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Space Travel

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A Homemade PowerPoint Game By: Grace Park University of Georgia

The Story of the Space Travelf

CONGRATULATIONS! You have just been nominated by your classmates to go on the annual space travel sponsored by your school. But before you are selected as one of the finalists for this trip, you must gain a basic knowledge about the planets that you will be visiting. The school is requiring all nominees to pass a short test in order to be qualified for the space travel. You are pumped up and excited to have received such an amazing opportunity. All of your classmates are excited for you as well, and you dont want to let them down.

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Game Directions
The goal of the game is to answer at least 7 out of the 10 questions correctly in order to qualify for the space travel. Read the questions carefully, and choose the best answer out of the four choices given to you. Good Luck!

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Start the game by choosing the first question. After you answer each question, go on to the next. Make sure to go in order!

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Question #1
The first planet that we will be visiting is Venus, named after the goddess of love and beauty. Its diameter is 12,104km. Apply the concept of rounding and find the diameter of Venus to the nearest ten thousand. 12,000 km 20,000 km

11,000 km

10,000 km

Question #2
By looking at the following clues, determine the diameter of Mercury, the smallest planet in our solar system: (a) 8 is the # in the hundreds place; (b) the # in the hundreds place is the same as the # in the tens place; (c) the # in the thousands place is the # in the tens place, divided in half; (d) and the # in the ones place is the # in the hundreds place subtracted from the # in the tens place.

5,850 km

4,880 km

4,800 km

8,840 km

Question #3
Mars, named after the god of War, has an average temperature of about 218K. When rounded to the nearest ten, which of these numbers is the average temperature of Mars most closest to?

300 K

230 K

200 K

205 K

Question #4
The diameter of Earth is 7,926 miles and the diameter of Mars is 4,217 miles. Round these numbers to the nearest thousand. How many times is the Earth bigger than Mars?

2.5

1.5

Question #5
The relative gravity of Jupiter is 2.34 times as stronger than Earth. If I weigh 120 pounds on Earth, how much would I weigh on Jupiter? Choose the correct answer rounded to the nearest ones place. (Hint: weight on Jupiter = relative gravity of Jupiter x weight on Earth) 290 lbs 280 lbs

281 lbs

200 lbs

Question #6
The relative gravity of Uranus is 0.92. If I weigh 100 pounds on Uranus, how much will I weigh on Earth? Answer this to the nearest tens place. (Hint: weight on Earth = weight on Uranus / relative gravity of Uranus)

108 lbs

120 lbs

100 lbs

110 lbs

Question #7
The relative gravity of Neptune is 1.19. The relative gravity of Jupiter is 2.34. Round these numbers to the nearest ones place. How many times is the relative gravity of Jupiter stronger than Neptune?

Question #8
By looking at the following clues, determine the relative gravity of Mars: (a) The # in the hundredth place is the # equal to 4x2 (b) the # in the tenth place is 3 (c) the # in the ones place is equal to 1 0

1.06

0.38

1.32

0.83

Question #9
The diameter of Neptune is 31,763 miles. The diameter of Uranus is 30,775 miles. How much larger is the diameter of Neptune than Uranus? Round your answer to the nearest hundreds.

1000

990

900

980

Question #10
The diameter of Jupiter is 88,731. The diameter of Uranus is 30,775 miles. Round these numbers to the nearest ten thousands. How many times larger is the diameter of Jupiter?

3.5

WAY TO GO! YOURE ON THE WAY! KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!

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Credits
All teachers and students at non-profit schools can use, revise, or adapt this game at will at no cost on the condition that all prior designers are cited.

Originally designed by Grace Park, University of Georgia, October 13, 2007 with the title Space Travel.

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Educational Objectives
Grade Level: 4th grade
This game is designed to meet the Georgia Standards for a 4th grade math class.

Subject Area Objectives

M4N2:
M4N2 Students will understand and apply the concept of rounding numbers.
Round numbers to the nearest ten, hundred, or thousand. Describe situations in which rounding numbers would be appropriate and determine whether to round to the nearest ten, hundred, or thousand. Understand the meaning of rounding a decimal to the nearest whole number. Represent the results of computation as a rounded number when appropriate and estimate a sum or difference by rounding numbers.

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Copyright
Copyright 2007 Grace Park Permission to copy this game at no cost is granted to all teachers and students of non-profit schools. Permission is also granted to all teachers and students of non-profit schools to make revisions to this game for their own purposes, on the condition that this copyright page and the credits page remain part of the game. Teachers and students who adapt the game should add their names and affiliations to the credits page without deleting any names already there.

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