Would You Rather Math

This is a great Minds ON activity for lessons on budgeting and financial literacy.

URL: https://www.wouldyourathermath.com

Would you rather math is a great website for introducing lessons on budgets, breaking things down into comparable units, and ultimately financial literacy which is now a required mathematics strand in Ontario. 

During my most recent placement, I observed my associate teacher introduce her lesson using examples from this website and it was very effective in getting the students engaged and thinking about the lesson. The purpose isn't about what is right or wrong, but rather, having the students justify their choices.

The following is an example that can be used from the website:

https://www.wouldyourathermath.com/category/3to5/

In my experience some students would choose the 12 pages option because the daily reading requirement looked smaller. However, some students realized that the second option of reading 50 pages 3 times a week would result in the book being completed much sooner than the first option. Although this example does not relate directly to finances, it does provoke the students to think about budgeting in terms of time. This is an excellent example because there is no correct answer, what is most important is that the students explain why they made the choice they did.

Andrew@NU (OTECA)