The Orange Orchard Math Problem

Below is our new story problem for the week ahead.

Orange Orchard

Before watching the video above, find the meaning of the following three words:  decay, fungus, and horizontal

1. Write down the definition and add an image showing the word.

Watch the video above.

Solve the problems below.   Share your answers for these questions at the bottom of this document.  Explain your thinking.  

1. The first orange seedlings were brought to North America by Christopher Columbus in 1493.  How long have orange trees been in North America?
2. In the processing plant, they separate the oranges on to four different conveyor belts. These conveyor belts are cattle feed, questionable, medium and perfect.  Pretend that there are 1,000 oranges going down the main conveyor belt.  When they separate, 123 oranges go on to the cattle feed conveyor belt, 300 oranges move on to the questionable conveyor belt, 384 oranges move on to the medium conveyor belt, and rest of the oranges move on to the perfect conveyor belt.  How many move on to the perfect conveyor belt?  If three workers examine the equal amount of oranges on the questionable conveyor belt, how many oranges would they each examine?
3. How many different ways can you sort 30 whole oranges?  Show the different ways in your math notebooks.  Can you find a way to divide the oranges without keeping all the oranges whole?
4. This orchard ships oranges to Tokyo, Philadelphia, China and Malaysia.  Find the distances the oranges travel from California.  Put these places to order from the closest distance to California to the farthest from California.  Find the difference between the smallest number and largest number.  How many miles would it take to ship three different shipments to Tokyo?
5. A picker first clips an orange off of a tree.  Then the picker puts it in a sack.  Finally he/she dumps the sack of oranges in a bin.  Three oranges weigh about 12 pounds.  If a sack can hold about 50 pounds, about how many oranges can it hold?  An orange bin can hold about 900 pounds of oranges.  How many sacks of oranges can a bin hold?  About how  many total oranges can one harvest bin hold?
6. Fast Forward the video to about 20:30.  During this part of the video a reporter asks people what type of fruits and vegetables they have at their house.  I would like you to keep track of their answers by creating a table and making tallies.  Stop the video as
7. needed.  When you are finished with collecting this data, create a pictograph.