Week 10

Numeracy Week 10

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• Which of these phrases do you think doesn’t belong? Why? Does a member of your household have a different answer?

• • 3 times more than 8

• • 4 times more than 6

• • 6 times more than 3

• • 2 times more than 12

• City politicians decide that there should be one community centre for every 5,000 people. How many community centres do you think they should build for a population of 32,800 people? OR If you know the approximate population for your own community, how many community centres do you think your community should have, based on the ratio mentioned above?

• Would you Rather?

You get a job delivering newspapers. How would you rather be paid? Why?

• • Option A: Earn $1 for every 3 newspapers OR

  • Option B: Earn $2 for every 5 newspapers

Tip: Making a chart might help you.

How much will you have earned for each option if you delivered 30

newspapers?

• Try this activity with a sibling or adult in your home. One person

poses in an interesting way. The other person creates the reflection

of the pose across from their partner. It should look like you are looking in a mirror. Try this with a variety of different poses at different heights and with a different number of points touching the floor. Be creative!

• Play a game of Human Rock, Paper Scissors. Rather than making the symbol with your hand, use your whole body. Crouch down small for the rock, jump up like a star with your arms and legs out for paper and jump one leg back and one leg forward with arms opposite legs in a scissor lunge for scissors, or create your own actions.

• • What is the probability that your partner will play a rock?

  • What is the probability that your partner will not play scissors?

  • Play 20 rounds and record what action your partner does each time.

  • How many times did they make a rock? Scissors? Paper? What was

  • the probability of each?

  • Would you expect the same results if you played 100 rounds?

• Numeracy Week 10 printable