maths learning story

  “God used beautiful mathematics in creating the world.” by Paul Dirac.

Rylee wants to find out how many students at Corinna School would like to do an activity involving skateboards and bikes in their lunchtimes. She sends a survey to 205 students. The survey results come back to her as percentages.

How many students want to do each activity?

Activity	Percentage	Number of students
Bike track	40%
Skate park	60%

So the problem is asking us how many students want to do each

Activity.

I thought that I would start off by finding out 100%. I found out that 100% was 205 to find 50% I halved 205 and then I went 2052=102.5.

I know that 50% is the same as 1 half. To find 60% I have to add 10% to 50%

And then I went 102.5 + something = 60%.

The keycomps I used in my MATHS was taking a risk and going for it.

I was good at asking for help When I needed help my next steps are to workout 10% out of 205. Also my next steps are to work on the group norms of listening to

others in my group and sharing my ideas with them.