Good Stuff Happens in 1:1 Meetings: Why you need them and how to do them well
A mishap in santa's workshop
1.
2. Once upon a time Santa had 8,000
bears for Christmas. Which made him
happy.
3. There was a fire in the workshop,
causing all the bears to disappear.
4. Buddy, the head elf, was very upset.
Christmas was coming and there were
no bears. They needed 8,000!
5. Math Concept: Y- Intercept
• The y-intercept Days vs. Bears Needed
9,000
was (0,8,000). It 8,000
represents that 7,000
6,000
Bears Needed
on day zero 5,000
4,000
Santa needed 3,000
2,000
8,000 bears by 1,000
Christmas.
0
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Time (Days)
6. Buddy had a great idea. He decided to
have 50 of his elves make 20 bears per
day, since there were 8 days until
Christmas.
7. Math Concept: Slope
• The slope of the Days vs. Bears Needed
9,000
line is -1,000 since 8,000
the elves will be 7,000
6,000
making 1,000 bears
Bears Needed
5,000
each day. This 4,000
3,000
means that each 2,000
day they need 1,000
0
1,000 less bears. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Time (Days)
8. Each day 1,000 bears were made, making the
amount of bears they needed smaller. And the
amount they had bigger making Buddy happy.
9. Math Concept: Slope Intercept Form
• y=mx+b Days vs. Bears Needed
• y= -1000x+8000
9,000
8,000
• There are -1000 bears 7,000
6,000
per day, which is
Bears Needed
5,000
1,000 bears less then 4,000
they should have 3,000
2,000
then you add 8,000 1,000
to see how many 0
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
bears they have left Time (Days) y= -1,000+8,000
to make.
10. Buddy decided to do some calculations
on the work he had the elves doing.
11. Math Concept: Point Slope Form
• y-y1=m(x-x1) Days vs. Bears Needed
• y-8,000= -1000(x-8) 9,000
8,000
• The y1 is 8,000 7,000
representing the 6,000
Bears Needed
amount of bears they 5,000
need, while the slope is 4,000
-1,000 because they 3,000
need 1,000 less bears a 2,000
day. The x1 value is 8 1,000
0
representing 8 days 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
until Christmas. Time (Days)
12. Then 8 days later there were 8,000 bears
made. Just enough for Christmas. Santa and
Buddy were very happy. So they went on a
sleigh ride.
13. Math Concept: X-Intercept
The x- intercept 9,000
Days vs. Bears Needed
is (8,0). It 8,000
7,000
represents that 6,000
Bears Needed
on day 8 there 5,000
4,000
were 0 bears left 3,000
2,000
to make. 1,000
0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Time (Days)
