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ORC Resource Number #5043
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Taking Its Toll
Promising Practice
PROFESSIONAL COMMENTARY

This lesson is most meaningful to students in states like Ohio, where turnpike tolls are proportional to distance. Students use a toll ticket or a state website like The Ohio Turnpike to collect data on distance traveled versus the toll collected, and they create a scatterplot using spreadsheet software or a graphing calculator. They find the line of best fit and discuss the interpretation. Activity sheets, discussion questions, suggestions for assessment, lesson extensions, and questions for teacher reflection are included. (sw/js)

OHIO STANDARDS
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Mathematics Academic Content Standards
Patterns, Functions and Algebra Standard
Data Analysis and Probability Standard
NATIONAL STANDARDS
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Principles and Standards for School Mathematics
Algebra Standard
Data Analysis and Probability Standard
RESOURCE TYPE
Instructional Resource
PRACTICE LEVEL
Promising Practice
STANDARDS ALIGNMENT
Grades 7–10
TOPICS
Mathematics --
Algebra;
Linear functions;
Connections, applications;
Statistics;
Data display;
Technology;
KEYWORDS
spreadsheet;
graphing calculator;
line of best fit;
scatterplot
Publisher: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Author: Doug Schmid