Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Word Problem for February 22, 2011

The Tennessee Lottery decided to award winnings based on divisibility rules.

Numbers that are divisible by 2, 3, and 6 (ONLY) win $355 each.
Numbers that are divisible by 2,3,5,6,9, and 10 win $1,245 each.
Numbers that are divisible by 2, 5, and 10 (ONLY) win $85 each.

LOTTERY NUMBERS
48 100 220 76,410

132 270 3760 3354

11,420 6,210

How much money was won altogether?

Friday, February 18, 2011

Math Race Hall of Fame

In order to encourage the students to challenge themselves a bit more with regard to Math Races, I have instituted the Math Race Hall of Fame. Each day I will nominate two problems, one from a boy and one from a girl, in each class. At the end of the week, the students will vote for what they think is the most impressive problem. The winners will then be photographed and their photo, which will show their problem, will be placed on display in the hallway. Their photo will stay on display for one week until the next weekly winner is announced. With 4E's play going on, they have not yet done Math Races, so 4C already has 4 nominees while 4E has none. Please encourage your child to design challenging Math Race problems. Be sure that they pay attention to the order of operations as they create their problems.

4C Math Race Hall of Fame



Here are the nominees for Friday, February 18th.

Olivia Pulliam
and
Julian Habermann

Thursday, February 17, 2011

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Divisibility Rules Lesson

I have posted this video just in case you have difficulty remembering what we worked on in class today. Have a good day!

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Help with Multi-Step Word Problems

Hello all,
One skill that we have been focusing a lot of attention on this quarter has been the ability to solve word problems with multiple steps. These multiple steps usually require using different operations as well. I am currently working on a list of websites that could provide some at home practice. I have placed one such link below. Check it out and let me know what you think. Have a good day.

Math Playground

The nice thing about this site is that it provides a video explanation of the solution.

Math/Science Video Blog - February 2, 2011

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Small Square Book Choices

The video below reviews the five choices you have for the Small Square book projects. Please watch the video and then rank them 1 to 5 in your Science journal with 1 being the book you would most like to study and 5 being the book you would least like to study.

4E Math Races - BOYS - 2/1/11

4E Math Races - GIRLS - 2/1/11