January 20 on Plane Food

Simple Maths Airlines Need to Use

There are 14 seats on the lower cabin and 26 seats on the upper cabin where this fruit platter is served. 

How many watermelon balls should be packed in the box for upper and lower cabins, given that the airline packed 10% extra?

How many pounds or kilograms of grapes should be packed in the box for upper and lower cabins, given that the airline packed 10% extra? You may need to obtain essential information that are missing.

More Difficult Mathematics Airlines Need to Use

For TG910 from BKK to LHR, supper and breakfast are served. There are four main course options for supper and three for breakfast. The airline also wants to make sure each of the 40 passengers in this class of service get their choice. An easy but expensive way is to prepare 40 sets of each option but clearly it is wasteful to pack 280 sets for 40 passengers.

Propose the data needed for airlines to pack each meal option so that every passenger get his or her choice 95% of the time.

This is an example of a mathematics project where students do mathematical modeling.