This is an example of a storyboard that can be used to create a Digital Story of a Real-World mathematics problem.

1. The Storyboard for a
Mathematical Digital Story
By: Mark E. Ophaug

2. The events in this
story are true with
Credits Scrolling Up
the names of
characters altered to
protect those
involved.
Scene: DISCLAIMER
Narration: The events in this story are true
with the names of characters altered to
protect those involved.
Audio: none
Transition: Fade in from Black

3. The Crazy
Contractor…
by Mark Ophaug
Scene: Title
Narration: The Crazy Contractor…by Mark
Ophaug
Audio: Mysterious Violin
Transition: Fade in from Disclaimer

4. Scene: Introduction of main character
Narration: Meet Clark. Clark is high school
mathematics teacher, full-time graduate
student and a new home owner of a 1450
square foot town home! (So this picture is
a little bit of an exaggeration.)
Audio: Happy classical (Vivaldi Spring?)
Transition: Cut from Title. Pan across each
image.

5. Scene: Development of problem
Narration: Once purchased,
Clark decided to rip out ALL the
carpet and put in tile. After all,
he lives in Florida and tile is
MUCH cooler. He found a
contractor who quoted Clark a
flat $1000 for all the installation,
chose tile that cost $2.69/Sq
foot (Sales tax excluded), and
determined the total cost of the
baseboards to be $1300.
Audio: Happy classical (Vivaldi
Spring?)
Transition: Cut from Title. Pan
across each image.

6. Scene: Statement of problem.
Narration: Unfortunately, Clark’s
contractor charged his credit
card a total of $10, 675. Based
on the calculations of the
quoted costs, by what percent
did Clark’s shady contractor over
Unfortunately, Clark’s contractor
charged his credit card a total of
bill him?
$10, 675. Based on the
calculations of the quoted costs, Audio: Mysterious Violin
by what percent did Clark’s shady
contractor over bill him?
Transition: Cut from
Development of problem. Zoom
in and hold text of problem.

7. Scene: Solution – Part 1
Narration: The first part of the solution is to
calculate the total cost Clark was quoted for
the job. To do this, we will take the $1000
installation cost, plus the $1300 for the
Solution Video
baseboards, then add in the cost of the
tile, which was 1450 x $2.69 or $3900.50. The
total cost of the job was $6200.50.
Audio: Mysterious Violin
Transition: Fade in from Statement of
Problem to video of work for the solution.

8. Scene: Solution – Part 2
Narration: To find the percentage Clark’s shady
contractor over-billed him we need to calculate
percent change. To do this we will calculate the
difference between the actual cost ($6200.5) and
the amount Clark was charged ($10675);
Solution Video $4474.50.
Our last step, the percent difference, we divide
$4474.50 by our original amount ($6200.50) and
multiply by 100.
Our final answer is 72.2%. This means Clark’s
shady contractor over-billed him by 72.2%
CRAZINESS!
Audio: Mysterious Violin
Transition: Cut from Solution – Part 1 to video of
work for the final solution.

9. Credits Scrolling Up
Credits/References
Scene: Credits/References
Narration: None
Audio: Mysterious Violin
Transition: Cut from Solution – Part 2 to video of
work for the final solution. Fade to black.