Today in Room 9, we received a special visit from Ms Pine, our math teacher. She got us into little groups of 3-5 and we discussed word problems based on the activities we’re going to be doing at Camp. The main focus of these problems were about chocolate snacks for the students . We had to divide chocolate bars to make sure each child get an even amount. In my group there was me, Toni and Raena. The problem we were given to solve was:
“The teachers were planning the student’s school camp. For their activities students were put into groups of different sizes depending on the activities for that day. They were given bars of chocolate as a snack.
- Seven bars to the four children going kayaking.
- Nine bars to the five children going to the swimming hole.
- Fifteen bars to the eight children going orienteering.
- Eight bars to the children going on a bush walk.
Was this a fair way to share out the chocolate bars?
How much chocolate did each group get?
Which group got the best deal?
We had the orienteering problem, At the end we had solved the equation. Here is how we did it:
- 15 - 8 = 7
- 4 of the 7 bars were / into ½ which meant from that point on, each child had 1 Whole and ½ of a chocolate bar.
- With the 3 bars left, we divided 2 of them into quarters. And from that point on each child had 1 Whole, ½ and ¼ .
- Finally with the last chocolate bar left, we divided it into eighths which meant every one of the eight students had 1 Whole, ½, ¼ and ⅛.
- The final equation was 15 / 8 = 1 Whole and 7 eighths.
Above is just some the progress we made during our session with Ms Pine. My favorite highlight of today was being able to cooperate with all my peers in a positive and orderly fashioned way. I really enjoyed the session we had to day. Hopefully next time she hits us with some more hard problems and hopefully next time I can make progress with more of my peers.
Thanks for taking the time to read my reflection on my math’s session. If you may, please drop a comment below, Kia ora.
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