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Each year I use the TV Show, The Biggest Loser, as an application of percentages – here is a worksheet for 2012 setting out the contestant data that your students can use to perform some calculations.
I’m completing this activity earlier than normal this year, so the data is from earlier in the competition.
I recently used the “Locker Problem” in a Year 7 Maths Enrichment class (mixed ability). Here are some resources I used:
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Interactives | Spire Maths
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The Secret Math of Hot Dogs and Buns | Quanta Magazine
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The Riemann Hypothesis, explained | by Jørgen Veisdal | Cantor’s Paradise
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Desmos: Random Generated Slope & Y-intercept Activities | Communicating Mathematically
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