Connecting Math to Our Lives Local Shopping Lists and Units of Measurement (From all the classes for easier viewing) 2001-2002   ARGENTINA: Shopping lists from Prof. Walter S. Rivero and his 14 year old students from Secondary School E.E.T. Number 5138 "Albert Einstein" in Salta, Argentina Our grocery list is the following: Groceries (edible items) Unit Bread Loaf Cookies/Biscuits Grams Soft drinks Liters Juice Liters Meats Kg Candies Grams Milk Liters Sandwich Unit                     Non-edible items Unit Ball-point pens Unit Sheets of paper Ream Pencil lead Box Erasers Unit Photocopies Unit Clear plastic covers (for papers) Unit Diskettes Unit                   BOTSWANA: Shopping list from two students (13 - 16) years at John Nswazwi CJSS in Marapong, Botswana, Africa. They are Mpaphi and Yvonne. Their teacher is Mr. Brink Ramoleele. Shopping list RICE 5 KG MEALIE-MEAL 12.5 KG BREAD 1 LOAF MILK 1 LITRE CHICKEN 3 KG EGGS 2.5 DOZEN SUGAR 5 KG COFFEE 500 KG SALT 1 KG COOKING OIL 750 ML     INDIA: Shopping list from students (ages 11-12) and their principal, Sunita Bhagwat, and their maths teacher at Bal Shikshan Mandir English Medium School in Pune City, State of Maharashtra. Following are the common items from the list that everbody prepared. Here is our shopping list. (per month) item quantity cost eraser 2 Rs.4 pencils 3 Rs.9 scale 1 Rs.3 pen 1 Rs.15 wafers 1 pack Rs.10 chocolate 2 bars Rs.20 ball 1 Rs.10 maps 6 Rs.6 In our projects, we were greatly helped by our principal and our maths teachers. Thank you. yours, class 6     INDIA (State of Maharastra): Shopping list from teachers Ragini Salvi, Hema Motling and Mona Patrao and their students (ages 10-13) at Redstone Learning Resource Centre in Bhose Village, India. Shopping list Sugar - 1 kg Wheat - 5 kg Oil - 1 litre Bananas - 1 dozen Rice - 2 kgs Salt - 1/2 kg Millet (Jowar) - 5 kgs                   LITHUANIA: Shopping list from students (ages 16-18) at Garliavos Juozo Lukºos gimnazija, Lithuania. The students are Viktorija, Ignas, Paulius, Ruta, Karolis, Mantas, Tomas, Tomas. Their teacher is Dalia Grigiene. Shopping Lists: 1Lt = 0,25$ Paulius: 1. "Sprite'' 2Lt 2. CD's 15Lt 3. Chips 2Lt 4. Chocolate 1Lt 5. Chew gum 1,5Lt Ignas: 1. Chips 2Lt 2. Chocolate 2Lt 3. Muzic CD's 15Lt 4. Sport shoes 120Lt 5. Lemonade 2Lt Ruta: 1. Candys 1Lt 2. Bread 2Lt 3. Limonade 1.7Lt 4. Ten eggs 3Lt 5. Chocolate 1lt Karolis: 1. Bread 2Lt 2. Coffee 200g 6Lt 3. "CocaCola" 2Lt 4. Cheese 4Lt 5. Cake 9 Lt Mantas: 1. potatos 10kg 20Lt. 2. apples 5kg 45Lt. 3. bananas 2kg 5Lt. 4. oranges 1kg 3Lt. 5. plums 500g 2Lt. Viktorija: 1. Book 20LT 2. Orange 1Kg 4Lt 3. Juise 3Lt 4. Water-colour 4Lt 5. Bread 2Lt Tomas: 1. Magazine 9Lt 2. Chocolate 2Lt 3. Limonade 2Lt 4. Chips 2Lt 5. Telephone 400Lt     LITHUANIA: Shopping list from students (ages 11-13) at Garliavos Juozo Luksa gimnazija, Lithuania. Their teacher is Elina Petruliene. OUR SHOPPING LIST Item Measurement Prices Lt US$ Euro Milk 1 litre 1.20 0.30 0.34 Bread 800 g 1.89 0.47 0.54 Butter 200 g 2.10 0.52 0.60 Soft drink 1,5 litre 1.56 0.39 0.44 Chips 100 g 1.89 0.47 0.54 Tomatos 1 kg 4.20 1.05 1.19 Apples 1 kg 1.20 0.30 0.34 Candies 1 kg 9.99 2.50 2.84 THE PRICES WE PAY The currency in Lithuania is Lt (Litas) and ct (centas) US$ 1 = 4 Lt 1 EURO = 3,5232 Lt     MALAYSIA: Shopping list from teacher/tutor Ah-Choo Koo and the students (ages 13-16) she is working with at four schools in Malaysia: 1. SMK Dengkil, Selangor 2. SMK Bukit Baru, Melaka 3. SMS Muzaffar Syah, Melaka 4. Maahad Tahfiz Az-Zahrah, Selangor. The following is our SHOPPING LIST Food: Flour 2 kg Eggs (=2 dozens) 24 Sugar 2 kg chocolates 2 bar banana 2.8 kg Stationery: box of diskette (=10 pieces of diskettes) 1 pencils/pen 2 A4 paper 1 rim film 1 roll   Sincerely, AC & A group of students from Malaysia.     ROMANIA: Shopping list from the math teacher Ionescu Corina, English teacher Preda Gratiela, and the students: Gabi Alexandru and Carmen Condurachi (age 18) from the "Barbu-Stirbei" National College in Calarasi, Romania. The Shopping List: Bread 2 Loaves of bread Cheese Kilo Mineral Water Litres Fruit: apples,oranges, grapes Kilo A Lot Of Chocolate Bar, Peanuts Bags Cookies Box               ROMANIA: Shopping list from the math teacher Mrs. Corina Ionescu, English teacher Mrs. Gratiela Preda, and the students: Cristina Andrei and Alex Gheorghiu (ages 15-16) from the "Barbu-Stirbei" National College in Calarasi, Romania. Shopping list: chocolate -bars bread -loaves cheese -kilo potatoes -kilo milk -litre           Cristina Andrei,X-A Alex Gheorghiu,X-A     RUSSIA: Class introduction from math teacher Yuri Chigrin and the students (age 13-17) from the Lyceum #2, in Irkutsk, Russia. And now we present the products, which we usually buy in the grocery (shopping list): Sugar (1 kg) 16 R Oil (1 l) 30 R Bread (0.6 kg) 6 R Sweet (1 kg) 40-120 R Butter (1 kg) 70 R Flour (1 kg) 12 R Bisquits (1 kg) 30 R Apple (1 kg) 30 R Bananas (1 kg) 30 R Juice (1 l) 25-50 R Gas water (1 l) 10 R                       Ususally we buy these products and many other things, which need not to be mentioned. Note: R - means Russian Rouble, equals to appr. 30 USD. Yuri Chigrin   UKRAINE: Shopping list from math teacher Anna Malko and the students: Bormotova Vika, Cherchata Luda and Hrutba Andrey (age 15-18) from the Kiev School-11 - Ecology Centre of Youth, Ukraine (from class 10). The list of our purchases. 1. Bread Ukrainian - 1 kg, 0.17$. 2. Long loaf road - 1 kg, 0.17$. Long Loaf road is another kind of bread. This is a special road loaf, but we eat as usually bread. 3.. Copybooks - 24 sheets, 0.20$ 4. Cookies - 0.5 kg, 0.95$. 5. Milk - 1 ?, 0.35$. 6. Sausage - 0.6kg, 1.52$. 7. Butter - 0.25 kg, 0.38$. 8. Ice-cream   0.09$ 9. Pen   0.09$ 10. Chocolate - 0.25 kg, 0.43$.     UKRAINE: Shopping list from math teacher Anna Malko and her Class 11 students (ages 15-18) from the Kiev School-11 - Ecology Centre of Youth, Ukraine. The list of our purchases. 1.   Bread Ukrainian (Long Loaf road is another kind of bread. This is a special road loaf, but we eat as usually bread. ) 1 kg 0.17$ 2. Potatoes 5 kg, 1.24$. 3. Cheese 0.5 kg 1.75$ 4. cakes 5 0.43$ 5. Cookies 0.5 kg, 0.95$. 6. Milk 1 l, 0.35$ 7. Sausage 0.6kg 1.52$ 8. Ice-cream   0.12$ 9. Beer 500 ml 0.28$                         CALIFORNIA, USA (Compton): Shopping list from teacher Jay Hewlett and his students Esmeralda Orozco and Gabriela Martinez (ages 10-12) at Bunche Middle School in Compton Now we are going to tell you what we buy in the groceries. Food 4 Less [Name of the grocery store] Boise pear 2lbs $.88 cents Lettuces 1lbs $.96 cents Honeydew melon 2lbs $.88 cents Apples 3lbs $ 2.23 dollars Carrot wt 80oz 5lbs $1.95 dollars Bananas 2 lbs $. 88 cent Limes 2lbs $. 88 cent Black plums 1lbs $. 88 cent Potatoes   $. 98 cent Sunny delight [orange drink] size 8oz ( 240 ml ) $1.93 dollars Tortilla de harina [flour tortillas] 2lbs 10.5oz $2.98 dollars Wing drummetes [chicken] 3.15lbs $7.50 dollars Carne Molida [ground meat] wt 1.07lbs $2.33 dollars Ham 1lbs wt16 $2.88 dollars Hot dogs 1lbs $.88 cents Smooth drink T can 5 for .65 cents White bread 1lbs .66 cents                                           CALIFORNIA, USA (Hawaiian Gardens): Shopping list from teacher Jeannette Larrea-Moncayo and her students (ages 11-12) at Furgeson Elementary School in Hawaiian Gardens, California. One of our shopping list are 1. Ham 2 pounds 23 kilos 2. Sprite Drink 240 Mg 3. Juice 1 carton 4. Fruit snack 1 bar (14 g) 5. Milk 1 cup 240 Mg 6. Raisins 1 box 7. Apples 4 kilos 8. Candy 4 kilos                   CALIFORNIA, USA (Artesia): Shopping list from teacher Joana Sena and students (ages 11-12) at Elliott Elementary School in Artesia, California. Some products that we mostly buy are... Rice pounds Milk gallons Bread kilograms Butter ounces Meat pounds Cheese pounds Cereal ounces Soda liters                   CALIFORNIA, USA (Rialto): Shopping list from Language Arts Teacher, Dr. Leon Wafer, Sr. and Students (ages 13-14) at Rialto Middle School, Rialto, California.   Our shopping list: Items U.S Measurements Metric Measure U.S. Dollar Litas Euro 1. Bread        1 lb.8 oz  68 g   $2.69   10.76   2.48 2. Cereal (Fruit loops) 12.6 oz 35g     $3.49  13.96  3.21 3. Tortillas  3 lb. 1.36kg   $1.79   7.16  1.62 4. Apples 3lb.   1.36kg  $5.95  23.8 5.48 5. Tomatoes 1 lb.  .454kg  $1.99 7.96  1.83 6. Corn 3 lb.  1.36kg $3.64 14.56 3.35 7. Chicken  4 lb. 1.82kg $4.69 18.76  4.32 8. Ground Beef 5lb  2.27kg  $9.95 39.8 9.16 9. Eggs 1doz.  $2.19 8.76  2.02 10. Milk  1 gal. 3.785 l $1.99 7.96  1.83 11. Soda 144oz.  4260 ml $3.50 14.00  3.22                                                  CALIFORNIA, U.S.A.: Shopping list from teacher Ana Garcia and seventh grade students (age 12) at New Hope School in Thornton, California. Project director is Ms. Joanne Oien. Our grocery store is called Food 4 Less: Ragu pasta sauce 16 - 22.3 oz $.99 Golden grain mission pasta 24 oz $.79 12 pack of coca-cola sodas 12 oz $42.89 Nabisco Oreo or Grahams (2) 24 oz $5.00 Ice cream 5 quarts $3.99 20 cooked shrimp 1 lb $12.99 12 Tombstone original pizza (2) 13.8 - 23.3 oz $5.00 Ruffles potato chips 12 -12.25 oz $1.99 Nabisco chips ahoy cookies (2) 14 - 18 oz $5.00 Red grapes 1 lb $.89   CALIFORNIA, U.S.A.: Shopping list from teacher Mr. McNany and sixth grade students (ages 12-13) at New Hope School in Thornton, California. The project director is Ms. Joanne Oien.   Our Shopping List: Chicken Breast 1lb $1.00 Folgers's Coffee 34.5 to 39oz $3.00 Sodas 2 liters $.80 Milk 1 Gallon $3.79 Eggs 1 Dozen $1.00 French Bread 1 Dozen $1.00 Bread 2 Dozen $1.00 Notebook 80 pages $1.00 .Thank you for taking the time to read this. We really appreciate it . CALIFORNIA, U.S.A.: Shopping list from teacher Mr. Hernandez and eighth grade students (age 13) at New Hope School in Thornton, California. This shopping list was sent by Andreina. Project director is Ms. Joanne Oien. Hello Our food prices are: Oranges 3lbs $1.00 5 Coca-Cola Beverages 2 litros $4.00 Eggs Dozen $1.00 Milk Gallon $3.79 Pampers 30 to 80 counts $9.00 2 Candy Bags 13 oz. $5.00 Christmas Trees 6 to 7ft $37.99   7 to 8ft $49. 99 Beef 2-4lbs $2.00- 4.00 Coffee 34.5 to 39oz $3.00     NEW YORK, U.S.A.: Shopping list from teacher Sheryl Germano and her students (ages 11-12) at Nightengale Elementary School in Massena, NY. Here is our group's grocery list to compare prices and/or measurements with other classes. We will send our prices later this week. The store's name is P & C (5 out of 6 parents shop at this store weekly). Orange juice 1/2 gallon Milk 1 gallon Pepsi 6 pack of 16oz. plastic bottles Bananas 1 bunch Steaks 1 lb - pound Ground beef 1 lb. Cereal- Frosted Flakes 25 oz. box oz.=ounces Eggs 1 doz. jumbo size white Bread 1 -1lb. loaf Dog food (Alpo brand) 12 oz. can Cat food 34 oz bag Hot dogs 1 lb. package Bag of Apples 3 lb                             New York, New York, U.S.A.: "Local Shopping List" and "The Prices We Pay" from 6th grade students (11 - 12 years old) Aqil, Erick, Angel, Chifon, Christopher, Keke, Cynthia and Joseph. Teachers: Beatriz Font and Erin Turner. Dear Connecting Math Classes:   From Crossroads Middle School, New York City (from Aqil, Erick, Angel, Chifon, Christopher, Keke, Cynthia and Joseph) Greetings from New York City! Here are the items and prices on our shopping list. (The items from the master list are at the end.)   Item Unit of measurement Price   Milk 1 gallon $3.19 Eggs 1 dozen $1.24 Bread 1 loaf $1.99 Cereal 1 box $2.99 Orange Juice 64 ounces $2.99 Bananas 1 pound $1.24 Apples 1 pound $1.34 Soda 2 liter bottle $.94 Chips 1 bag $2.14 Hot Dog 8 $2.49 Chicken 1 pound $ 3.26 Ground Beef 1 pound $2.69 Pork Chops 1 pound $2.54 Red Beans (Goya) 15 ounce can $1.32 Rice 10 pound bag $ 5.86 Cheese 8 ounces $2.49 Flour 5 pound bag $2.34 Tomatoes 1 pound $1.24 Lettuce 1 pound $2.74 Frozen Veggies 20 ounce bag $1.94 Cooking Oil 1 gallon $5.50 Cookies 1 pound box $3.29 Ice Cream 1/2 gallon $3.82 Gasoline 1 gallon $1.60 Television Set 1 color television $250.00 Shoes (Gym shoes) 1 pair $100.00 Spiral Notebook 1 notebook $1.50 One Month Rent a 2 bedroom apartment $1200.00 We found these prices by visiting grocery stores, markets, and corner stores around our school. The prices were not all the same. The corner stores cost the most because they are not big supermarkets and so they raise their prices. Also we noticed that the prices are more when there is a name brand because people think the name brand has the best stuff so they charge more. Also the prices here depend on what day you go shopping. Some days there are sales and the prices go lower. Thank you, Crossroads!     ZIMBABWE (Cherutombo): Shopping list from teacher Brighton Gundani and his students (ages 13-14) at Cherutombo Secondary School in Zimbabwe. Our grocery list is as follows: Item units Sugar kg Rice kg Cooking oil litres Mealie meal kg Milk litres Meat kg Drinks litres Bread grams Soap grams Tooth paste ml Salt kg/g Biscuits grams Cooking aids grams Shoe polish ml Eggs dozens Lotion ml     ZIMBABWE (Marondera): Shopping list from teacher Mavis Satande and her students (ages 14-18) at Marondera Secondary School in Zimbabwe. Our Shopping list is as follows: ITEM UNIT Fruit Juice litres Ham kg Bread dozens Cookies grams Milk litres Cheese grams Cornflakes grams Tooth paste ml Mealie - meal kg Cooking oil litres Sugar kg Meat kg Shoe polish grams Butter grams Vegetables bundles, kg and grams Eggs dozens