Survival Hike
Name ________________________
Standards Assessed: 1.3, 4.1, 4.3, 4.5, 5.1, 5.2, 5.4 Geometry
Directions: Alicia is leading a group of four hikers into
the back country for a week long trip. She has to
determine the amount of food rations to take along for
the five of them. She checked her log book to see what
supplies she used on previous trips. Her log books
contained the following table:
Number of People
5
8
6
7
10
11
7
10
8
6
7
9
10
Pounds of Dried
Fruit
3
4
2.5
4.1
5.6
5.8
4
4.2
3.4
3.5
3.2
4.7
5.3
Pounds of Instant
Meal Packets
21
49
29
24
42
40
43
53
34
36
38
41
33
Pounds of Beans
6.1
9.5
5.6
7.2
13.3
13.1
9.6
10.7
9.8
7.7
10.2
12.2
12.1
How many pounds of dried fruit should Alicia bring? Make sure you include an
explanation with necessary computations, sketches, formulas, and notes.
How many pounds of instant meal packets?
How many pounds of beans?