Students observe and talk about historical data that shows the price of a gallon of gasoline over the years. use an online tool to find the inflation-adjusted cost of a gallon of gasoline over the years. create a graph to provide a visual representation of the actual cost vs. the inflation-adjusted cost of a gallon of gasoline. reflect on what they learned by creating their graphs.
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Charting Historical Gas Prices
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Materials Needed: gasoline cost data (provided), computer access (for access to an online inflation calculator; this could be done in a computer lab or as a whole-class activity in the single-computer classroom), graph paper
Author: Gary Hopkins
Source: © Education World
Tags / Keywords: actual cost, Algebra, Applied Math, chart, gasoline, graph, inflation, Statistics, table
Found in: 10th Grade • 11th Grade • 12th Grade • 6th Grade • 7th Grade • 8th Grade • 9th Grade • All Year Long • Mathematics • Technology
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