This 10th grade math lesson uses a story about three brothers inheriting camels from their father to teach mathematical problem solving and division. The lesson also covers the Pythagorean theorem and how it can be applied to sharing fields of different sizes. Various teaching techniques are employed, including brainstorming, questioning, dramatization and discovery-based learning to engage students. The goal is to help students understand how math applies to everyday problems and develop analytical thinking skills.

1. Lesson Maths
Level 10th Grade
Theme
Content Math in our daily life
Duration 45 minutes
Objectives
Approaching the problems we may encounter
every day via analytical thinking and seeking out
solutions fort hem.Enabling students to acquire
such an ability
Procedure
Explaining the Subject with a catching story:
In a village an old man lived with his 17 camels and his 3
sons.When the old man got sick he knew he was going to
die, so he wrote a testament.He wanted them to study
mathematics.But the three sons weren’t intrested in
maths.After the old man died, the sons learned about the
testament! They read:”Im leaving half of my camels to
my eldest son, 1/3 of my camels to my second-eldest son,
and 1/9 of my camels to my youngest son.”The three sons
were surprised. Because 17 is a prime number and it can’t
be divided into 2,3 or 9. After discussing for a long time
they decided to go to the scholar of the village.The
scholar smiled and added 1 of his own camels to the
other camels and so now there were 18 camels. It might
sound wierd that the scholar gave one of his camels away
for free! But let’s get back to the testament.The half of 18
is 9…The eldest son gets his share. 9 camels are left. 1/3
of 18 is 6,the second-eldest son gets his share. 3 camels
left. 1/9 of 18 is 2 and the youngest son gets his share. 3-
2=1, this is what is left, and this is the scholar’s camel…As
you can see the scholar,who knows the rules of division,
solved a problem that could ruin the three sons’ lives,
using maths!
Another mathematical knowledge we can use in our every
day lives is the Pythagorean Relationship.We remember
this right?.. In any right triangle, the area of the square
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2. whose side is the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the
areas of the squares whose sides are the two legs.
Lets think about it. Get
three fields in the shape of a square, and two brothers
have to share them.But you can’t divide the fields! Area
of a square=(one side)2
The areas of the fields on the bottom,on the left and on
the right will be c2, b2 and a2. Now let’s remember the
Pythagorean Relationship. Wouldn’t it be c2=a2+b2 ? Two
equal areas.
We can witness the camel example any day.This example
is quite useful in factorization.x4+4 may stand as an
expression of an integral factorization, but…
It can be written as x4+4+4x2-4x2. =x4+4x2+4-4x2
=(x2+2)2-4x2 =(x2+2)2-(2x)2 =(x2+2x+2).(x2-2x+2)
As you can see the scholars’ camel problem has been
solved.
Teaching and Learning Techniques
-Brainstorming
-Question – Answer
-Dramatization
-Discovery
Problem-solving
Materials Used by Teacher and Students suitable Materials (that are not detrimental to
our health and not hazardous)which are parts
ouf our daily life
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3. This project has been funded with support from the European Commission.This publication [communication]
reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be
made of the information contained therein.