Description
This is a student-centered workbook that reviews students’ application of concepts in mathematics such as:
Percentages
Representing data as bar charts or pie charts
Working out combinations of two or three items
Using area and perimeter
Use models to solve problems
Fractions
The main concept addressed in this workbook is Combinatorics. Students are encouraged to find combinations using some sort of reasoning using mathematical models without being introduced to the algorithm or calculators. This is believed to be important to develop students’ conceptual understanding. So when students are introduced to the algorithms involving number of possible combinations and permutations in later grades, they will know what x! mean.
There are 12 tasks for students to work on in this workbook to develop basic skills without use of technology.
Task 1 - Display survey data as bar charts.
Task 2 - Calculating percentages and displaying this data a bar charts as well as pie charts.
Tasks 3, 4, 7, and 8 – working out combinations of three possibilities from a given number of objects.
Task 5 and 6– Calculating costs of whole objects.
Task 9 – Calculating costs of fractions of objects.
Task 10 – Reasoning with areas and perimeters
Task 11 – Rate of production.
Task 12 – Calculating and predicting profit.
Highlights
Description
This is a student-centered workbook that reviews students’ application of concepts in mathematics such as:
Percentages
Representing data as bar charts or pie charts
Working out combinations of two or three items
Using area and perimeter
Use models to solve problems
Fractions
The main concept addressed in this workbook is Combinatorics. Students are encouraged to find combinations using some sort of reasoning using mathematical models without being introduced to the algorithm or calculators. This is believed to be important to develop students’ conceptual understanding. So when students are introduced to the algorithms involving number of possible combinations and permutations in later grades, they will know what x! mean.
There are 12 tasks for students to work on in this workbook to develop basic skills without use of technology.
Task 1 - Display survey data as bar charts.
Task 2 - Calculating percentages and displaying this data a bar charts as well as pie charts.
Tasks 3, 4, 7, and 8 – working out combinations of three possibilities from a given number of objects.
Task 5 and 6– Calculating costs of whole objects.
Task 9 – Calculating costs of fractions of objects.
Task 10 – Reasoning with areas and perimeters
Task 11 – Rate of production.
Task 12 – Calculating and predicting profit.
