Lesson 1

Discover

 

Read the cartoon and then answer the questions that follow in Try This 1.

 

 

Try This 1

1. If the Edmonton Oilers carry a roster of 21 players in this hockey season, then what would the average player’s salary be? Explain how you determined the amount.
2. Do all the hockey players earn the same amount? Are there players who earn more or less than the average salary? Explain.

Save your responses in your course folder.

 

Share 1

 

Discuss your findings with a partner or classmate and answer these questions.

1. Discuss what is meant by the “average salary” of an NHL player.
2. Did you and your partner calculate a similar value for “average salary”?
3. Did you and your partner use a similar method to come to a solution? Discuss your strategies and explain how your methods are the same and/or different.

  If required, place a summary of your discussion in your course folder.