hep finding positive statements to apply math to a preteen's life :op

[Aoife]

So DH asked me last night if I could try and find some positive statements or facts that could help DSD 12yo realize just how important math is and make her see it in a less negative way. He wants me to give her a statement or something each day before her lessons to try and motivate her more and see the value in what she is learning.

 

He doesn't want things like one day when you're grown up you may need to find the size of your yard to plant grass kind of stuff but more things that would grab a pre-teen's interest. I wish they made a book for something like this LOL

 

thanks!

[Tree Frog]

Does she sew? We've been making some quilted bags and have found we need to use math to add fractions when cutting the fabric out and use proportions when we decide to change the dimensions of the bags. If the final bag size is 15" tall X 4" deep X 8" long and we want to make the bag smaller, we have to decide how much smaller and recalculate all the dimensions for each block before we cut them out to sew.

 

Cooking is easy, too. If the recipe for cookies makes 24 cookies and she needs to take 5 doz for HS graduation, how many more batches of cookies will she need to make? Or if she wants to cut a recipe in half, how would she do that?

[Murmer]

Shopping and sales figuring out how much yu have to pen and how much each item will cost!