A World of Maths Hotel

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1 SÄNDNINGSDATUM: PROGRAMNR: /tv1 A World of Maths Hotel Lead-in Hotel and Catering Vocabulary Work together in groups and brainstorm as many words or phrases to do with hotels; Things you find in the restaurant, e.g. cutlery, crockery Things you find in the rooms, e.g. pillow cases, hangers, kettle Verbs and phrasal verbs to do with restaurants and hotels, e.g. to take an order Viewing 1. Reception How would you work out when most of the guests are in their rooms. 2. The bath How would you work out the volume of the bath? How long night it take to fill up? 3. Bed linen How would you work out how much bed linen the hotel needs to have in stock? 4. Laundry How would you work out how much dirty laundry is produced in the hotel each day? When might the laundry staff be busiest? 5. Toilet rolls How would you work out how many toilet rolls are used in the hotel in a week? 6. Staff rotas How would you work out how many housekeepers the hotel needs to employ?

2 SÄNDNINGSDATUM: PROGRAMNR: /tv1 7. Restaurant How would you work out how many people the restaurant can cater for in a day? How many members of staff they might need? How much cutlery, crockery and glasswear do you think they need? 8. Menu How many combinations of three-course meal could you choose from the menu? 9. Staff ratio How would you work out how many members of staff the hotel should employ? 10. The price of food How do you think the hotel works out the price of each dish on the menu? 11. Risotto How would you change the recipe to make the right amount of risotto for eight people? 12. Cocktail time How would you scale up this recipe so that everyone in your group can have a drink? After viewing Summarise and clarify the concepts, vocabulary and processes you have used in this lesson. Homework Write a short journal entry describing of the uses of mathematics in a hotel.

3 SÄNDNINGSDATUM: PROGRAMNR: /tv2 A World of Maths Night Train Lead-in Train Vocabulary 1. What is the opposite of a one-way ticket? 2. What is the English term for avgångsplattform? What is the opposite of avgång? 3. When getting to the train station, what is the difference between on time and in time? 4. What is a bunk? A sleeping car? An aisle? A compartment? Viewing 1. The Journey What is the total distance travelled and the total time it takes? Distance London Euston dep 2115 Watford Junction dep 2133 Crewe dep 2345 Preston dep 0044 (Train stops and splits at Edinburgh) Westerton arr 0555 Dalmuir arr 0603 Helensburgh Upper arr 0626 Garelochhead arr 0640 Arrochar & Tarbet arr 0705 Ardlui arr 0720 Crianlarich arr 0741 Upper Tyndrum arr 0753 Bridge of Orchy arr 0811 Rannoch arr 0840 Corrour arr 0856 Tulloch arr 0915 Roy Bridge arr 0927 Spean Bridge arr 0934 Fort William arr 0952 Vacate cabins by 0954

4 SÄNDNINGSDATUM: PROGRAMNR: /tv2 2. Train size How would you work out the total weight and length of the train? 3. Passengers How would you work out the total number of passengers the train can carry? 4. Staff ratio How many members of staff would they need if the train is full of passengers? 5. Ticket prices Why do you think the train company sells tickets at so many prices? 6. Food and drink Can you work out the net of the coffee cups and snack boxes? 7. The cabins How would you compare these cabin beds with a full-sized bed? How about the size of a cabin with a normal bedroom? 8. Laundry How would you work out how many clean sheets they need each week? 9. Cleaning the trains The train is split into three at Edinburgh. How would you organise the coaches so that they all get to Inverness to be cleaned? 10. Train speed How would you work out the average speed for the whole journey and for the different sections of it? 11. Single track What is the average speed of the journey from Rannock to Tullock? 12. Patterns What maths can you see in the patterns?

5 SÄNDNINGSDATUM: PROGRAMNR: /tv2 13. and finally Spean Bridge to Fort William? After viewing Summarise and clarify the concepts, vocabulary and processes you have used in this lesson. Homework Write a short journal explaining your strategies, accomplishments, frustrations and any other feelings you may have.

6 SÄNDNINGSDATUM: PROGRAMNR: /tv3 A World of Maths Ice Rink Lead-in Sports vocabulary How do you play / do some of these sports? Example: cricket a teamgame usually played in the outdoors. There are two teams of 11 players and is played on a cricket pitch with a bat, a cricket ball and stumps. What about these? Football, badminton, tennis, darts, rugby, ice-hockey, skiing and ice-skating. Have you any ideas how an ice-rink works? Viewing 1. The rink 2. Barriers How would work out the surface area of the ice rink? How would you work out how many barriers they need to go all around the edge of the ice rink? 3. Cooling the rink How would you work out how much glycol liquid they are going to use? What might be the total length of the pipes under the ice that the glycol will go in? 4. Adding water How much water will they use to cover the ice rink? 5. Building ramps Find some steps and work out how you would build a safe ramp up them. 6. Pipe in a crate How would work out the length of pipe coiled up in the crate? 7. Paying customers Have a go at working out how much money they might make during the skating season.

7 SÄNDNINGSDATUM: PROGRAMNR: /tv3 8. Ice sweeper How would you work out the shortest distance the ice sweeper could need to travel to completely clean the ice? 9. Skate sizes How would you work out how many pairs of skates of each size the ice rink should have? Shoe size conversion chart British European Falling over What is the probability that someone will fall over if they go ice skating for an hour? 11. and finally What is a bylaw? (Don t forget your Swedish!!) After viewing Summarise and clarify the concepts, vocabulary and processes you have used in this lesson. How does an ice-rink work? Homework Write a short journal entry describing how an ice-rink works using the mathematics you used in this lesson.

8 SÄNDNINGSDATUM: PROGRAMNR: /tv4 A World of Maths The Mini Lead-in Car vocabulary Work together in groups and brainstorm as many words or phrases to do with cars; Things you find in the interior and exterior of cars, e.g. wing mirrors Different types of cars, e.g. convertible Also words to do with driving, e.g. speed limit, driving licence Viewing 1. The volume of a mini How would you work out the internal volume of a mini? 2. Production line How many Mini Mark IIs might be on the road now? 3. Custom car How would you work out how many trim combinations are possible? 4. Shift patterns If you owned a mini, how probable is it that another identical mini exists? 5. Wheels How would you work out a shift pattern for the staff and the production line? What mathematics can you see in the wheels? 6. Colours Do the cars coming off the production line support the facts of favourite colour / favourite type of mini? 7. Cars per person If you worked on the production line on an eight hour shift, how many minis might you work on?

9 SÄNDNINGSDATUM: PROGRAMNR: /tv4 8. One-minute journey In a one-minute journal what is the average speed the mini is travelling at? 9. Stopping distance Based on the stopping distances, what might the stopping distance be at 90mph? 10. Time trial In the time trial between a mini and a motorcycle, what is the percentage difference between the their two journey times? How do you think cars measure their speed and the distance they travel? 11 and finally Why do you think the mini is such a popular car? After viewing Summarise and clarify the concepts, vocabulary and processes you have used in this lesson. Homework Write a short journal entry describing of the uses of mathematics in a car factory.