Real-Life Math Activities: Moving from Mathematics Instruction to Numeracy Development

Name: Candace Leis

School: Albert Lacombe

Planning the Grade Six Camping Trip to Birch Bay Ranch

Activity

Math inquiry questions

Related math concept

Schedule

How many activities do we have planned?

Division, Time

Do we need to plan extra activities for time not devoted to

camp activities?

Time

How much time is devoted to each activity?

Division, Time

How many students will need to be in each group based on

the number of activities we have planned?

Division

How many students are attending?

Addition

How much does the camp charge per student?

Multiplication With Decimals, Division

with Decimals (depending on how the
invoice is broken down)

Is there a charge for adults?

Multiplication With Decimals, Addition

With Decimals

How many buses are required?

Division

How much will each bus cost?

Multiplication with decimals

What is the cost per student for the bus?

Division with decimals

What is the total cost per student before fundraising taken

away?

Addition with decimals

Cost (including bus, less

fundraising from grade
five concession at last
years track and field
day)

How much money was raised to put towards the trip?

How much money can be taken off per student due to funds
raised?

Subtraction With Decimals, Division

With Decimals

Supervisors

How many supervisors are needed to meet requirements?

Ratios

Cargo

How much cargo space is required to transport student and

adult luggage?

Measurement, Estimation,
Multiplication With Decimals