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Senior VCAL Numeracy – Wonders of the World Investigation
VCAL Senior
Task 1: Choose either the Seven Ancient OR New Wonders of the World Task 2: Research each Wonder to find the following:
a. Picture
b. Location – country & nearest city/town
c. Find the latitude & longitude of ancient wonders (Must be in
form of degrees, minutes & seconds e.g. 38°11’56”S,
145°29’21”E).
d. Construction date
e. Size in metres
f. Still standing (how old) or destroyed (date & how)
Task 3: Road Travel – To begin your journey, you need to get to Melbourne
Airport.
a. Calculate manually the distance from your house to the
airport. Mark the route on your relevant map.
b. Check your accuracy for the distance by using google maps or
www.distancefrom.com. How accurate were you? Explain any
differences.
c. Assuming your road transport has a fuel consumption of 9.5
litres/100km, calculate how many litres of petrol you would
use for your trip to the airport. Show all calculations.
d. If petrol price averages 119.3c, find the total cost of petrol for
all the airport trips in dollars.
e. Assuming your road transport travels at an average of
80km/hr, calculate the travel time to the airport Show all
calculations.
Senior VCAL Numeracy – Wonders of the World Investigation
VCAL Senior
Task 4: Visit the Seven Wonders of the World.
Your aim is to visit each of the Wonders starting and finishing at
Melbourne. NB: Scale should read 1cm = 660km
a. List each Wonder of the World & the nearest city to each one.
b. Map the location of the Wonders & nearest cities on your map.
c. Illustrate on your map the route you will take for your trip.
d. Using the scale on the map, determine the distance manually
between each city “as the crow flies”. Show all calculations.
e. What is the total distance travelled?
f. Check your accuracy for your answer in part e. by using:
http://tjpeiffer.com/crowflies.html. How accurate were you?
Explain any differences.
g. State the quadrant bearings from:
i. Melbourne to your first destination
ii. Your first destination to your second destination
h. State the true bearings from:
i. Second last destination to the last destination
ii. Last destination to Melbourne
i. Assuming your aircraft travels at an average of 900km/hr,
calculate travel time for all individual legs of your journey.
Show all calculations. Answer in hours & minutes e.g. 4 hours 6
minutes.
j. What is the total length of time for the journey?
k. You are flying in a 4-‐seat Cessna aeroplane. It burns
approximately 32 litres per hour.
i. How many litres do you need for your trip?
ii. How much will it cost assuming it is $1.04 per litre?
Senior VCAL Numeracy – Wonders of the World Investigation
VCAL Senior
Task 5: Itinerary – MUST show all calculations.
Taking into account the travel time from your home to the airport,
travel between cities, travel to the Wonders of the world, time sight
seeing and any other relevant factors, write an itinerary for this trip
including the total number of days. The following websites may assist
you: www.distancesfrom.com or google maps. Complete the itinerary
in a table. For example: Date Time Destination Meal Breaks Tourist visits
Task 6: Summary
a. Rate this investigation in terms of interest, relevant skills
learnt and how it could be improved.
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