Happy Meals

Act 1

1. How many Happy Meal boxes can fit inside the McDonald’s?

2. Write down a guess.

Act 2

3. What information would be useful to figure this out?

4. Write down some questions you have in your head right now.

Act 3

Sequel

5. Do you agree with the results? Make an argument for why your calculation methods were better.

Standards

Common Core

• 7.G.B.6 - Solve real-world and mathematical problems involving area, volume and surface area of two- and three-dimensional objects composed of triangles, quadrilaterals, polygons, cubes, and right prisms.

TEKS

• 7.9(A) - solve problems involving the volume of rectangular prisms, triangular prisms, rectangular pyramids, and triangular pyramids