. cream = $1.00
What were the prices of the ingredients?
How much will the ingredients cost Captain Amazing?
Needs 10 eggs.
12 eggs costs $1.50
How much will Captain Amazing spend on eggs?
= $1.50
Needs 1 cup of sugar
A cup of sugar costs $0.75.
How much will Captain Amazing spend on sugar? = $0.75
How about the chocolate?
Need 5 chocolate bars
1 bar costs $0.50.
How much will Captain Amazing spend on 5 bars?
$0.50 x 5
$0.50 + $0.50 + $0.50 + $0.50 + $0.50
$1.00 + $1.00 + $0.50
= $2.50
Needs 2 ½ tbsp. butter.
1 tbsp. butter costs $0.50.
How much will Captain Amazing spend on butter?
2 ½ x $0.50
$0.50 + $0.50 + ½ of $0.50 =
$1.00 + $0.25
= $1.25
And the butter?
$0.50 is two quarters. What is ½ of two?
1 is ½ of two. 1 quarter = $0.25
Captain Amazing Needs Your Help!
Captain Amazing still needs to find out how much the cream will cost him.
Can you find out how much Captain Amazing would spend to make 5
batches of souffle?
What would the math look like?
What do you think 1/5 off the total price would mean?
Finally, the cream?Needs 5 oz. cream.
1 oz. cream costs $1.00.
How much will Captain Amazing spend on cream?
5 x $1.00
$1.00 + $1.00 + $1.00 + $1.00
$2.00 + $2.00 + $1.00
= $5.00
How much money will Captain Amazing spend?
$1.00 +
$1.50$0.75
$2.50 $1.25
$5.00+
0
1
.0
2
$11
“$11.00!” Captain Amazing exclaimed, “Ya know, this whole
math stuff ain’t as hard as it seems.” As soon as he was finished, Captain Amazing
gathered all his ingredients in his cart and made his way to the
check-out counter.
“Eggs, butter, sugar,
chocolate, and cream…
that’ll be $8.60, please.”
said the cashier.
“Uh-oh” thought Captain
Amazing. “That wasn’t
the total I got.”
What did Captain Amazing do wrong?
“You forgot about the
stickers!” said the
cashier. “Today is
mega-discount day.”
“Oh,” thought Captain
Amazing, “So how does
that work again?”
Every item with a sticker
has a discount. Items
with blue stickers are ½
off, and those with red
stickers are 1/5 off the
total price.
• ½ off eggs
• ½ off chocolate
• 1/5 off butter
• 1/5 off sugar
• No discount on creamHow much of a
discount did Captain Amazing get on his
items?
EggsPrice = $1.50. Discount = ½ off
= $1.25
How many quarters is one dollar worth?
We now have 6 quarters
Taking ½ of the price means that if we were to separate the money of the price into two groups, and taking one part of each group, how much would we have?
6 quarters can be divided into three equal groups of
two. Now we take one quarter from each group.
We have taken two quarters = $0.50.$1.50- $0.50 = $1.00. The discounted price of the eggs is $1.00.
1 3 4 5 6
$0.25$0.25$0.25
2
$0.25$0.25$0.25
3 quarters is ½ of 6 quarters. $0.75 is ½ of $1.50
ChocolatePrice = $2.50. Discount = ½ off
= $2.50
Do you remember how many quarters each dollar is worth?
We now have 10 quarters total.
We can now take 1 quarter from each group.
5 quarters is ½ of 10 quarters. $2.50 - $1.25 = $1.25. The discounted price of the
chocolate is $1.25
1 2 3 4 8765 1109
Now we divide the 10 quarters into equal groups of 2.
1 1112 1222 2
We have taken 5 quarters
$1.25 is ½ of 10 quarters
Butter Price = $1.25. Discount = 1/5 off
= $1.25
How many quarters is each dollar worth?
Taking 1/5 of $1.25 means that we need to separate the quarters into groups of 5 and take one from each group.
We can now take 1 quarter from the group of 5.
$1.25 - $0.25 = $1.00
The discounted price of the butter is $1.00
Do you remember how many quarters each dollar is worth?
We now have 5 quarters1 4 532
$0.25 $0.25 $0.25 $0.25 $0.25
We have taken 1 quarter. The discount is $0.25.
1 quarter is 1/5 of 5 quarters.
$0.25 is 1/5 of $1.25
SugarPrice = $0.75. Discount = 1/5 off
= $0.75
Much like with the butter, to find the discount, we need to divide the 3 quarters into groups of 5. Since we don’t have 5 quarters, we will have to
trade them up for nickels.
We can now take one nickel from each group.
How many nickels are in each quarter?
$0.05 $0.05 $0.05$0.05 $0.05 $0.05$0.05$0.05 $0.05$0.05
$0.05 $0.05 $0.05 $0.05$0.05 = 15 nickels
3 nickels is 1/5 of 15 nickelsWe have taken 3 nickels = $0.15.
$0.15 is 1/5 of $0.75$0.75 - $0.15 = $0.60
The discounted price of the sugar is $0.60
How much will Captain Amazing spend now?
d Eggs $0.75
Chocolate $1.25
Butter $1.00Sugar $0.60Cream $5.00
+
Captain Amazing will spend $8.60 on all the ingredients
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06
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$8.
“Oooh!” exclaimed
Captain Amazing while
slapping his forehead.
The party was in less
than two hours! Quicker
than a rabbit on a pair
of skates, Captain
Amazing was in the
Amazing-Mobile and on
his way back to the
Amazing Lair.
For the next hour and a half,
Captain Amazing was hard
at work making his Amazing
Soufflés. Rather than
making 5 different batches,
he decided to make one big
Soufflee that could be
divided up evenly among
the Amazing League.
Before he knew it, the
members of the Amazing
League were ringing his
doorbell. Luckily, Captain
Amazing was pulling the
soufflé out of the oven just
as Mysterio and Captain
Amazing’s secret crush,
Amazing Girl.
Over the next hour, more and more superheroes
showed up at the Amazing Lair, much more than
Captain Amazing calculated. “Fizzle-sticks!” he
thought, “I only made enough soufflé for 10 people!”
Captain Amazing made a quick count of all
the people in the room. After a slight anxiety
attack, he counted 20 superheroes.
Now I have to bake a whole new soufflé…
a
Does Captain Amazing need to bake a new soufflé? Why or why not?
a
Can Captain Amazing now divide the Souffle up for 20 people instead
of 10?
Will the pieces be bigger or smaller than if Captain Amazing was only
dividing the Soufflé up for 10 people?
Here is the Amazing Soufflé:
What are 2 ways Captain Amazing
can cut the Soufflé for 10 people?
1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9 10
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Why is Captain Amazing allowed to do this? Do we still have the same amount of soufflé in both cases?
10
If Captain Amazing cut
the soufflé like this,
can he cut it so that he
has 20 pieces; one for
each of his friends?
1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9 10How many pieces does Captain Amazing have
now? Does he have enough for all of his
friends?
How many pieces?Captain Amazing
has 20 pieces of souffle! There’s
enough for all his friends to have the same-size piece! Captain Amazing breathed a sigh of relief, “Whew! That was a close call!”
1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9 10
11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20
Captain Amazing handed out all of the Amazing Soufflé tohis superhero friends. Everybody got a piece, and they allagreed: the dessert was quite…well, amazing. The math
was hard, and the times got tough, but such a feat isnothing for…
AMAZIN’!
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