Practical numbers: Part 1
In this lesson, students are transported to a bustling ancient bazaar before the introduction of standardised measuring systems. They encounter the challenge of a shopkeeper who must determine how to weigh different quantities of spices most efficiently. Working in a financial context, students model this scenario using fractions, percentages and ratios, and communicate their solution in the form of a sign for their stall. This lesson is in two parts and is followed by Practical numbers: Part 2.
- Resource details
- Year level
- Year 7
- Purpose
- Teaching resource
- Strand
- Number
- Topic
- Proportion, rates and ratios Transformation Position and location
- Audience
- Teachers
- Format
- Webpage
- Numeracy progression
- Multiplicative strategies (P9) Interpreting fractions (P8) Proportional thinking (P2) Understanding money (P8) Additive strategies (P10)
- Publisher
- Commonwealth of Australia
- Copyright
- © 2024 Commonwealth of Australia. Creative Commons BY 4.0.
- Other terms
- Maths Hub lesson plan
