How much does the biggest Lego set ever cost?

2023-11-20 09:44:36

How much does the biggest Lego set ever cost?




 

Picture from the Verge. Click to see the story. Note: This is a remake of our 2014 "How Much Does a Lego Cost" activity 

 How much could the Lego Millennium Falcon cost? Student first make a guess and then think about what information would be useful in order to determine the actual cost. Then they use a random sample of Lego products to help figure the cost of this massive Star Wars kit.  Students might take an average cost per block from the sample and proportionately extend that to the number of blocks in this kit. Older students might make a scatter plot of the data and determine a line of best fit that models the cost of a kit for any number of bricks.  Students might use their model to find the cost or number of blocks in other kits. Finally, reveal the actual price at the Lego store.  Did students predict the actual cost?  If not, what might have accounted for the price difference?

For members we have an editable Word docx and solutions.




Save Save Save Save Save
Activity Solutions & Supporting Materials
Share this:
Comments (0)
    Display 1 - 10 Of total 0
    Time to make your prom clothes ... with Duck Tape
    Larissa Leon, from Texas, in her gorgeous Duc...
    How steep is this treadmill?
     Every year,  even older students still ...
    Choosing the NBA All-Star team
    The weekend of February 14 - 16 wil...
    2023 World Cup Cricket
    The Cricket World Cup is being played now (Octob...
    Bowling Deals
    Is there a general way to figure how much it...
    Point of view
    If you have a set of cubes for your classr...
    More Population Pyramids
    The population pyramid above shows the d...
    Two 12s or one 18?
    A little more pizza fun before Pi day! Whic...
    How should I cook my turkey?
    Should I oven bake it, deep fry it or barbec...
    2 New Macy's Parade balloons
     As the Macy's Parade returns to public viewi...