Estimations and Approximations: The Money Munchers

A little background

  • In case you are trying the MARS MAP Classroom Challenges for the first time, it is recommended that you read the Brief Guide for teachers and administrators before you get started.
  • In this unit, students choose and use mathematics to model a problem situation.
  • In a whole-class discussion, students compare and evaluate the solution methods they have seen and used.
  • In the final part of the lesson, students spend ten minutes reviewing their individual solutions, and writing about what they have learned.
  • Additional resources for this lesson include: estimations_approximations_slides_beta.ppt

Objectives

  • To help you assess how well students are able to model a situation.
  • To help you assess how well students are able to make sensible, realistic assumptions and estimates.
  • To help you assess how well students are able to use assumptions and estimates to create a chain of reasoning, in order to solve a practical problem.
60 mins 7.G.B.4 7.G.B.6 7.G.B K-12.MP.1 K-12.MP.2 K-12.MP.3 K-12.MP.4 K-12.MP.6 7.G.B.5
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