Grade 12 · lesson 1 of 4

Budget an adult aerobic-equivalent week

Budget an adult aerobic-equivalent week

About 18 minutes, plus any extended practice

Download the grade pack

Supplied materials

  • Paper or a text document; all cases below are original fictional learning inputs.
  • An adult may read aloud; drawing or spoken answers are valid. No personal health information or physical performance is required.
  • The separate worked case gives moderateAminutes=45, vigorousMinutes=30, moderateBminutes=45. Add moderate totals and twice vigorous minutes for this adult equivalence. First identify the quantities and keep their units consistent. The calculation is 45+2*30+45=150 moderate-equivalent minutes/week. Round to six decimal places where needed. That result answers this supplied planning question only. It does not establish what a real person did, diagnose a condition or prove physical skill. Compare the units with the question before accepting a number.
  • Fictional case 1: moderateAminutes=60, vigorousMinutes=30, moderateBminutes=30. What is the modeled result using the stated method?
  • Fictional case 2: moderateAminutes=70, vigorousMinutes=25, moderateBminutes=40. What is the modeled result using the stated method?
  • Fictional case 3: moderateAminutes=80, vigorousMinutes=20, moderateBminutes=20. What is the modeled result using the stated method?
  • Fictional case 4: moderateAminutes=50, vigorousMinutes=40, moderateBminutes=30. What is the modeled result using the stated method?
  • Fictional case 5: moderateAminutes=90, vigorousMinutes=15, moderateBminutes=30. What is the modeled result using the stated method?
  • Fictional case 6: moderateAminutes=40, vigorousMinutes=35, moderateBminutes=40. What is the modeled result using the stated method?

Learn the idea

This lesson uses a fictional eighteen-year-old, so adult activity guidance applies. An equivalent aerobic plan combines moderate minutes with roughly twice the vigorous minutes, alongside a separate muscle-days component. The equivalence is a planning conversion, not a required intensity choice.

Use three supplied non-overlapping totals: moderate minutes, vigorous minutes and a second moderate block total. Add both moderate totals and twice the vigorous total. Keep elapsed time and equivalent time distinct. Check other components separately.

No real exercise, equipment or health record is required. A drawing-only plan is complete. Actual activity should suit individual abilities and appropriate support; an arithmetic plan does not establish safety, participation or physiological benefit.

  1. Mark the facts or constraints in the supplied case.
  2. Apply the method explained above; draw a sequence, table or decision map.
  3. Compare your result with the worked solution and explain the difference.
  4. Complete the new cases, then check the changed-case extension.
Worked example

See the method in action

The separate worked case gives moderateAminutes=45, vigorousMinutes=30, moderateBminutes=45. Add moderate totals and twice vigorous minutes for this adult equivalence. First identify the quantities and keep their units consistent. The calculation is 45+2*30+45=150 moderate-equivalent minutes/week. Round to six decimal places where needed. That result answers this supplied planning question only. It does not establish what a real person did, diagnose a condition or prove physical skill. Compare the units with the question before accepting a number.

Your turn

Check your reasoning

Your answer is temporary and is not saved to an account. Download your current answer before leaving or reloading. Written work on paper or in another app stays in your own file.

Helpful tips
  • This model explicitly uses age 18; a 17 year-old needs the youth daily reference.
  • Equivalent aerobic minutes do not establish muscle days, actual participation or suitability.
Budget an adult aerobic-equivalent week: Fictional case 1: moderateAminutes=60, vigorousMinutes=30, moderateBminutes=30. What is the modeled result using the stated method?

Feedback appears here after you check. This is practice, not a graded school assessment.

See the answer and explanation

150 moderate-equivalent minutes/week

Add moderate totals and twice vigorous minutes for this adult equivalence. With moderateAminutes=60, vigorousMinutes=30, moderateBminutes=30, calculate 60+2*30+30=150 moderate-equivalent minutes/week. Results are rounded to six decimal places where needed. This is a supplied model, not a personal health assessment.

Take it further

Changed case: moderateAminutes=75, vigorousMinutes=20, moderateBminutes=35. Show the operation. Expected: 75+2*20+35=150 moderate-equivalent minutes/week; round to six decimal places where needed, retain model limits and explain the units.

Nothing here is saved to an account or sent to a teacher. The answer download includes your current choice and any checked feedback. It does not include choices from the separate More practice section. Download that section separately.

More practice: try new cases

Choose an answer for each problem. Explain your method on paper, then use the feedback to decide what to revisit.

More practice: try new cases
1. Budget an adult aerobic-equivalent week: Fictional case 2: moderateAminutes=70, vigorousMinutes=25, moderateBminutes=40. What is the modeled result using the stated method?
Need a hint?
  • This model explicitly uses age 18; a 17 year-old needs the youth daily reference.
  • Equivalent aerobic minutes do not establish muscle days, actual participation or suitability.
2. Budget an adult aerobic-equivalent week: Fictional case 3: moderateAminutes=80, vigorousMinutes=20, moderateBminutes=20. What is the modeled result using the stated method?
Need a hint?
  • This model explicitly uses age 18; a 17 year-old needs the youth daily reference.
  • Equivalent aerobic minutes do not establish muscle days, actual participation or suitability.
3. Budget an adult aerobic-equivalent week: Fictional case 4: moderateAminutes=50, vigorousMinutes=40, moderateBminutes=30. What is the modeled result using the stated method?
Need a hint?
  • This model explicitly uses age 18; a 17 year-old needs the youth daily reference.
  • Equivalent aerobic minutes do not establish muscle days, actual participation or suitability.

Your choices are temporary. Feedback appears after you check all the answers.

Nothing here is saved to an account or sent to a teacher. Keep your own notes or download them before leaving. The score describes these questions; it does not certify subject mastery.

Check the subject sources

These LifeStarter passages, scenarios and exercises are authored for this Academy with AI assistance and review. External resources keep their publishers’ terms. A grade label suggests a starting level; it does not establish alignment with your school’s complete requirements.