ACTIVITY 1E: ALL LINED UP - FIGURE IT OUT!
Description
Students place values from a stock table on a number line.
Math Objectives
The student will be able to:
• Order decimals
• Order negative and positive numbers
• Determine the appropriate scale for a number line
• Label a number line
• Determine the placement of numbers on a number line
• Complete a table with information gathered from other sources
• Interpret and apply information from a table
Stock Market Concepts
52-Week Highs and Lows
Dividends
Net Change (Daily)
P/E
Stock Prices
Volume
Yield
Connections and Extensions
Math: Use before or after Activity 1D. Number 8 may be made optional or a “challenge” problem.
Writing: Students respond to the prompt, “Which was the most difficult number line to create? Why?”
Creative Writing: See Activity 1B.
Research: See Activity 1B.
Complete the table with information from four stocks of your choosing then create the number lines
described below.
| Stock's Symbol | 52-Wk Hi |
52-Wk Lo |
Div | Yield % |
P/E | Vol 100s |
Close | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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1. 52-week Highs
2. 52-week Lows
3. Dividends
4. Yields
5. Price to Earnings Ratios
6. Closing Prices
7. Net Changes
8. Volumes (Remember that the actual value is 100 times the number shown.)
Teachers Note: Answers will vary.
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