Unit 5
Topic: Currency conversions, absolute value, converting units and reasoning quantitativelu.
Global context: Globalization and sustainability
Key Concept: Relationships
6.1 Can I exchange this please?
- 6.1 F Introduction to currency conversion
- Why do we need to convert currencies?
- What is an exchange rate?
- 6.1 F
- Example 1 (convert Swiss Fracs to Euros)
- Example 2 (convert Euros to Swiss Francs)
- Reflect and discuss 1
- Practice 1 (8 questions; 6-8 Problem solving)
- Exploration 1
- 6.1 C Financial Mathematics
- When are quantities in different currencies equivalent?
- 6.1 C
- Exploration 2
- Example 3 (with commissions)
- Practice 2 (5 problems; #4 and #5 are Problem Solving)
- Exploration 3 - comparing two banks
- Reflect and discuss 2
- Practice 3 (4 problems; #3 and #4 are Problem Solving)
- 6.1 D Currency as a quantity
- How do systems influence communities?
- 6.1 D
- Exoloration 4
- Reflect and discuss 3
- End of Section 6-1
- 6-1-Summary-End-of-Section Problems
- Summary
- Mixed Practice (10 questions)
- Review in context Globalization and sustainability
- reflect and discuss 3
How have you explore the statement of inquiry? Give specific examples.
7.1 Yes, I'm absolutely positive
- 7.1 F Introduction to absolute value
- What is a absolute value?
- 7.1 F
- Activity (temperature differences)
- Reflect and discuss 1
- Exploration 1
- Reflect and discuss 2
- Practice 1 (4 questions; 3-4 Problem solving)
- 7.1 C Properties of absolute value
- How are the properties of absolute value similar to other properties in mathematics?
- How can error be measure when estimating or approximating?
- 7.1 C
- Exploration 2
- Practice 2 (4 problems; #4 Problem Solving)
- Exploration 3 (measuring error)
- Example 1 (measuring error)
- Practice 3 (6 problems; #5 and #6 are Problem Solving)
- 7.1 D When is absolute value useful?
- How can error best be meaured?
- How do systems influence communities?
- 6.1 D
- Reflect and discuss 3
- Reflect and discuss 4
- End of Section 7-1
- 7-1-Summary-End-of-Section Problems
- Summary
- Mixed Practice (5 questions)
- Review in context Globalization and sustainability
- reflect and discuss 3
How have you explore the statement of inquiry? Give specific examples.
7.2 How do they measure up?
- 7.2 F Units for measurement
- What are the different systems of measurement?
- 7.1 F
- Exploration 1
- Reflect and discuss 1
- Practice 1 (2 questions)
- Systems of measurement
- The metric system
- Practice 2
(6 problems; #5 and #6 are Problem Solving)
- The imperial system
- Reflect and discuss 2
- Example 1
- Practice 3 (5 questions; Problems solving, questions 3 & 5)
- 7.1 C What units tell us
- How do we convert measures of area and volume into different units?
- 7.2 C
- Exploration 2
- Practice 4 (6 problems; #6 Problem Solving)
- Exploration 3
- Reflect and discuss 3
- Practice 5 (4 problems; #4 is Problem Solving)
- Example 2
- Practice 6 (7 problems; #7 is Problem Solving)
- Converting compound measures
- Example 3 (density of iron)
- Example 4 (speed limits)
- Practice 7 (13 problems; Problem Solving (7-8, 10, 13)
- 7.2 D More conversions and units
- Should we adopt a single global system of measurement?
- How do systems influence communities?
- 6.1 D
Conversions
- Activity
- Reflect and discuss 4
- Exploration 4
- Reflect and discuss 5
- End of Section 7-2
- 7-2-Summary-End-of-Section Problems
- Summary
- Mixed Practice (16 questions, problem solving (6-8, 14-16)
- Review in context Globalization and sustainability
- reflect and discuss 3
How have you explore the statement of inquiry? Give specific examples.
