Education World (TM) - Lesson Planning Skills Page: Math on the Bus!

Math on the Bus!

DIRECTIONS:Go to the Greyhound Fares and Schedules Page on the Internet at www.greyhound.com/Fares/fares.html. Use the page to help you answer the questions below.

1. Mr. Glen wants to travel on the bus from Hartford, Connecticut to Disney World in Orlando, Florida. (Click on "Connecticut" in the first box on the Greyhound Fares and Schedules Page. Then click on "HARTFORD." Click on "ORLANDO, FL" in the last box.) How much would a round-trip ticket cost Mr. Glen? ________________

2. What if Mr. Glen took the bus from Hartford to Chicago, Illinois? A round-trip ticket to Chicago costs less than a ticket to Orlando. How much less does it cost? ________________

3. How much would it cost Mrs. Alvarez to travel round-trip by bus between Long Beach, California, and San Diego, California? _______________

4. How much more would it cost here to travel round-trip between Long Beach and Sacramento, California? _______________

5. How much would it cost Mr. Clark to travel round trip between Indianapolis, Indiana, and Gary, Indiana? _______________

6. How much more would it cost Mr. Clark to travel round-trip between Indianapolis and Chicago, Illinois? _______________

7. How much would it cost Mr. Clark to buy two round-trip tickets between Indianapolis and Chicago? _______________

8. How much would it cost to buy three round-trip adult tickets from Kansas City, Kansas, to St. Louis, Missouri? _______________

9. Miss Cosby bought four round-trip tickets from Phoenix, Arizona, to Tucson, Arizona. How much did they cost? _______________

10. Miss Cosby paid for those tickets with a $100.00 bill. How much change did she get? _______________