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Using Variables And Ratios To Get You in the Right Gear Lesson PlanUsing Variables And Ratios To Get You in the Right Gear Lesson Plan
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Using Variables And Ratios To Get You in the Right Gear

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Students examine the use of variable and ratio in everyday situations including figuring out the gear ratios for the gears on a 12 speed bike. They use the bubble sort technique to write a computer program which will determine the bicycle gears.

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ratios, variables

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Computer Programming, ratio, variable, math
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9th - 11th
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Math
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