Years 7–8 lesson and unit ideas
- Unit
Best value at the supermarket
Work out unit prices to compare pack sizes, then use ratios and rates to decide which is the better buy.
- Lesson
Sums of two dice
Roll two dice many times, compare the experimental results with a table of all 36 outcomes, and explain why 7 is most likely.
- Lesson
Design a garden bed
Find the rectangle with the biggest area for a fixed length of edging, using a table of lengths and widths.