3 scores max per player; No foul language, show respect for other players, etc.
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Game: CAT AND MOUSE
Aim: Catch the white mice
Method:
Move the cat with the arrow keys or by tapping in the game area to catch the white mouse. Avoid the red balloons but hit the blue balloons.
Your final score is based on all of that plus number of questions answered right, and the time taken.
4th grade / Multiply + Divide / Best Price / Dividing by 10
The first question in this topic is as follows. If marbles cost 10 cents each, but a packet of 10 costs 90 cents, what is the amount you save PER ITEM by buying the packet.
So, if a packet of 10 marbles costs 90 cents then each marble in the packet costs:
90 ¢ ÷ 10 = 9 ¢ per marble
Which compares to 10 ¢ if we buy them individually.
So in this case the saving PER ITEM is:
10 ¢ - 9 ¢ = 1 ¢ per item
If you are finding this difficult, you might like to work through the lesson Introduction and Either / or activities before tackling the games.
With our Cat and mouse math game you will be practicing the topic "Dividing by 10" from 4th grade / Multiply + Divide / Best Price. The math in this game consists of 14 questions that ask you to use division by 10 to work out the best value for money item.
In these math topics, we explore division by working out what the price per item is if you buy a whole pack or other group container like a box or a book (of stamps). Often retailers will price a group of items in a box or packet at less per item in order to sell a greater quantity of items.
For instance, buying individual marbles might cost 10 ¢ each, but buying a packet of 10 marbles might cost say 80 ¢. In this case, you can probably see immediately that the pack price is "better" than the individual price, but how can we work out what the acutal saving is? There are 2 simple ways to work out the saving: either multiplying the individual item price by the number of items sold in the packet, or dividing the packet price by the number of items in the packet. If we do the latter we find that the price of each marble in the packet is
80 ¢ ÷ 10 = 8 ¢
Which compares to 10 ¢ if we buy the marbles individually. So in this case the saving ** per item ** (which is what these topics are about) is:
10 ¢ - 8 ¢ = 2 ¢
Next time you are in a shop where you can choose to buy a packet or individual items, see if you can figure out what the saving is... it could save you a packet!
Cat versus mouse game with added balloons for math and fun. You are the ginger cat, and your life is being made a misery by some white mice which have come into the house and are proving hard to catch. Not to mention there is a mouse house party going on and lots of balloons getting in the way of your hunting.
So you have to catch the white mice, forget about the gray mice, hit the blue balloons but avoid the red balloons, and answer math questions (you are a CLEVER cat...). If it sounds complicated and a bit frantic, that's because it is. Do your best but don't worry if you can't catch all the mice - neither can we. It's a cat's life...
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CAT AND MOUSE is a quirky take on the perennial enmity of ponderous predator and plucky prey. Here are the basics:
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