Figure Me Out

“We all have numbers that mean something to us. Numbers that are very important in our lives: birth dates, lucky numbers, siblings, favorite sports athletes, etc.  When you're 12, you tend to like the number 12!  If you were born on July 29, you usually smile a little or get happy when you see the number 29.”

For this project, the student will demonstrate his/her understanding of the order of operations by creating a poster or Google presentation that incorporates numbers (and computation) into a page about their own lives.

The student will use the strategies and rules they've learned about Order of Operations to create problems using the numbers that are significant to their life.

The students need to include the following:

1. You need to have at least 5 (regular math) or 7 (AC math) problems.
1. Using numbers that are significant to your life. (ie. birthday, age, shoe size,  # of people in your family, # of states you’ve visited, etc.)
2. Each problem must have at least 3 steps
3. You must have at least 1(regular) or 2(AC) problems with exponents
4. You must have at least 1(regular) or 2(AC) problems with parentheses
5. You need to solve each equation
6. You may include pictures (as long as they are school appropriate)

GOAL : The SIGNIFICANT NUMBER is the answer to the order of operations question.

ie. Shoe Size is 9, so the answer to the problem should be 9.

For Exceeds - You need to include negatives, decimals, &/or fractions in at least TWO of your problems.

Students have begun working on their Figure Me Out Projects and are very interested in the project as it it completely about them. The students love to share about themselves, and this project is the perfect way for them to tell their classmates about themselves.