Students would need to collect data and set up and solve a proportion to answer this question. Other topics can be investigated in a similar way. Grades 9-12 1. Second, they must be able to describe the shape of the cross-section. Finally, they need to identify the desired area formulas.
Students can work in small groups or individually.
Deductive reasoning Roger doesn't believe that adding the same number of points to each student's test score will increase the average score by that same amount. Write a valid argument to convince Roger that this is true. It is particularly important that advanced students understand that there is an element of arbitrariness in how the rules are selected but that the encompassing system is consistent. The following problems can be given to geometry students, since one of the desired outcomes of teaching geometry is that students develop a sense of what constitutes an axiomatic system. The axiomatic nature of mathematics should be highlighted.