In our Math T-Shirt factory, we have made a divide. We've decided that having one big factory was just too much - so we split into 5 smaller factories. We are now...
The Lightning Bolt Factory
Rock and Roll Factory
Planet Shirt Factory
The Awesome T-Shirt Factory
Exterminator Factory
Our five factories got all of our inventory in the 4 sizes we carry, Small, Medium, Large, and X-Large. The problem was, I got sloppy when giving out the shirts and just piled shirts as I pulled them off of the shelves. I was not organized!
Before each factory could start advertising and selling their shirts, they had to figure out how many shirts of each size they now have! So, each factory worker had to add up the piles I made to figure out how many shirts they had in all. Here is the work the four factory workers from The Lightning Bolt Factory:
They determined that they have 189 Smalls, 90 Mediums, 166 Larges, and 162 X-Larges.
Next they had to figure out, as a group, how to store their shirts in their own warehouse. They saw how confusing it was when the shirts weren't organized, so they put shirts into boxes and rolls when they could.
A box holds 100 shirts - or 10 rolls. A roll holds 10 shirts. And of course, sometimes there are just loose shirts that can't be put into a full roll or box.
Here is the inventory for The Lightning Bolt Factory:
Today they will figure out what their ledger will be before they start selling. Each factory will be selling their shirts for $10 each. So how many shirts are there all together? How much are all of their shirts worth? Today we will answer these questions so that we're ready for the orders to start coming in!
