I would like you to write a Math Tale. What is that? These are short stories with a
problem to solve. What I suggest you to do is to write a funny math
story with a simple problem to solve about negatives. Use negative numbers and negative
situations (ex. Temperatures below zero, loans, money, debts, lifts…).
Work in pairs. Include your names and stories as a comment, and, of
course, solve your problem!You can see more examples in http://mathtales.ca/stories.html
And here you have a useful dictionary
You can start with: ONCE UPON A TIME... or LONG TIME AGO...
USEFUL VOCABULARY:
Below zero: bajo cero
Loan: préstamo
Credit: crédito
Steal, rob: robar
Lose: perder
Debt: deuda
Go down, decrease: bajar, descender
Go up, increase: subir, aumentar
Climb: escalar
Peak: cima, pico
lift: ascensor
basement: sótano
Enjoy it!
ALICIA
THE FREEZING VILLAGE
ReplyDeleteOnce upon a time, there was a village where they always had low temperatures. The thermometer marked below ten degrees.
The people were always very cold and covered to avoid death.
A day, temperature went up to twenty degrees and it was very hot because it was sunny.
Now the people were very happy, because the temperature increased thirty degrees.
THE END
Negative numbers
ReplyDeleteIn a hotel there is a reception on the 1st floor, a restaurant on the 2nd floor, a gym on the 3rd floor and the rest are apartments. I’m going to the gym, to restaurant and the 4th basement. How many floors I’m down?
I’m down -5 floors.
Once upon a time a boy called Brice moved to a very recognised village. His house was very very big. But it’s hasn’t got elevator. He said:
ReplyDelete- Oh no, this house is very big and I’m going to get tired. I go to say to my parents.
When he said to his parents they ignored her. Brice was sad.
- Oh no, my parents don’t want to build an elevator. What do i do ?
Mmm… I have got an idea ! I can build an elevator!! YES…!!
Brice called his best friend Juli for helped to build an elevator. Juli accepted.
When they build the elevator worked very well.
Brice and Juli was in the third plant. They wanted got to the second basement.
- Juli , What button we should pulse?
- Brice, I think that we pulse the button minus 2.
Brice and Juli g oto the second basement and they were happy because we build a nice elevator !
Now Brice lived happily ever alter in his new house. And Juli always visited his house.
Long time ago in a small village lived a bad man that did not want to celebrate Christmas. He was old and ugly, nobody loved him.
ReplyDeleteA group of friends stayed to sleep in Tina’s house, and thought a plan to kill that ugly man. When they felt asleep, they appeared in the negative numbers world.
This world was dark, suddenly a shadow appeared, as a shadow of a number, a one .The children were frightened and ran. Suddenly find a smaller house, when they entered to the house had lots of numbers, but no
Normal numbers… are negative numbers ! By continued…
Negative number
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Hello, I live on the seventh floor and my best friend lived on the first floor. I go to her house. Then We go to the garage on the floor minus three. In total I go down ten floors. Is the time lunch and We go to my house, We go up ten floors. The total are twenty floors. After lunch We go to the gym in the floor minus six. In total are 33 floors after and before lunch.
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