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Hosting the Olympics sure does cost a lot. Why is that? How much money is $5 billion dollars? What is a cost overrun? Why would a country want to spend that much money to host and Olympic Game? Does a country recoup what they invest? Do you see any trends?
The activity: Cost-Hosting-Olympics.pdf
CCSS: 7.RP, 8.F.A, HSF.IF.C
For members we have an editable Word docx and solutions.
Cost-Hosting-Olympics.docx Cost-Hosting-Olympics-solution.pdf
More Olympic activities:
How is ski jumping scored in the Olympics? – Students learn about the ski jumping rubric and decide if they think it is fair or not. 5.NBT, 5.OA, 6.NS, 6.EE, 7.NS, 7.EE, HSA.CED
Lighting the Olympic Torch – Study the reflection of the Sun’s rays off the Mount Olympus parabolic mirror to understand how the Olympic Torch is lit. 4.G.1, 4.G.3, 7.G.2
The Torch Relay through South Korea – Participation rates, metric conversions, and per person distances traveled. 6.RP.A, 6.SP.B, 7.SP, HSN.Q.A
from Yummy Math https://www.yummymath.com/2018/cost-of-hosting-olympic-games/
Marco James 