Calories Assignment :: Performance Test 01
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Complete the following tasks using the Calories Spreadsheet
from the web site.

1. What is the total number of calories used by a man weighing 200 pounds, jogging for 30 minutes?

 

2. A lady weighing 125 pounds spent 20 minutes carrying her groceries upstairs. She played Frisbee for 40 minutes with her son before spending 1 hour mowing the grass. How many calories did she use?

 

3. Joe and his wife go dancing every Saturday night for 3 hours. Joe’s weight is 260 pounds and his wife’s weight is half of Joe’s. How many calories did Joe’s wife use?

 

4. Michael needs to lose weight (he weighs 240 lbs). Which of these would make him use the most calories?

  • a. Jogging for 1 hour, Playing Frisbee for 20 minutes, Sky Diving for 2 hours
    b. Jogging for 30 minutes, Mowing for 1 hour, Carrying Groceries Upstairs for 20 minutes
    c. Dancing for 3 hours, Mowing for 1.5 hours Sky Diving for 1 hour

 

5. You have 2 hours to workout and you weigh 160 pounds. You will pick two of the activities listed below and spend 1 hour doing each. Which two activities use the most calories?

  • a. Lawn Mowing

  • b. Jogging

  • c. Sky Diving

 

6. How many calories does a 100-pound person use if this person sky dives for 40 minutes and then mows grass for 3 hours?

 

7. Give the total number of calories used if a 135 pound person plays Frisbee for 55 minutes, jogs for 2 hours, and carries groceries upstairs for 10 minutes.

 

8. How many minutes would a 150-pound person have to jog to burn 567 calories?

 

9. Which two activities could a 200-pound person do for ten minutes that would burn the same amount of calories?

 

10. A 100-pound person wanted to burn exactly 551 calories. If this person first plays Frisbee for 40 minutes, how many minutes of jogging would then be need to burn all 551 calories?

 

11. Jean is watching her calorie intake but wants to eat a slice of German Chocolate cake containing 414 calories. How much does Jean weigh, if she had to play Frisbee for 144 minutes in order to burn off the calories in the slice of cake?

 

12. How many minutes would Jean have to play Frisbee (to burn off the calories in the slice of cake from question 11) if she weighed 180 pounds?