Hair and Beauty (other sources of ideas)
A collection of resources which provide ideas and inspiration for teaching mathematics in the context of hair and beauty. The resources included in this collection require some adaptation to make them appropriate for the particular audience.
Selling figures and annual report
This Core Maths activity gives students selling figures and asks them to calculate VAT, gross and net incomes, calculate monthly balances and graph their results.
Selling figures: Teacher Guide
This teacher guidance includes suggested warm-ups, a description of each of the activities involved as well as suggested scaffolding and extension tasks.
Selling figures: Answers
This Excel spreadsheet contains model student calculations and graphs for the activity.
Making a Mocktail
This activity aims to engage learners because of its connection to everyday life and the mathematical ideas of measurement and ratio underpin work in vocational areas such as hairdressing when mixing hair dye. This activity requires students to understand and use common measures for volume, use estimation and measurement in their use of ratios.
Hair and Beauty
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