Doritos is adding five less chips per bag due to inflation. Same price just a few ounces lighter.
I started to wonder a few things.
- How much does one chip weigh?
- How much does five chips weigh?
- Do the different flavors have different weights?
- How much lighter is one bag with five less chips?
- How much lighter is one box?
- How much lighter is a pallet of Doritos?
I see this as an authentic math problem that could be solved in many different ways.
My final wondering are...
- How much gas does the trucking company save due to the reduced weight?
- Does producing five less chips improve the health of someone who eats a lot of chips?
- Does the factory producing the chips use less resources?
- What are the other ripples that five less chips cause/solve today and tomorrow? (This is an awesome wonder wall question.)
What sparks me about this is it makes the math we learn come alive and we need multiple people and ideas to solve it.
What are the answers to these without Googling?
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