🤢SLJP W3D2 - The Air Up There - Activity 3: Flying Fungi🤢

🤢SLJP W3D2 - The Air Up There - Activity 3: Flying Fungi🤢

Kia Ora and welcome back to my blog! Fungi? Mould? These two things can be found around houses and many different areas. It is found in the middle of winter where it can get pretty wet and damp. When it gets wet and damp, it is common that fungi and mould are formed. Some types of mould and fungi are so small that they cannot be seen. Others, can be found in the air which are called airborne fungi which can sometimes be unhealthy for us!

This task is a MATHS QUESTION!!! YAYAYAYAYAY! :) Let's get to solving equations! 

The Question:

Let’s imagine that we tested the air in your classroom and found 7 different kinds of mould. Eek! The cleaner says that it takes 5 days for each mould to be eradicated (removed). If the school had to remove each mould one at a time, how long would it take to remove all the mould from the classroom?

My answer is it will take 35 days to remove 7 different kinds of mould!

Here is how I solved it:

If it takes 5 days to remove one piece of mould removed, it would take 35 days to remove 7 different kinds of mould because 5x7=35!

Another way to explain is by using ratio.

5:1

Which means 5 days to remove 1 piece of mould.

5:1

5x2-1x2

10:2

5x3-1x3

15:3

5x4-1x4

20:4

5x5-1x5

25:5

5x6-1x6

30:6

5x7-1x7

35:7

Basically what I done here is count up in my 5 times tables but also multiply those numbers by one since my first ratio was 5:1!

Which means my answer is:

It would take 35 days to remove 7 different kinds of mould!

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35 days to remove 7 pieces of mould?! YUCK!!

Question of the blog: Have you ever seen mould or fungi? If yes, where did you see it?

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