ACTIVITY 1C: ALL LINED UP
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
• Interpret and apply information from a table
Stock Market Connections
52-Week Highs and Lows
Dividends
Net Change (Daily)
P/E
Stock Prices
Yield
Connections and Extensions
Math: Use before or after Activity 1B.
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.
ACTIVITY 1C: ALL LINED UP
Use the stock table below to create and label a number line for each of the values below.
| Stock Symbol | 52-Wk Hi |
52-Wk Lo |
Div | Yield % |
P/E | Vol 100s |
Close | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| APES | 20.87 | 12.50 | .49 | 2.73 | 8 | 824 | 18.50 | -1.24 |
| POOR | 24.50 | 16.05 | .82 | 3.70 | 13 | 2134 | 22.14 | -0.92 |
| MUSIC | 20.40 | 11.30 | .20 | 1.57 | 12 | 4118 | 12.77 | +0.01 |
| DOGZ | 20.98 | 11.53 | .27 | 1.30 | 18 | 1348 | 20.70 | +0.76 |
1. 52-week Highs
2. 52-week Lows
3. Dividends
4. Yields
5. Price to Earnings Ratios
6. Closing Prices.
7. Net Changes.
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