TASKS
Gwen Stefani Itinerary 2
Meeting in Toronto 3
Designing a New School 4
2004 Summer Olympics Results 6
2006 Winter Olympics Results 8
The School Calendar 9
Playland Adventure 10
Nine Hole Golf Course 12
Terry Fox Fundraiser 14
Fair Teams 15
Basketball Tournament 17
Shopping Spree 19
The Two-Bike Race 21
Celebrity Travel Planning 23
The New Publishing Room 25
Cell Phone Plans 27
Giving Out Bonuses 28
Ski Trip Fundraiser 29
Race Around the World 30
Numeracy Definitions 32
Numeracy from Around the World 33
Types of Numeracy Tasks 35
Components of Numeracy Tasks 35
GWEN STEFANI ITINERARY
You are Special Events Coordinator for 94.3 The Max radio station. Gwen Stefani is coming to Prince George to do a concert and you have to coordinate her stay in town. Your task is to make an itemized itinerary of her 24 hour stay and submit it for her approval.
This itinerary MUST include meals, transportation, accommodation, as well as the following:
· airport pick-up 3:00 pm Friday
· airport drop-off 3:00 Saturday
· concert 8-11 pm Friday
· dinner with 2 radio station winners (1 hr. on Friday)
· sound check (1 hr.)
· radio interview (30 min.)
· minimum 8 hrs. sleep
· brunch on Saturday
The itinerary may also include any of the following optional activities (based on research of how she spent her time in Toronto & Vancouver):
· spa (2 hr.)
· casino (1-3 hr.)
· yoga (1 hr.)
· gym (1 hr.)
· dog-walking trails (1 – 2 hrs.)
· driving range for golf
Your itinerary will be submitted to Gwen for her approval. Gwen has never been to Prince George before, so you need to not only present your itinerary in a clear manner but you also need to justify your choices.
MEETING IN TORONTO
You have a 5:00 p.m. meeting in downtown Toronto on Thursday. What time do you need to leave your house in ______to get to the meeting on time?
There are flights that leaves ______for Pearson Airport in Toronto at:
6:00 8:20 9:00 10:10
11:00 12:00 13:00 14:00
14:30 16:00 17:30 22:45
23:45
DESIGNING A NEW SCHOOL
Prince George is getting a new 11000 m2 middle school. It is going to be built on a lot (200 m x 130 m) just outside of town. Besides the school, there will also be an all-weather soccer field (100m x 75m), two tennis courts (each 15m x 27.5m), and a 30 car parking lot on the grounds.
The following requirements must be met:
· all fields, courts, buildings, and parking lots must be no closer than 12.5m to any of the property lines.
· any left over property will be used as green space – grass, trees, shrubs.
· good use of green space is an important part of making the school grounds attractive.
To help you with your design and layout you have been provided with a scaled map of the property (every square is 10m x 10m). Present your final design on a copy of this map. Label all structures and shade the green space.
2004 Summer Olympic Results
Please decide on a strategy for ranking the following countries from 1 – 20, with 1 being the best.
GOLD / SILVER / BRONZEAustralia / 17 / 16 / 16
Brazil / 5 / 2 / 3
China / 32 / 17 / 14
Cuba / 9 / 7 / 11
France / 11 / 9 / 13
Germany / 13 / 16 / 20
Great Britain / 9 / 9 / 12
Greece / 6 / 6 / 4
Hungary / 8 / 6 / 3
Italy / 10 / 11 / 11
Japan / 16 / 9 / 12
Korea / 9 / 12 / 9
Netherlands / 4 / 9 / 9
Norway / 5 / 0 / 1
Romania / 8 / 5 / 6
Russia / 27 / 27 / 38
Spain / 3 / 11 / 5
Sweden / 4 / 2 / 1
Ukraine / 9 / 5 / 9
United States / 36 / 39 / 27
What was your strategy? Did it work for all the countries or did you have to modify it as you went?
2006 WINTER Olympic Results
Traditionally the final standings to determine the winning country at the Olympics are determined by the total number of medals won by each country. Many countries believe that this is not a FAIR system, and believe that a better way should be developed. Please decide on a NEW strategy for ranking the following countries from 1 – 12, with 1 being the best.
The following list represents the order of results from the 2006 Winter Olympics, held in Turin, Italy. The information in columns 6 and 7 may help develop a better ranking system. Keep in mind that ties are not allowed so you will have to have tie-breakers built into your system.
1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7GOLD / SILVER / BRONZE / Total Medals / # of athletes at the games / Population of the country
Germany / 11 / 12 / 6 / 29 / 164 / 82,422,299
United States / 9 / 9 / 7 / 25 / 211 / 298,444,215
Canada / 7 / 10 / 7 / 24 / 196 / 32,654,500
Russia / 8 / 6 / 8 / 22 / 178 / 142,893,540
Norway / 2 / 8 / 9 / 19 / 81 / 4,610,820
Sweden / 7 / 2 / 5 / 14 / 112 / 9,016,596
Switzerland / 5 / 4 / 5 / 14 / 143 / 7,523,934
China / 2 / 4 / 5 / 11 / 78 / 1,313,973,713
Italy / 5 / 0 / 6 / 11 / 184 / 58,133,509
Korea / 6 / 3 / 2 / 11 / 40 / 70,305,000
France / 3 / 2 / 4 / 9 / 89 / 60,876,136
Australia / 1 / 0 / 1 / 2 / 40 / 20,264,082
Your presentation to the International Olympic Committee must:
§ Represent your rankings.
§ Explain why you ranked the countries the way you did and what information you considered.
§ Explain how you account for ties.
§ Explain how your system is more FAIR than the system currently in place.
THE SCHOOL CALENDAR
You have been contracted by School District #57 to design a calendar for the 2009-2010 school year. For this project you will need to:
· Calculate the total number of minutes/days in a school year.
· Include a proposed calendar.
· Justify why your calendar is the best option.
· Identify any foreseeable problems with your calendar.
Playland Adventure
Your class is going on a field trip to Playland this spring. Before you go, your teacher has asked you to design two or three different theme packages. Each theme package will be made up of different rides that will appeal to a variety of students. Each student in the class will choose one of these theme packages for the field trip, so make them enjoyable for the variety of students that are in your class.
· Your class will arrive at the gates at 11:00 am, and will return to the buses at 2:00 pm.
· You need to determine which rides are in each package, as well as the order in which the rides will be taken.
· You have a maximum of 50 tickets to use in each ride combo.
When you are designing the theme packages, you should consider the following:
· ride location (use the map)
· cost of each ride in tickets
· duration of both the ride and the line-up
· transition time between rides (minimum of 1 minute to a maximum of 5 minutes) – make reasonable estimates
· other things you may have to budget time for
· the total time on the field trip
You will be asked to explain your reasoning for how you selected the various rides for each theme package, as well as which package you would choose for yourself.
Ride Name / Cost of Ride in Tickets / Ride Duration (minutes) / Line-up Duration1. Hell’s Gate / 5 / 3 / 10
2. Revelation / 20 / 5 / 10
3. Corkscrew / 7 / 1 / 20
4. Drop Zone / 20 / 5 / 10
5. Wooden Roller Coaster / 7 / 2 / 30
6. Climbing Wall / 2 / 10 / 15
7. Mini Golf / 2 / 30 / 3
8. Wave Swinger / 4 / 3 / 6
9. Crazy Beach Party / 5 / 3 / 6
10. Flume (Log Ride) / 6 / 4 / 40
11. Ferris Wheel / 2 / 15 / 5
12. Hellevator / 5 / 1 / 20
13. Enterprise / 4 / 4 / 4
14. Breakdance / 4 / 4 / 4
15. Bumper Cars / 3 / 3 / 13
16. Wild Mouse / 5 / 2 / 10
17. Pirate Ship / 4 / 3 / 8
18. Music Express / 4 / 5 / 5
19. Haunted House / 3 / 10 / 2
20. Scrambler / 4 / 3 / 3
NINE HOLE GOLF COURSE
Prince George is getting a new 9-hole golf course, which is going to be built on a treed lot just outside of town. Your task is to come up with a layout for the golf course.
Here are a few things that the owners of the golf course would like you to keep in mind:
· must be two par-3 holes, five par-4 holes, and two par-5 holes
· a par-3 must be between 150 and 200 metres in length
· a par-4 must be between 250 and 400 metres in length
· a par-5 must be between 400 and 500 metres in length and must have a bend in it
· all fairways are between 75 and 100 metres wide
· must start and finish in the same place
· can never be two par-3 holes or two par-5 holes in a row
· pond in the middle of the property that you need to work around
· must include a clubhouse and a parking lot
To help you with your design and layout you have been provided with a scaled map of the property (every square is 50m x 50m). Present your final design on a copy of this map.
· number the holes
· indicate tee boxes with the letter T
· indicate greens with the letter G
· indicate trees that are going to be left with the letter X
TERRY FOX FUNDRAISER
Last month your principal announced the annual Terry Fox Run and promised to provide a pizza lunch to the most deserving class. There were two ways to raise money for this event:
· Pledges – This form of fundraising required students to go door to door and get written promises (called pledges) from neighbours to donate a certain amount of money per kilometre that the student will run (for example: $1.00 per kilometre). After the run the student needed to go back to these neighbours to collect the money.
· Parent Donations – If students did not want to go to the trouble of seeking pledges they could simply have asked their parents for a donation. These donations had nothing to do with the Run in that they were not based on how far the students ran.
The Run was last week, the pledges and donations were collected, and the results were just announced AND for the first time in school history there is a tie … AND not only is it a tie, but it is a three way tie.
· Class A has 24 students and they collected $290 in donations and $20 in pledges.
· Class B has 28 students and they collected $150 in donations and $160 in pledges.
· Class C has 30 students and collected $35 in donations and $275 in pledges.
The principal can only afford to give pizza lunch to one class.
Which team should get the pizza lunch and why?
The principal is an ex-math teacher and is best convinced with mathematical arguments, so explain your decision by giving specific details about how you determined which class is most deserving.
FAIR TEAMS
A friend of mine of is planning a floor hockey unit, but she wants to have fair teams and needs your help. She has collected the following information to help you make your decisions.
There are some things she insists on when putting teams together. You must follow these conditions:
· There must be at least 2 girls per team.
· Each team must have 6 – 8 players.
· Each team’s players must have about the same amount of experience.
· Teams must be balanced and fair.
· You need to be able to explain your reasons for creating the teams, as well as the system or criteria you used.
· Use the information given on the chart.
· Record your team numbers on the chart.
Write a short paragraph to explain how you made up your fair teams. What criteria did you use to make your teams? How did you decide which team each person would be on?
Name / Years Playing Organized Hockey / Years Playing Organized Floor Hockey / Years Playing Intramural Floor Hockey / Years Involved in Other Sports / Team #1. Ally / 2 / 0 / 3 / 5
2. Art / 4 / 2 / 5 / 4
3. Bob / 3 / 1 / 5 / 6
4. Cindy / 2 / 0 / 3 / 2
5. Cody / 6 / 0 / 5 / 4
6. Don / 3 / 2 / 2 / 3
7. Deb / 0 / 0 / 1 / 4
8. Dora / 5 / 0 / 4 / 1
9. Erin / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2
10. Jon / 0 / 1 / 1 / 4
11. Jerry / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2
12. Harry / 4 / 1 / 5 / 3
13. Hilda / 2 / 1 / 3 / 7
14. Kora / 5 / 2 / 3 / 6
15. Kenny / 3 / 1 / 2 / 4
16. Larry / 4 / 1 / 1 / 6
17. Linda / 0 / 0 / 1 / 1
18. Lou-ella / 0 / 0 / 1 / 2
19. Mandy / 6 / 2 / 5 / 2
20. Nancy / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1
21. Ned / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3
22. Paul / 7 / 2 / 5 / 3
23. Peter / 4 / 3 / 3 / 2
24. Rob / 0 / 1 / 1 / 4
25. Rita / 0 / 1 / 1 / 3
26. Rick / 2 / 0 / 0 / 5
27. Randy / 1 / 0 / 0 / 4
28. Sharon / 0 / 0 / 1 / 3
29. Zach / 4 / 0 / 3 / 6
BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT