1. Steve needs 2 sticks and 3 diamonds to make a diamond pickaxe:
How many pickaxes can he make if he has:
a) 6 sticks and 9 diamonds?
b) 8 sticks and 12 diamonds?
c) 12 sticks and 18 diamonds?
2. How many sticks and diamonds will he need:
d) if he wants to make 10 pickaxes?
e) if he wants to make 15 pickaxes?
3. Night is falling, and Steve needs to craft some gold swords to keep
him and his friends safe from creepers. He has 14 gold ingots, and 5
sticks.
a) how many swords could he craft?
b) how many gold ingots would he have left over?
4a. One whole day in Minecraft (from sunrise to sunrise) takes 20 minutes of real time. How long is a
Minecraft week in real time?
4b. How long is a Minecraft year in real time? (hint: there are 365 days in a year)
5a. Steve returns to the surface with 64 items in his inventory. Half of the items are iron ingots. A quarter of
them are coal. The remaining items are split evenly between emerald ore and gold ore. How many of each
item does Steve have? Complete the table (the quantities should add up to 64), then draw and label a pie
chart to show how many of each item he is carrying.
Iron ingot
Coal
Emerald ore
Gold ore
5b. What fraction of Steve’s inventory is gold ore? (clue: it can be written as something over sixty-four, but
this fraction can also be simplified)