1) Looking at the general pricing, how much is each credit if Mr. Smith purchased a

a) $10 playcard

b) $15 playcard

c) $20 playcard

d) $25 playcard

2) The smart shopper Mrs. Smith knew immediately the best deal on this chart and took out $25 to be shared between the 4 children. To challenge her children however, she did not make any decisions for them but left the problem untouched and just handed over the money to them. How could Marcus, Melanie, Sara and Susie have split the money? How many credits would each of them receive?

Games start at 2 credits each for classic arcade games like Pacman and goes up to a maximum of 20 credits for Bowlingo, a 10 frames bowling game. Other action games like drumming, dance revolution, boxing, horse racing, fishing, and canoeing are 8 credits per game while game-pad simulations like shooting are 6 credits each.

3) What is the maximum number of games that can be played if

a) Each person has 50 credits

b) The 4 of them share a $25 playcard

4) What is the minimum number of games they can play if

a) Each person has 50 credits

b) The 4 of them share a $25 playcard

5) If the average game costs 6 credits and takes 180 seconds to finish, will 50 credits keep the Smith children busy for the hour?

6) Using the $20 playcard bracket, how much does an average game of 6 credits cost?

While the kids are playing their hour away, Mr. and Mrs. Smith went to study the deals and special offers Playdium has to offer. Seeing how much the kids are enjoying themselves, they know they will whine to come again very soon. The two of them note the time play info.

7) If they had not watched a movie today and came to Playdium directly to spend 3 hours, how could the Smiths have saved over 50% for an average game?

One of the attendants offered Mr. and Mrs. Smith the Playdium Summer Special insert that advertises for Time Play Special, Summer Daze and More Daze.

8) Compare the Time Play Special with the regular Time Play pricing. Are these specials a better deal?

9) The Family Fun Sunday caught your eye.

a) If you were to buy the Playcards and pizzas separately, what is the actual value of the package?

b) If you didn’t go to Playdium for food but just for arcade, how much is Playdium paying you to try their pizzas?

c) How much does each pizza cost in this case?

d) Can you think of similar promotions from other organizations?

10) As a parent, which of the Summer Daze promotion is your favourite? Why? How different would that be if you were a child?

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