Disneyland Parking Tram Math Project
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How many fully loaded tram trips will it take to transport a full parking structure to Disneyland?
Resources
An image of the full tram:
One of the middle cars with six rows:
One of the end cars with only five rows:
A full row of people, from Jeremy Thompson:
The tram route from Map My Ride (here in Google Maps):
If you're looking to answer the "time" question, here's a video of my tram ride to estimate the trip's duration (watch at Youtube if you can't view it below):
Finally, here's a PDF for students to make their calculations.
Other Links
- Dan Meyer's ten design principals for engaging math tasks
- The contractor's site showing 10,242 parking spots.
- The price of parking at Disneyland.
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