Mathematics - Making connections with learning outside the classroom

Wednesday 10th of September

Mathematics in the Travel agency

• Discounts
• 11 year olds and under will have a discount.
• 12 year olds and under will have to pay the adult fee.

Places I want to visit

• Bora Bora
• France
• USA
• Rome
• England

On Tuesday we did something much more fun than sitting in an old classroom learning about percentages,fractions, decimal etc. We went for a walk around the community looking for maths that is used in everyday life by hundreds of people.

On our walk we took our notebooks with us so we could write our notes. On our way to Settlers tours, we took pictures of car number plates, signs, the bus schedule, the phone booth and prices in the supermarket  When we got to the travel agency, we saw lots of brochures to all types of places we could travel to, like Asia and Indonesia.

Pauline was the lady at the front desk, she talked to us about the prices for adults and how children under 12 get a 10 percent discount, but if you are 13 and over you will have to pay the adult price. While she was talking to explained how hard it is to book flights for the customers, they will have to find a flight that will take them to their desired destination, while having to think if they would like to have money on their trip.

When we left the Settler tours we walked back to school but before that we stopped at the bank. While we were there they took pictures of the Atm that was in front of the bank, we didn’t spend as much time at the banks as we did at Settlers tour because we had to get back to school because Miss Bollut had to get back to her office. When we got back to school Kryzjon and I went back to class and the others went back room 8.

Mrs Dines wanted to show us that we use mathematics in everyday life. We might not realise it but we do.

Tricia