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The Biggest Loser 2012

Monday, 20 February 2012 ·

The Biggest Loser 2012 Worksheet

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.

Locker Problem

Monday, 06 February 2012 ·

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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Simon Job — eleventh year of teaching maths in a public high school in Western Sydney, Australia.
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