Literal Equations Project
You have some cousins from London that are going to come visit you for the summer. You are talking to them on the phone, and you
tell them that when they come to visit they should expect temperatures of over 100 degrees. When you say that, your cousins begin
to second guess their trip - because to them, 100 degrees would literally kill them.
After a short discussion, you realize that they are used to reading temperatures in degrees Celsius, not Fahrenheit. So, you decide to
make the average temperatures easy for them to understand by converting the temperatures from Fahrenheit to Celsius. You do
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some internet research, and you find that the formula for converting Fahrenheit to Celsius is C +32 = F.
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Your task is as follows:
A) Solve the literal equation above for Celsius. Show all steps and include a picture of the math of your steps in your final
product.
B) What temperatures should your cousin expect? Use Google Spreadsheets to convert the Fahrenheit temperatures to
Celcius.
C) Write a message to your cousin Summarize your findings using complete sentences. What is the range of temperatures
(in Celsius) that your cousins should expect?
D) Put parts A, B, C, into a Google Spreadsheet. Be sure to make project well organized and easy to read.
Advice & Tips
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Part B: I know you are new to Google Spreadsheet (Excel). Use this video to help you get started, but feel free to come by
for tutorials if they don’t help you.
Video : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e33DejoB31Q
RUBRIC:
Component
Part A:
No Credit
Did not solve literal equation
correctly and did not show steps
(0 points)
Part B:
Did not use Google Spreadsheet at
all
(0 points)
Part C:
No explanation or Summary
(0 points)
Part D:
Pieces of data are missing and
project is disorganized and difficult
to read
(0 points)
Partial Credit
Solved Literal Equation correctly
but did not show work / OR did not
solve correctly but showed steps
(20-40 points)
Used Google Spreadsheet, but did
not use the program to calculate
values (IE just typed in all the
numbers instead of letting the
program calculate the values for
you)
(15 points)
Explanation or summary that does
not effectively answer the question
and/or does not use complete
sentences and proper grammar
(5-10 points)
Data is all present, but parts are
difficult to read and some pieces
are disorganized
(5 points)
Full Credit
Solved literal equation
correctly and showed all
steps (50 points)
Used Google Spreadsheet
to neatly organize all data
and calculations
(25 points)
Explanation completely
discusses situation at hand
and uses proper grammar
(15 points)
All necessary data is
present, and all
components of project are
well organized and easy to
read
(10 points)