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Engaging Math Discussion: Analyzing Truck Weight & Dirt Volume

This activity encourages students to estimate weights, volume, and understand percentages by analyzing a photo of a truck carrying dirt. Start with pair discussions on estimating and calculating the weight of the truck, dirt, and their total weight. Explore other topics like fuel consumption, tire pressure, and the physics of why dirt doesn't fall off the truck.

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Engaging Math Discussion: Analyzing Truck Weight & Dirt Volume

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  1. Tell me something mathematical about this photo.

  2. The next section should promote lots of discussion amongst the students. Start them off in pairs.

  3. Estimate the weight of the truck, the dirt and thetruck & dirt together.

  4. Note for the next sections the students may need access to some information to help them. Have resources at hand so that they can research the information they need. However actual figures are not required to do the other questions as it is estimation and understanding percentages.

  5. What are the actual weights of the truck, the dirt and thetruck & dirt together.

  6. Estimate the volume of the dirt.

  7. When dirtis dug out of the ground it bulks (increases its volume by 30%. What was the original volume?

  8. Other ideas for discussion Fuel consumption Tyre pressure Weight on each wheel Why doesn’t the dirt fall off the truck?

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