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๐ŸŽ„ 12 DAYS of CHRISTMAS โ„๏ธ
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Directions and Activities
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https://bit.ly/curts-12days
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โœ”๏ธ Directionsโ€ขThe '12 Days of Christmas' is a famous Christmas carol, but is also full of interesting math concepts to explore.
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โ€ขBelow you will find several '๐Ÿ› ๏ธ Tasks' and '๐Ÿค” Questions' to complete, which will allow you to explore these concepts.
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โ€ขSections marked with 'โœ”๏ธ Directions' will give you instructions to follow.
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โ€ขSections marked with 'โœ๏ธ Your answer' is where you can type in your response to the task or question.
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โ€ขSections marked with 'โœ‹ Click for help' will give you some hints or guidance if needed when you click the checkmark box.
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โ€ขSections marked with '๐ŸŽฏ Click for answer' will give you the solution to that question if needed when you click the checkmark box.
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โ€ขThis activity was developed by Eric Curts - ericcurts@gmail.com - ControlAltAchieve.com
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๐Ÿ› ๏ธ Task #1Collect the starting data
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โœ”๏ธ Directionsโ€ขOn the 'Data' tab you will find a grid that has 'Presents' for the vertical axis in Column A, and 'Days' for the horiontal axis in Row 3.
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โ€ขYour first task is to fill in the grid to show how many of each type of present you would receive on each day.
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โ€ขRemember on 'Day 1' all you get is one partridge in a pear tree, and by 'Day 12' you get all twelve types of presents, with one new type getting added each day from 'Day 1' up to 'Day 12'. For all the details, feel free to look at the lyrics to the song here: 12 Days of Christmas lyrics
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โ€ขBe sure to enter a zero for the cells where you do not get a certain type of present on a day.
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๐Ÿ› ๏ธ Task #2Explore totals by present type
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โœ”๏ธ Directionsโ€ขNow that you have the starting data entered on the grid, next you will explore several questions about the data.
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โ€ขThis first thing you will explore is how many of each present type you would get over the 12 Days of Christmas.
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โ€ขYou will use the 'Totals' column in Column N to calculate the totals for each type of present.
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โ€ขWork through each of the questions below to explore and complete this task.
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๐Ÿค” Question #1How can you calculate the totals for each type of present?
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๐Ÿค” Question #2Which present or presents will you get the most of? How many?
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๐Ÿค” Question #3Which present or presents will you get the fewest of? How many?
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๐Ÿค” Question #4Can you create a chart that will visually represent the totals for each type of present?
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๐Ÿค” Question #5Do you find anything interesting about the shape of the chart? How might you summarize the information the graph is displaying?
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๐Ÿ› ๏ธ Task #3Explore totals by days
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โœ”๏ธ Directionsโ€ขNow that you have found the totals for each type of presents, next you will explore how many presents you get on each day.
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โ€ขYou will use the 'Totals' row in Row 16 to calculate the totals for each day of the 12 days.
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โ€ขWork through each of the questions below to explore and complete this task.
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๐Ÿค” Question #6How can you calculate the totals for each day?
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๐Ÿค” Question #7On which day will you get the fewest presents? How many?
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๐Ÿค” Question #8On which day will you get the most presents? How many?
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๐Ÿค” Question #9Can you create a chart that will visually represent the total number of presents you get on each day?
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๐Ÿค” Question #10Do you find anything interesting about the shape of the chart? How might you summarize the information the graph is displaying?
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๐Ÿ› ๏ธ Task #4Explore grand total of presents
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โœ”๏ธ Directionsโ€ขNow that you have found the totals for each type of present, and the totals for each day, finally you will explore how many presents you would end up with total at the end of all 12 days of Christmas.
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โ€ขYou will use Cell N16, where the 'Totals' column and the 'Totals' row intersect, to calculate the grand total of presents for all 12 days.
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โ€ขWork through each of the questions below to explore and complete this task.
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๐Ÿค” Question #11How can you calculate the grand total of how many presents you will receive for all 12 days?
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๐Ÿค” Question #12What is the grand total of presents you will receive for all 12 days of Christmas? Do you notice anything special or significant about this number?
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