MATHEMATICS
GRADE 8
PROJECT
TERM 3
DUE DATE:
TOTAL : 50
CONTENT AREA
Whole Numbers and Relationship
Patterns, functions and Relationships
Measurement
Full Names and surnames
CONCEPTS AND SKILLS
Ratio and Rates
Substitution in Equations
Area of 2-D shapes
Position
Responsibility
Team Leader
*guides the team
*reports progress
*submit the work for marking at each
phase
*write down information in the
worksheet after all members has
agreed
*take care of the worksheet and
manage it
*participate fully with other members
*take notes and make valuable
contributions
*support and respect your team leader
Scribe/ Secretary
Team Leader
INSTRUCTIONS
1. This project consists of four phases
2. Write neatly and legibly
3. Respect each other’s views in the group
4. Present and submit report of your work when due
PROBLEM STATEMENT
A school wants to raise money to buy food for school camp, they want to use their school hall to have
fundraising event, and the dimension of the hall is 20m long and the breadth of 12 m.
They have two types of tables in the hall ( round tables and rectangular tables).Each table can accommodate 8
guests (both round and rectangle tables ),the round tables has a diameter of
150 cm and a rectangular
tables has the length of 150cm and the breadth of 100cm,which option is correct.
PHASE 1
Activity 1
1. Write down your research question, this question will guide through your project. [2]
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Activity 2
1. Draw the floor plan of the hall with the scale 1m : 1cm.
MARKING RUBRIC FOR PHASE1
Criteria
1
2
3
4
Research question
Available but
irrelevant
Available and
relevant
Fairly written
and addresses
the problem
Accuracy and
measurement
All dimensions
are incorrectly
measured
Only one
dimension
measured
correctly
Only two
dimensions
measured
correctly
Research
questions is
excellently
written
All dimensions
measured
correctly
Total
4
4
PHASE 2
Activity 1
1. Calculate the area of the school hall.
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Activity 2
1. Calculate the area of the round table.
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Activity 3
1. Calculate the area of the rectangular table.
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MARKING RUBRIK FOR PHASE 2
Criteria
1
2
3
4
Total
Substitution in
the formula of
area
Calculating the
area of the hall
Incorrect
substation in all
dimensions
Incorrect
calculation of the
area
Incorrect
calculation of the
area
Incorrect
calculation of the
area
Incorrect
calculation of the
area
Only one
substitution
correct
Correct
calculation of the
area
Correct
calculation of the
area
Correct
calculation of the
area
Correct
calculation of the
area
Only two
substitution
correct
All substitution
correct
4
Incorrect
calculation of the
area
Correct
calculation of the
area
Calculating the
area of the round
table
Calculating the
area of the
rectangular table
Dividing the area
of the hall by the
area of the round
table
Dividing the area
of the hall by the
area of the
rectangular table
2
2
2
2
2
PHASE 3
Each guest will be paying R200.
1. How much money will the school make using round tables?
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2. How much money will the school make when using the rectangular table?
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3. Which option will make the school to collect more money?
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MARKING RUBRIC FOR PHASE 3
Criteria
1
2
3
Calculation of the
amount collected
for the round
tables
Calculations of the
amount collected
for the rectangular
tables
Calculations
incorrectly done
Calculations done
with one mistake
Calculations
correctly done
4
Total
3
Calculations
incorrectly done
Calculations done
with one mistake
Calculations
correctly done
3
PHASE 4
Criteria
1
2
3
The diagram of
rectangular ground
floor
Drawn with all
incorrect
dimensions
Drawn with one
dimension correct
Drawn with all
dimensions correct
4
3
criteria
1
2-4
5-7
total
Reporting data
Report is very little
irrelevant ,poor
presentation
fair attempt to
present report ,
relevant
information
available with few
mistakes and fair
presentation
Report availed
correct, relevant
information and
good presentation
7
total
Total
10