Muriwai's Maths Learning Story
Muriwai’s Maths Learning Story The story in the prob lem is about percentages and decimals Rylee wants to find out how many students at Corinna School would like to do an activity involving skateboards and bikes in their lunchtimes . She sends a survey to 205 students . The survey results come back to her as percentages. How many students want to do each activity? Activity Percentage Number of students Bike track 40% 82 Skatepark 60% 123 We have been learning about percentages and decimals and in maths In maths I wrote a number line then I drew 100 percent and 50 percent and 50 percent was 102.5 I was trying to work out 10 percent to work out 40 and 60 percent I knew 10 percent would be a decimal I worked out 10 percent and it was 20.5 then the two answers I got were 82 and 123 When I was figuring out this problem I was taking a risk Listening to other peoples ideas when I was stuck The next time I try to so...