Americans love burgers! Pupils determine whether a given claim about burgers is true by reasoning from the provided information. The task involves operations with scientific notation.

Concepts

scientific notation, unit rates, percents

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Additional Tags

math

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Instructional Ideas

• Use the task as an assessment tool
• Have pupils research the current U.S. population to use in their calculations

Classroom Considerations

• The task is listed as an apprentice task, which is more involved than a novice task but less complex than an expert task

Pros

• Simple, straightforward task that does not require extra direction
• Incorporates a writing task in the math classroom

Cons

• Scoring rubric may be a bit confusing

Common Core

8.EE.A.4 MP2 MP3 MP6 MP7