ACTIVITY 1B: HIGHS AND LOWS
Description
Students order and compare data from a stock table.
Math Objectives
The student will be able to:
• Compare decimals to the hundredths place
• Order decimals
• Order negative and positive numbers
• Interpret and apply information from a table
Stock Market Connections
52-Week Highs and Lows
Dividends
Net Change (Daily)
P/E
Stock Prices
Volume
Yield
Connections and Extensions
Math: Use Activity 1C as a follow-up to reinforce placement of numbers on a number line.
Creative Writing: Students select one of the stock symbols used in the lesson. Each student creates a
company name based on the chosen symbol and then write a paragraph explaining the company. The
teacher may provide the following questions to guide their writing:
• What goods or services does the company provide?
• Who are the company’s customers?
• Does the company have a specialty?
• How did the company get its start?
Research: Have students research the origins of stock prices including why fractions were originally
used.
ACTIVITY
Use the stock table below to answer the questions that follow.
| 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. 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 lowest Volume?
Stock Symbol: _______________ Volume: _______________
5. Which stock had the greatest Dividend?
Stock Symbol: _______________ Dividend: _______________
6. List the Closing Prices in order from least to greatest.
Closing Prices: _______, _______, _______, _______
7. List the PE Ratios in order from greatest to least.
PE Ratios: _______, _______, _______, _______
8. List the Net Changes in order from least to greatest.
Net Changes: _______, _______, _______, _______
9. List the Yields in order from least to greatest.
Yields: _______, _______, _______, _______
10. Which of the above (6-9) was the most difficult to order?_________________
Why?_____________________________________________________________________________
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