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The Enquiring Mind Maths Learning Centre tutorials 2019

Explore the significance of numbers by comparing sizes and using stories to make them meaningful. Learn to analyze numbers based on context and relate them to real-life scenarios through engaging activities. Unlock the power of averages and percentages in comparing data sets. Enhance your math comprehension with creative problem-solving and interactive group exercises. Discover how to interpret numbers within stories for a deeper understanding. Develop your skills to interpret and analyze numbers effectively in various contexts. Enhance your mathematical reasoning through engaging activities and real-world applications.

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The Enquiring Mind Maths Learning Centre tutorials 2019

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  1. The Enquiring Mind Maths Learning Centre tutorials 2019 Maths Learning Centre at UofA: www.adelaide.edu.au/mathslearning

  2. How many? (Pick something you can say “how many” about. Write just the number on the board.) You have to know what a number measures/counts for it to be meaningful. Maths Learning Centre at UofA: www.adelaide.edu.au/mathslearning

  3. 100 people 2 kg 5 hours When is this big? When is this small? When is this in the middle? Numbers are only meaningful by comparison. Maths Learning Centre at UofA: www.adelaide.edu.au/mathslearning

  4. RESOURCE: “Is that a big number?” http://www.isthatabignumber.com/ Maths Learning Centre at UofA: www.adelaide.edu.au/mathslearning

  5. You are now SQUEETLES – you each have a card showing what you look like and how high you can jump. • (The grey number is just there so I can make sure I get all my cards back later.) • I’ll rearrange you into several bigger groups. • Compare your squeetles to each other within your groups. Maths Learning Centre at UofA: www.adelaide.edu.au/mathslearning

  6. Choose one squeetle from your big group who best represents the whole group’s jumping height.(Don’t take into account the patterns.) • Send your representatives to the front and we’ll talk. Averages help to compare numbers between groups, but don’t necessarily represent individuals. Maths Learning Centre at UofA: www.adelaide.edu.au/mathslearning

  7. Choose one squeetle from your big group who best represents the whole group’s body pattern.(Don’t take into account the jumping heights.) • Send your representatives to the front and we’ll talk. Percentages help to compare groups in terms of more or less in a category (since there is no such thing as a representative category). Maths Learning Centre at UofA: www.adelaide.edu.au/mathslearning

  8. What we’ve seen so far: • You have to know what a number measures/counts for it to be meaningful. • Numbers are only meaningful by comparison. • Averages help to compare numbers between groups, but don’t necessarily represent individuals. • Percentages help to compare groups in terms of more or less in a category. • THE STORY IS WHAT MAKES THE NUMBERS MEANINGFUL Maths Learning Centre at UofA: www.adelaide.edu.au/mathslearning

  9. A word problem in the classic style: Squeetles are the latest pet craze! An online poll asked people to choose which of striped or spotted squeetles were cuter. From 250 responses, 60% said that spotted squeetles were cuter. How many people said striped squeetles were cuter? Maths Learning Centre at UofA: www.adelaide.edu.au/mathslearning

  10. A word problem in the classic style: Squeetles are the latest pet craze! An online poll asked people to choose which of striped or spotted squeetles were cuter. From 250 responses, 60% said that spotted squeetles were cuter. How many people said striped squeetles were cuter? READ 1 READ 2 READ 3 The story The details The goal Three reads: Maths Learning Centre at UofA: www.adelaide.edu.au/mathslearning

  11. What we’ve seen so far: • THE STORY IS WHAT MAKES THE NUMBERS MEANINGFUL • You have the skills to make sense of numbers using the story. Maths Learning Centre at UofA: www.adelaide.edu.au/mathslearning

  12. Maths Learning Centre at UofA: www.adelaide.edu.au/mathslearning

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