Given: You drive from Albuquerque, NM, to Rock Springs, WY, at an average speed of 55 miles per hour. Your route is along Interstate 25 to Cheyenne, WY, then Interstate 80 to Rock Springs.
What would be your total driving time (to the nearest half hour)?
Task A: Use an atlas or road map to solve the problem.
Task B: Write a brief description of the problem-solving process including steps, calculations, and tools used. Use actual road distances in miles.
Task C: Write a problem using the following elements.
* Travel by air from Memphis, TN, to Las Vegas, NV, with stops in Oklahoma City, OK, and El Paso, TX, en route.
* Students have a map of the United States that shows cities and a distance scale in kilometers.
* Require use of straight-line distance in kilometers for each leg of the trip.
* Average aircraft groundspeed is 380 km/hour from Memphis to Oklahoma City and 310 km/hour from Oklahoma City to Las Vegas.
Task D: Write a brief description of the process you used to construct the problem.
Task E: Write the steps you expect students to follow to solve the problem.
Task F: Write a scoring key with directions for its use and application.
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