Hoarding subway tokens: does the transit commission's math add up? // Voting fractions

• Autores: Jean H. Wills, Margaret Cibes, James Greenwood, Louis Lim (ed. lit.), Lionel Garrison (ed. lit.)
• Localización: Mathematics teacher, ISSN-e 2330-0582, ISSN 0025-5769, Vol. 105, Nº 5, 2011-2012, págs. 330-332
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Students analyze items from the media to answer mathematical questions related to the article. The first clip uses percents to dispute a claim by the Toronto Transit Commission about rising fares; the second questions what makes a two-thirds majority. The mathematics in both includes fractions, decimals, and percents.