A blog about teaching and learning in a maths classroom.
Monday, 04 April 2011 | 0 Comments
Each year I use the TV Show, The Biggest Loser, as an application of percentages.
Below is a worksheet that sets out the contestant data that your students can use to perform some calculations.
Update
Using this activity on the last day of term, instead of it being a calculator exercise, I took the students to the computer lab to use Excel.
It became obvious as a couple of students completed the task that there is an interesting question to pose: Is The Biggest Loser fair?
I have replaced the worksheet below to make it an Excel task and add the question of whether the game is fair.
Posted in • Lesson Idea • Percentages • Printable • Worksheet | Short URL: http://mths.co/2176
New Subscribe to the …
MathsLinksSimon Job — eleventh year of teaching maths in a public high school in Western Sydney, Australia.
MathsClass is about teaching and learning in a maths classroom. more→
@simonjob
updates via @mathslinks
Sydney University abandons HSC prerequisites in diversity push
maths
Seven ways to use diagnostic questions to check for understanding
maths barton
Developing a departmental approach to problem-solving
maths barton
Developing a departmental approach to reviewing answers
maths barton
Developing a departmental approach to worked examples
maths barton workedexamples examples
Comments
There are no comments for this entry yet.