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"Ponzi" Pyramid Schemes This task asks students to examine a pyramid scheme, caluclate the first tier profits, and explain what could go wrong. This task includes: |
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A Golden Crown? This task uses ratios and proportional relationships to determine if the King's crown is made of solid gold. This task includes: |
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Best Buy Tickets In this task, students must illustrate the best possible choices for printing, in terms of cost efficiency, for ticket printing. This task includes: |
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Best Size Cans In this task, students must find the can dimensions that will provide the smallest surface area while still being able to hold the predetermined volume of soda. This task includes: |
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Bird's Nest In this task, students will examine a graph to determine a relationship between the length and width of bird's eggs. This task includes: |
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Charity Fair In this task, students will use the rules of probability to discover options for making the charity games most profitable. This task includes: |
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Circle Pattern In this task. students will examine the ratios of inscribed circles of different colors. This task includes: |
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Circles and Squares This task requires students to determine ratios between measurements of multiple inscribed squares and circles. This task includes: |
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Circles in Triangles In this task, students must calculate the radius of various inscribes circles. This task includes: |
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Cooling Colas In Cooling Colas, students predict how long it will take cola to cool down to the desired temperature. This task includes:
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