Captivating Calculations: Planning a Road Trip

Think about it!

If you could go anywhere in the United States, where would you go, and how would you plan your trip?

 

Plan Your Family Vacation

You are going on a trip with your family to Disney World in Orlando, Florida. You are starting off in Chicago, Illinois. You are taking your grandmother’s car to Orlando and then fly home. This will be a one-way road trip!

 

There are certain restraints/criteria that your family must follow during this trip to Orlando, Florida.

You must:

  • Travel by car
  • Create a budget for how much the trip will cost. You only have $1500.00 to spend
  • Use an online program to map out your trip
  • You only have 7 days for the entire one-way trip to include 5 days in Orlando, Florida.
  • First, your family must figure out how many miles you will travel from Chicago to Orland?  Use mapquest, Google maps, etc. to find out the distance. Distance =____

Your family will need to stop for gas, food, bathroom breaks stretch your legs, etc. Your family even wants to break the trip for a couple of hours, but decides to visit for a whole day and sight see along the way.  Your family stops to spend the night halfway along the route which is in Nashville, Tennessee.

 

Your family decides to book a room ahead of arriving in Nashville. This must be included in the budget. Your family uses this link to decide on the hotel that is the best fit for them. Remember you may need 2 rooms depending on how large your family is.  https://www.visitmusiccity.com/

 

The attractions that your family plans on visiting will help determine the budget. Some of the places that your family researched to visit in Nashville are:

 

*The Country Music Hall of Fame : $25.00 per person

*Nashville Shores Water Park: $32.00 per person

*Grand Ole Opry: $40.00 seats ( not so good) – $100.00 (best seating) per person

* If your family can’t decide, they may look at this link: https://www.visitmusiccity.com/

 

My family chose _________________________________________.

Your family has already paid to stay at Disney World for 5 days, so that has been paid for. However, you need to think about the attractions that your family wishes to visit.

 

Some attractions are:

*Walt Disney World ticket: $100.00 per day per person

*Universal Studios: Sea World Orland, Florida: $100.00 per day per person

*Universal City Walk free

*Lake Eola Park free

*Medieval Times Dinner and Tournament: $60.00 per person

*If your family can’t decide, they may look at this link: https://www.visitorlando.com/en/things-to-do/attractions?page=1

 

The attractions my family wants to visit are ___________________________________________________________.

 

Did you meet your budget?   _________________________

How much did you spend?      _________________________

Do you have any left-over money?  ______________________