Sheet # 3/Earth Day - Recycling Bottles
Name: _____________________ Date_____________
Explain and Show Your Work
Taylor saved 123 cans, 67 plastic bottles and 86 glass bottles to recycle them.
1) Draw a bar graph.
2) Approximately how many bottles did Taylor save?
3) How many more cans did he save than the plastic bottles?
4) How many more glass bottles does he need to collect to make the number equal to cans?
5) If he earns 5 cents for recycling each item, how much money would he make from plastic bottles? From cans? From glass bottles?
6) He wants to make $12 from recycling all the bottles to buy a skate board. Does he earn enough money from recycling to buy a skate board? If yes, how much money would be left over?
Answers for Sheet # 3 (Earth Day)
2) 120+70+90 = 260 bottles
3) 56 cans
4) 37 glass bottles
5) 67 x 5cents = $3.35
123 x 5cents = $6.15
86 x 5 cents = $4.30
6) He earned $13.80.
$1.80 left over