This is a re-posting of an assignment to posted to the main Openlab blog. The City has passed a cap to large beverage sizes in an effort to curb the obesity epidemic. This project is geared towards putting the beverage cap into perspective by quantifying the caloric impact on our diet and thinking a little about the economics.
Group 1:
- Identify the sizes of drinks containers currently available at 2 fast food venues and at 1 movie theater.
- Identify the price of each type of beverage at each size for each location.
- Convert the sizes from fluid ounces to milliliters.
- Indicate the price per volume of each size.
- Calculate the cost of drinking 1 of the largest size versus 1 of the smallest size every third day for 30 days at the least expensive venue.
- Assume that the cost difference to the vendor between dispensing the largest and the smallest beverage size (before the cap) is 2%. Based on the sales price, how much money does the vendor lose when a customer purchases the smallest size instead?
Group 2:
- Find the amount of calories that a male of 175 cm and 82 kg should be consuming on a daily basis.
- Indicate the amount of calories consumed per meal considering there are 3 meals in a day.
- If a 591 ml bottle of Coke is consumed at each meal, indicate the amount of calories left over for the meal.
- If a 100 ml can of Red Bull is consumed at each meal, indicate the amount of calories left over for the meal.
- If a 695 ml can of Four Loko is consumed in a day (not at each meal), indicate the amount of calories left over for the day.
- Consider the individual drinks 1 bottle of Coke a day while consuming the regular amount of calories.
- How much walking must he do to burn those extra calories in a day?
- How much running in a week must he do to burn off those extra calories each month (30 days)?
Group 3:
- Identify the sizes of drinks containers currently available at 2 fast food venues and at 1 movie theater.
- Convert the sizes from fluid ounces to liters.
- Calculate the total calories of each sized drink using the information found here.
- Calculate the amount of sugar packets in each sized drink based on the amount of calories using this data.
- Calculate the amount of sugar packets in apple juice served in each size beverage found at the fast food restaurant.
- Find the amount of calories in an actual apple and
- calculate the equivalent amount of apples in the small apple juice
- calculate the equivalent amount of apples in the small Coke
October 16, 2012
Carbs project
Group #3
Kristopher; Gaelle; Vicky; Maria; Dominique; Darrel
Group #1 Erika, Charlotte, Devin, Adriana, Mark, Balaj
1. Identify the sizes of drinks containers currently available at 2 fast food venues and at 1 movie theater.
2. Identify the price of each type of beverage at each size for each location.
3. Convert the sizes from fluid ounces to milliliters.
4. Indicate the price per volume of each size
Kent Movie Theater
Small 16oz=$2.50 = 473.1 mL, It’s .15 cents per ounce.
Medium 20oz=$3.50 = 591.4 mL, It’s .17 cents per ounce.
Large 30oz=$4.50 = 887.2 mL, its .15 cents per ounce.
McDonalds
Small 16 oz=$1.30 = 473.1 mL, its .8 cents per ounce.
Medium 24oz=$1.73 = 709.7 mL, its .6 cents per ounce.
Large 32 oz= $2.06 = 946.3 mL, its .6 cents per ounce.
Connecticut Muffin
Small 12oz= $1.40 = 354.8 mL, its .11 cents per ounce.
Medium 16oz=$2.25 = 473.1 mL, its .14 cents per ounce.
Large 20oz=$2.50 = 591.4 mL, its .12 cents per ounce.
Question #5: calculate the cost of drinking 1 of the largest size versus 1 of the smallest size every third day for 30 days at the least expensive venue.
McDonalds is the least expensive venue and every 3rd day for 30 days would amount to 10 days total.
Small: $1.30 x 10 = $13.00 Large: $2.06 x 10 = $20.60
Question #6 Assume that the cost difference to the vendor between dispensing the largest and the smallest beverage size (before the cap) is 2%. Based on the sales price, how much money does the vendor lose when a customer purchases the smallest size instead?
1. Kent Movie Theater loses $ 2.00 when a customer buys a small instead of a large.
2. McDonald loses 76 cents when a customer buys a small instead of a large.
3. Conneticut Muffin loses $1.10 when a customer buys a small instead of a large.
October 18, 2012 (updated)
Carbs project
Group #3
Kristopher; Gaelle; Vicky; Maria; Dominique; Darrel
1) 3 small cokes
• Mc Donalds 16 fluid ounces
• Burger King 20 fluid ounces
• Movie theater 12 fluid ounces
2) From ounces to liters
• 16 fluid ounces = 0.47 liters
• 20 fluid ounces = 0.59 liters
• 12 fluid ounces = 0.35 liters
3) Calories
• 16 ounces = 200 calories
• 20 ounces = 240 calories
• 12 ounces = 140 calories
4) Sugar packets
• 16 ounces = 16 sugar packets
• 20 ounces = 20 sugar packets
• 12 ounces = 12 sugar packets
5) Apple juice served
• 6 fluid ounces
• 10 sugar packets
6) Amount of calories in an actual apple juice
• 95 calories in an actual apple
• Amount of small apples in a small apple juice 1.5 apples
• Amount of apples in a 12 ounce coke- 3 apples