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Investigations

When undertaking your investigations, remember the problem-solving cycle steps.

• Formulate – Sort out and plan what you need to know and need to do to solve the problem.

• Explore – Use and apply the maths required to solve the problem.

• Communicate – Record and write-up your results.

1 Interpreting and understanding numbers

Choose an investigation topic with information that interests you that involves many different types of numbers. You can choose from the list of topics discussed in this chapter which is shown below, or pick your own topic based on your interests.

•Sports information about basketball player Patty Mills

•Instructions for mixing bleach

•Weather forecasts

Analyse and discuss the different types of numbers that are embedded in the information on your topic, including the numbers which you need to read and understand.

Compile a report about the information on your topic that answers the following questions.