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Students who participated in Weights and Measures Week 2008 got out of school for a half-day, but that doesn’t mean they missed out on learning.

Each student was provided with a number of tools to help them understand weights, measures, and the benefits from being a smart consumer:

• A “Scavenger Hunt,” in which each student was encouraged to find the answer to questions at each supermarket station they visited. For example, when they visited the checkout line, they were asked to find out the store’s written policy on pricing errors. When they visited the bag recycling station, they were expected to list at least seven ways that plastic bags could be reused.

• A “Word Jumble” puzzle that asked students to find some hidden words – tare, volume, liter, package or inspection – that they learned during their tour of a neighborhood supermarket.

• A list of “field trip questions” that teachers could use after the field trip to support the lessons that were learned during the visit to the stores.

How would you do on such a quiz? Here are the questions the 4th graders handled, with the answers at the end:

1. What does "tare" mean?
        A.  The part you don't eat
        B.  The part you don't pay for                               
        C.  The plastic wrapping
        D.  All of the above
2. Name five different produce items.
3. Describe two ways that produce is priced and sold.
4. If tomatoes are being sold for $1.35 a pound, how much would you pay for two pounds?
5. If limes are priced at "3 for 99 cents," how much would six limes cost?
6. If lemons are priced at "2 for $1," how much would four lemons cost?
7. If the label on a jar of peaches says it contains 16 ounces, would you expect it to weight more or less than 16 ounces if you placed it on a scale? Why?
8. What happens if a store charges too much for a product? What should you do?
9. What would you prefer - to buy a can of beans at 63 cents per ounce, or a can of beans for 52 cents per ounce?  Why?

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