How much money does your family spend each year on food? This is a hard problem to estimate because there are many factors to consider. We'll estimate this in problems 1-4. 1. First, estimate how much money your family spends on meals outside the home. You can do this by estimating how much you spend in a typical week, and then multiplying that by 52. Be sure to list your assumptions and show how you came up with your answer. 2. Now, estimate how much you spend on groceries in a year. How often do you go shopping, and how much do you spend in a typical trip? Use those answers to estimate how much you spend in a year. 3. How much do you spend total? Give 3 ways that you could reduce these costs and estimate how much this would reduce the overall amount you spend. 4. According to ValueRensulin, the average American household spends $6,600 on food each year - 60% of it at home and 40% on food outside the home. What percentage of your family's total was on food at home, and what percentage outside the home? Why do you think your family's percentages are the same or different from the average houschold? In problems 9&10, you'll be estimating how much you spend on entertainment each month. 9. Estimate how much money you spend each month on entertainment. a. Before you start, make a guess as to how much the amount will be. b. What are the items that you included in your estimate? c. How did you estimate the cost of each? d. What is the total overall amount? How does it compare to 8 ur original guess? Why do you think that is? 10. Estimates will almost always have errors. Usually errors are caused because you left something out or because the values you used are not accurate. a. What are some values in problem 9 that might not be correct? b. For the values you listed above, glve a smallest possible estimate and a highest possible estimate. C. Repeat your calculation from problem 9 with the smallest estimates and with the highest estimates. d. How big is the difference between your smallest and largest estimate? e. Explain why it is important to minimize error in estimates. Problems 58 will be about estimating the water that your family uses. 5. The average shower uses 2.5 gallons of water per minute. The average bath uses 42 gallons of water. a. Estimate how many minutes your family spends showering and how many baths your family members take each month. b. How much water does your family use each month showering/bathing? 6. Washing a load of dishes by hand uses about 15 gallons of water, whille using a dishwasher uses about 4 gallons. Washing a load of laundry uses about 14 gallons of water. a. Estimate how many loads of dishes your family does each month, and how much water those dishes use. b. Estimate how many loads of laundry your family does each month, and how much water that laundry takes. 7. While these are the main sources of water use in most households, there are many others. Ust at least 3 other activities that use water. Do your own research to estimate how much water your family uses on those activities. 8. Add up your estimates from problem 5-7 to estimate how much water your family uses pach month. The average American household uses 9000 gallons of water a month. How does your family's usage compare? How much money does your family spend each year on food? This is a hard problem to estimate because there are many factors to consider. We'll estimate this in problems 1-4. 1. First, estimate how much money your family spends on meals outside the home. You can do this by estimating how much you spend in a typical week, and then multiplying that by 52. Be sure to list your assumptions and show how you came up with your answer. 2. Now, estimate how much you spend on groceries in a year. How often do you go shopping, and how much do you spend in a typical trip? Use those answers to estimate how much you spend in a year. 3. How much do you spend total? Give 3 ways that you could reduce these costs and estimate how much this would reduce the overall amount you spend. 4. According to ValueRensulin, the average American household spends $6,600 on food each year - 60% of it at home and 40% on food outside the home. What percentage of your family's total was on food at home, and what percentage outside the home? Why do you think your family's percentages are the same or different from the average houschold? In problems 9&10, you'll be estimating how much you spend on entertainment each month. 9. Estimate how much money you spend each month on entertainment. a. Before you start, make a guess as to how much the amount will be. b. What are the items that you included in your estimate? c. How did you estimate the cost of each? d. What is the total overall amount? How does it compare to 8 ur original guess? Why do you think that is? 10. Estimates will almost always have errors. Usually errors are caused because you left something out or because the values you used are not accurate. a. What are some values in problem 9 that might not be correct? b. For the values you listed above, glve a smallest possible estimate and a highest possible estimate. C. Repeat your calculation from problem 9 with the smallest estimates and with the highest estimates. d. How big is the difference between your smallest and largest estimate? e. Explain why it is important to minimize error in estimates. Problems 58 will be about estimating the water that your family uses. 5. The average shower uses 2.5 gallons of water per minute. The average bath uses 42 gallons of water. a. Estimate how many minutes your family spends showering and how many baths your family members take each month. b. How much water does your family use each month showering/bathing? 6. Washing a load of dishes by hand uses about 15 gallons of water, whille using a dishwasher uses about 4 gallons. Washing a load of laundry uses about 14 gallons of water. a. Estimate how many loads of dishes your family does each month, and how much water those dishes use. b. Estimate how many loads of laundry your family does each month, and how much water that laundry takes. 7. While these are the main sources of water use in most households, there are many others. Ust at least 3 other activities that use water. Do your own research to estimate how much water your family uses on those activities. 8. Add up your estimates from problem 5-7 to estimate how much water your family uses pach month. The average American household uses 9000 gallons of water a month. How does your family's usage compare