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The Smiths planned out their
day at Metrotown upon arrival. Mrs. Smith needed to visit the bank and Mr.
Smith wanted to do some grocery shopping. The kids would get their wishes
and be able to eat, play, shop, walk, and watch! While Mr. and Mrs. Smith
went there own ways, the kids ran to the large mall directory. Melanie and
Sara made their way around the mall bargain hunting for clothes while Marcus
and Susie ventured off to look at different items.
Metrotown Mall is split up into two sections – Metropolis at Metrotown
and Metrotown Centre. It has a wide
variety of shops and businesses. As you
have calculated before, you know that the mall is extremely big and covers a
large area (the largest in
Access the mall directory by visiting the website:
http://metropolis.shopping.ca/cambridge/jsp3/md_sl.jsp?mallid=met
Click on the Search By Category
option to answer the following questions.
1)
Melanie and Sara wanted to make the most of their time
at Metrotown. They wanted to see what
kinds of stores were at the mall. They
wanted to find out where their favorite stores were located – either at
Metropolis or Metrotown Centre. Count
the number of stores found in each of the following categories.
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Categories |
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stores at Metropolis |
# of stores
at Metrotown Centre |
Total #
of Stores for the Category |
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Accessories |
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Children’s Fashion |
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Department Stores |
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Drugs, Cosmetics and
Health |
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Food Services |
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Footwear |
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General Merchandise and
Stationary |
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Home Furnishings |
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Leisure and Recreation |
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Mall Entertainment |
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Men’s Fashion |
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Services |
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Unisex and Speciality
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Woman’s Fashion |
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2)
Melanie and Sara really wanted to go look at
clothes. They wanted all the latest new
fashions. If they want to go to the side
of the mall with the largest number of children’s fashion stores, where should
they go? How many more stores are on
this side when compared to the other side of the mall?
1)
Using the total number of stores column, calculate the
percentage of business in each category.
If your percentage totals do not add up to 100%, please explain why it
is not the case? What can you say about
the data? Melanie was curious which
category had the most stores, while Sara wanted to find out which category had
the least. Can you tell her which one had
the most stores and which had the least?
Can you explain why this is the case?
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Categories |
Total %
of Stores for the Category |
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Accessories |
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Children’s Fashion |
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Department Stores |
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Drugs, Cosmetics and
Health |
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Food Services |
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Footwear |
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General Merchandise and
Stationary |
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Home Furnishings |
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Leisure and Recreation |
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Mall Entertainment |
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Men’s Fashion |
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Services |
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Unisex and Speciality
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Woman’s Fashion |
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2)
Calculate the ratio of Metropolis Stores to Metrotown
Centre Stores.
3)
Do the two sides of the mall cater to different
people, or do they aim for the same customers based on the stores that are
located in the entire mall? Explain.
4)
The kids noticed something particular on the Mall
Directory. Some stores were located in
both sections of Metrotown Mall. What
are the names of these stores?
5)
Mr. and Mrs. Smith need to head to Superstore to
purchase some grocery items. From
looking at the Mall Directly, the kids determined the shortest way to get to
Superstore. The family has just got off
the bus, and has just stepped in the buses entrance of the mall.
Looking at the map below, Mel
and Sara determined the SCALE FACTOR used to produce the Mall Directory. They measured the distance on the map to be 8
centimetres. What is the scale factor
for Metropolis?
Note that the distance between the
front entrance of Coast Mountain Sports to Chapters is actually 200 metres.
This will help you calculate the scale factor.
6)
Since you are at the bus loop, the kids measured the
distance on the Mall Directory from the buses entrance to the entrance of
Superstore (denoted by 1J) to be 11 centimetres. Using your scale factor calculated in
question #7, determine the distance the parents would need to travel to arrive
at the front entrance of Superstore.
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7)
Little Sara then asked Melanie a profound
question. She asked, “What is the actual
length of all the corridors located on the Main Level of Metropolis at
Metrotown?” Can you answer that for
her? Melanie then measured the total
distance of the corridors and found it to be 23.5 centimetres.
8)
The actual distance between Sears and Zellers is 250
metres. Calculate the SCALE FACTOR used
for the Mall Directory detailing Metrotown Centre if the measurement of the
corridors on the Mall Directory total 17.3 centimetres.
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9)
The children remembered that their parents wanted to
go to the big department stores to look at buying a new bed spread. They wanted to impress their parents by
finding out the Using the scale factor calculated in question #10 and the fact
that the mall corridors are 10.4 cm long, determine the distance between the
Bay and Zellers.
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Melanie and Sara
commented that this math calculation stuff is hard work and all this walking
that they do takes a lot of energy. Sara
noticed that when they walk from the Bay to Zellers, they’ll pass by Metrotown
Centre’s new
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