Please note: This site contains links to websites not controlled by the Australian Government or ESA. More information here.
Nana's chocolate milk
In this Three-Act task, students are shown a video of Dan making Nana's chocolate milk. The proportion of milk to powder is incorrect. The task is for the students to calculate how to fix this error.
Additional details |
|
| Year level(s) | Year 7 |
|---|---|
| Purpose | Teaching resource, Student task |
| Format | Web page |
| Keywords | ratio, proportion, fraction |
Curriculum alignment |
|
| Curriculum connections | Critical and creative thinking, Numeracy |
| Strand and focus | Number, Build understanding, Apply understanding |
| Topics | Proportion, rates and ratios |
| AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions |
AC9M7N08
Recognise, represent and solve problems involving ratios |
| Numeracy progression |
Interpreting fractions (P8)
Multiplicative strategies (P9) Proportional thinking (P3) |
Copyright details |
|
| Organisation | Dan Meyer |
| Copyright | © Dan Meyer. Creative Commons BY-NC 3.0 |
Related resources
-
Proportional reasoning: Year 7 – planning tool
This planning resource for Year 7 is for the topic of Proportional reasoning.
Resource details -
Ratio connections
A short mathematical inquiry that focuses on multiplicative relations to help students understand ratio.
Resource details -
Rates and ratios: Year 8 – planning tool
This planning resource for Year 8 is for the topic of Rates and ratios.
Resource details -
Proportional reasoning video
Use this video as a springboard to explore scaling or proportional thinking, and to apply that thinking in a food context, drawing on reasoning and mathematical modelling.
Resource details