Maths - Needs and Wants

Yesterday in maths we did a needs and wants, pet costs maths sheet.   On the sheet,  We had $100 to get a class pet.  We had 7 pets to count the costs for them.  The cheapest one was the Axolotl,  it was $80 for everything it needs and the pet it's self.   This is me and Shelby's google doc on this maths sheet.

Animal

Animal	Dog	$500
Item	lead	Collar	Car Harness	Bowl	Dog Biscuits
cost	$25	$20	$25	$25	$25 per 2kg
Item	Worm Med	Flea Med	Kennel	Toys
Cost	$8	$20	$170	$7
Total for Dog	$833

Cat	$100
Item	Cat cage	Collar	Cat litter tray	Cat litter	Cat biscuits
Cost	$50	$20	$13	$7	$20 for 1.5kg
Item	Toys	Flea med	Worming tab
Cost	$8	$10	$3
Total for Cat	$231

   

Rabbit	$60
Water bottle	Pellet bowl	Pellets	Hutch	Straw
$8	$7	$8 for a kg	$150	$7
Total for Rabbit	$232

Rat	$7
Item	Cage	Food	Water feeder	Shavings for bed
Cost	$150	$6 per kg	$8	$10
Total cost for rat	$181

Frog	$4
Item	Tank	Fake rocks	Frog food	Water cond	Filter	Light/ heating
Cost	$30	$15	$10	$13	$24	$60
Total for Frog	$156

Axolotl	$20
Item	Tank	Filter	Axolotl Food	Water cond.
Cost	$30	$24	$13	$13
Total for Axolotl	$80

   

Turtle	$100
Item	Turtle food	Tank	Water cond.	Filter	Stones
Cost	$15	$30	$13	$24	$10
Total for Turtle	$192

Kirsty and I think that it would be best to get an Axolotl because it's cheaper and easier to look after, there is less to do so that they won’t have to take time to prepare work for the students to get a pet. 

Kirsty and I also discussed that you don’t need that much money to get the things because instead of getting the expensive brands you can get the budget brands.