ACTIVITY 1D: HIGHS AND LOWS - FIGURE IT OUT!
Description
Students locate stock data using a newspaper or the Internet, complete a stock table, and compare
and order the data.
Math Objectives
The student will be able to:
• Compare decimals to the hundredths place
• Order decimals
• Order negative and positive numbers
• 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
See suggestions for Activity 1B.
ACTIVITY 1D: HIGHS AND LOWS – FIGURE IT OUT!
Complete the table with information from four stocks of your choosing then answers the questions
below. Click here to find out how to use finance.yahoo to research a stock.
| Stock's Symbol | 52-Wk Hi |
52-Wk Lo |
Div | Yield % |
P/E | Vol 100s |
Close | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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1. Which stock had the greatest 52-Week High?
Stock Symbol: _______________ 52-Week High: _______________
2. Which stock has the lowest 52-Week Low?
Stock Symbol: _______________ 52-Week Low: _______________
3. Which stock had the highest Volume?
Stock Symbol: _______________ Volume: _______________
4. Which stock had the greatest Dividend?
Stock Symbol: _______________ Dividend: _______________
5. List the Closing Prices in order from least to greatest.
Closing Prices: _______, _______, _______, _______
6. List the PE Ratios in order from greatest to least.
PE Ratios: _______, _______, _______, _______
7. List the Net Changes in order from least to greatest.
Net Changes: _______, _______, _______, _______
8. List the Yields in order from least to greatest.
Yields: _______, _______, _______, _______
9. Which of these was the most difficult to order? Why?
Teachers Note: Answers will vary.
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