Shopping mall. Value for money.

Students are challenged to apply their mathematical knowledge to solve a real-life problem based in a shopping centre. This is a lesson starter designed for use in a KS3 maths lesson. The problem: Presenter Isaac Anoom asks the students to work out which is better value for money: a box of 80 teabag...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	Teachers TV (Television Channel) (Producer)
Format:	Video
Language:	English
Language Notes:	This edition in English.
Published:	[London] : Teachers TV/UK Dept. of Education, 2009.
Series:	Shopping mall ; 4-5.
Subjects:	Mathematics > Study and teaching > Great Britain. Mathematics > Problems, exercises, etc. Mathématiques > Étude et enseignement > Grande-Bretagne. Mathematics. Mathematics > Study and teaching. Great Britain. Alexander Street Video. Instructional television programs. Problems and exercises. Émissions pédagogiques télévisées.
Online Access:	Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)

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Summary:	Students are challenged to apply their mathematical knowledge to solve a real-life problem based in a shopping centre. This is a lesson starter designed for use in a KS3 maths lesson. The problem: Presenter Isaac Anoom asks the students to work out which is better value for money: a box of 80 teabags costing £1.50, or a box of 240 teabags, costing £3.80. This is a lesson starter designed for use in a KS3 maths lesson. Students are challenged to apply their mathematical knowledge to solve a real-life problem based in a shopping centre. The problem: Presenter Isaac Anoom asks students to compare two different mobile phone tariffs. Which one is better value for money? One pay-as-you-go tariff charges 35p per minute for calls. The second tariff charges rental at £10 per month and charges costing 15p per minute.
Item Description:	Title from resource description page (viewed Mar. 5, 2012).
Physical Description:	1 online resource (3 min.).