Wednesday, 7 March 2012

finding maths in every day life

such a cute photo, but wheres the maths??
  • centre of gravity/balance 
  • weight of the child, 
  • height of the child, 
  • how many bones/muscles does she have?
  • age in months, weeks, days etc. 
  • cost of raising the child
  • cost of the top 
  • how much material  is in the top? 
  • how long did it take to make the to? 
  • where was it made - how much did the workers get paid? 
  • (past four questions apply for the Elmo toy)
  • how big is the Elmo toy? 
  • how many of the Elmo toys exist?
  • how many different type of Elmo toys are there?
  • how old is Elmo?
  • how does the mechanics in the Elmo toy work?
and that's just the start....

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