Would you Rather?

Today in my MFM2P class we did some work on being a good group member. We talked about what we do when working with a partner. We share the marker and both contribute. We use clean language that is encouraging, respectful and positive. We ask good questions and learn from each other. We write our thinking so other groups can learn from us, and we listen with our ears AND our brain.

We did some review of graphing lines, to close some gaps made visible on yesterday’s test. We worked on graphing y=2x+4, y=2x+6, y=2x, and y=-2x+3. Then we looked for intersection points.

We noticed what makes lines parallel, and what positive and negative slopes look like, and what the constant in the equation means.

The next challenge we had was a would you rather challenge.

I had never tried this question before. It was a good chance to talk about what a pound is, what quarters and dimes are, and what information we’d need to solve the problem.

Students dove into the problem solving once we looked up the weight of a quarter and a dime is in ounces, and what a pound is in ounces. This task uses unit conversion and proportional reasoning. It’s fun to see how groups worked together to tackle the problem.

Spoiler: the value is about $25 in either case, which is pretty cool! We decided having that in quarters would be easier to manage.

There are lots of sites with would you rather questions prepared already, a quick google search can help you find your next mathematical challenge.

It was a good day with lots of teamwork, positive language, and participation. I hope we continue with this energy moving forward.