Tia & Tom Topsy Turvy Money!

WAL: How To Put Level 4 Algebra Information Into A LINE Graph.

Today we solved an algebra problem to calculate how much money would be spent and earned by 2 twins. Tom started with $20 and spent $2 per day. Tia started with $0 and earner $2.50 per day. I used multiplication & subtraction to help me calculate the day Tia would overlap Tom with Money. I made links with statistic and chose a line graph to show our thinking. You can see clearly, that by Friday, Tia had more money than Tom. For me, this task was easy to complete because I had several strategies to use. Something I found hard was sharing & explaining my answers to other peers around me.

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Many thanks!

Number Of The Week T1W3

WALT Think about a number in many different ways.

Today we were put back into the routine of all of our old Follow up tasks.

Here is one of them.

One thing I enjoyed was that it was easy for me because I've done it before but something I can work on next time is maybe the effort I put in.

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Maths Catch up !

WALT complete questions .
This week we did catch ups on Level 4b in maths.
Here is what I've completed this week.

Fri, 12th , 2016                                                                                                             21.10.16

1.

A. Length of a rugby field :  Metres

B.  Mass of a motorbike : Kilograms

C. Capacity of a glass : Millilitres

D. Mass of a netball : Grams

E. Length of a spider's leg : Centimetres

F. Volume of a room : Metres

G. Distance from Tonga to Vanuatu : Kilometres

H. Weight of a fish: Grams / Kilograms

I. Weight of a dog: Kilograms

J. Height of a tree : Length

K. Mass of a ship : Kilograms

L. Thickness of a book : Milometres / Centimetres

2. 

A. The tallest man in the world is 1200cm tall.

B. Toby's plum weighs 15 g. 

C. Olivia's can of drink holds 330 ml.

D. The length of Sonia's middle finger s 7 cm.

E.  Travis's medium sized car weighs 1.5 tonnes.

F. The mean depth of the school pool is 251 mm.

G. The thickness of Henare's laptop is 40 mm.

3.

Syringe A = 1.5ml

Syringe B = 1.4ml

Syringe C = 1.14ml

There is my maths work for the week.

I hope you enjoyed.

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Progress with Ms Pine

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:

1. 15 - 8 = 7
2. 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.
3. 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 .
4. 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.
5. 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.

T4W5 Maths - Activity 1

WALT use multiplication to solve word problems.
Topday me and my buddy Losana used out multiplication strategies to solve these following word problems.
Keep looking through our presentation we've created.
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T2WK11 Target Number

WALT: use a range of operations to create a number.

This week my target number was "553".

Please leave a comment so I know what to work on.