Beating Usain Bolt

Learning Resource Type

Classroom Resource

Subject Area

Mathematics

Grade(s)

5

Overview

Students will use mathematics to determine what is required to beat world champion Usain Bolt in a 200-meter race. This video focuses on systems of equations that are visualized by completing a table of values and looking for a point of intersection in a set of line graphs. 

Mathematics (2019) Grade(s): 5

MA19.5.2

Generate two numerical patterns using two given rules and complete an input/output table for the data.

UP:MA19.5.2

Vocabulary

  • Number pattern
  • Graph
  • Coordinate plane
  • X-axis
  • Y-axis
  • Origin
  • X-coordinate
  • Y-coordinate
  • Ordered pair
  • Generate
  • Sequence

Knowledge

Students know:
  • Strategies to identify numerical patterns and recognize the relationship between the terms in the pattern.
  • Reasoning strategies to generate a numerical pattern which follow a given rule.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Generate two numerical patterns using two given rules.
  • Complete an input/output table for data.
  • Identify relationship between terms in an input/output table.
  • Form ordered pairs from an input/output table.
  • Graph ordered pairs on a coordinate plane.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • relationships between two numerical patterns can be represented by ordered pairs and graphed in the first quadrant of the coordinate plane.
Mathematics (2019) Grade(s): 5

MA19.5.20

Graph points in the first quadrant of the coordinate plane, and interpret coordinate values of points to represent real-world and mathematical problems.

UP:MA19.5.20

Vocabulary

  • Coordinate system
  • Coordinate plane
  • First quadrant
  • Points
  • Lines
  • Perpendicular
  • X-axis
  • Y-axis
  • Origin
  • Ordered pair
  • Coordinate plane
  • Horizontal
  • Vertical
  • Intersection of lines

Knowledge

Students know:
  • Specific directions and vocabulary to explain ordered pair location.
  • The first number of an ordered pair indicates how far to travel from the origin in the direction of one axis and the second number indicates how far to travel in the direction of the second axis.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Graph points in the first quadrant.
  • Interpret coordinate values in context of the problem.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • graphing points on a coordinate plane provides a representation of a mathematical context which aids in visualizing situations and solving problems.

CR Resource Type

Audio/Video

Resource Provider

PBS

License Type

Custom
https://aptv.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/mgbh.math.g.race/beating-usain-bolt/

Custom License Type (URL)

https://aptv.pbslearningmedia.org/help/terms-of-use/

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