Task description: This week during Maths, we are learning to calculate percentage and find simple percentages. After that I completed the task, and I posted it on our blog. I enjoyed this task very much, and I hope to do more like this soon. Hope you enjoyed. Please leave a comment; thank you for visiting my blog.
Trending Fashion
Task description: This week during Extension, we were learning about fashion and how different cultures have different styles of clothing. After that I completed the task, and I posted it on our blog. I enjoyed this task very much, and I hope to do more like this soon. Hope you enjoyed. Please leave a comment; thank you for visiting my blog.
Fashion is the most general term and applies to any way of dressing, behaving, writing, or performing that is favored at any one time or place. The current fashion, style often implies a distinctive fashion adopted by people of taste.
Fashion is a form of self expression and independent within the context of time, place or specific situation in relation to clothing, footwear, life styles, accessories, beauty treatments, hair & body position. The term refers to a style which is trending in the fashion industry.
For this task we had to choose 2 items of clothing from different cultures. After that we had to describe the culture, country/countries associated with this clothing. Then we had to describe the clothing and research any meaning behind this clothing (is it a fashion statement, sustainable choice, religious statement, environmental choice or other?) We got to choose however we would like to present our findings.
Experiment – Day 2
Task description: This week during Science, we are learning about things by doing an experiment to become a scientist. Experiment plays many roles in science. One of its important roles is to test theories and to provide the basis for scientific knowledge. It can also call for a new theory, either by showing that an accepted theory is incorrect, or by exhibiting a new phenomenon that is in need of explanation. After that I completed the task, and I posted it on our blog. I enjoyed this task very much, and I hope to do more like this soon. Hope you enjoyed. Please leave a comment; thank you for visiting my blog.
Experiment – Day 1
Task description: This week during Science, we are learning about things by doing an experiment to become a scientist. Experiment plays many roles in science. One of its important roles is to test theories and to provide the basis for scientific knowledge. It can also call for a new theory, either by showing that an accepted theory is incorrect, or by exhibiting a new phenomenon that is in need of explanation. After that I completed the task, and I posted it on our blog. I enjoyed this task very much, and I hope to do more like this soon. Hope you enjoyed. Please leave a comment; thank you for visiting my blog.
Percentage Palooza
Task description: This week during Maths, we are learning to calculate percentage and find simple percentages. After that I completed the task, and I posted it on our blog. I enjoyed this task very much, and I hope to do more like this soon. Hope you enjoyed. Please leave a comment; thank you for visiting my blog.
Happy Cline
Task description: This week during Inquiry, we had to make a cline from calm to ecstatic. I put the words with emotions on a spectrum. Write down words that describe different states of happiness. After that I completed the task, and I posted it on our blog. I enjoyed this task very much, and I hope to do more like this soon. Hope you enjoyed. Please leave a comment; thank you for visiting my blog.
Building Maths Fitness
Task description: This week during Maths, we had to collaborate to solve mathematical problems and puzzles. We were also learning to share my ideas with others, listen and accept suggestions from my peers, and use correct mathematical language. After that I completed the task, and I posted it on our blog. I enjoyed this task very much, and I hope to do more like this soon. Hope you enjoyed. Please leave a comment; thank you for visiting my blog.
Delicious Division
Delicious Division
We are learning to solve division equations using our knowledge of multiplication.
Multiplication practice:
56 ➗ 8 = 7 72 ➗ 9 = 8 44 ➗ 11 = 4
45 ➗ 9 = 5 64 ➗ 8 = 8 56 ➗ 7 = 8
35 ➗ 5 = 7 144 ➗ 12 = 12 27 ➗ 3 = 8
Justus has 175 chocolates. He would like to share them between 5 friends. How many chocolates will they get each? Each of them will get 35 chocolates each because 175/5 = 35
Cooking club has made 231 cookies that will be shared between 7 students. How many cookies will each student receive? Each of them will get 33 cookies each because 231/7 = 33
Amelia has made 240 mini pineapple pies. She is sharing them between 12 friends. How many pies will each friend receive? Each of them will get 20 cookies each because 240/12 = 20
Tamati has 42324 fidget spinners to share between 12 friends. How many will they receive each? Each of them will get 3527 fidget spinners each because 42324/12 = 3527
Mrs Vaafusuaga has ordered 81 tennis balls. They are in cans of 3 balls. How many cans should there be? There should be 27 cans of tennis balls because 81/3 = 27
Atareita has 891 lollies. She would like to make 9 lolly leis. How many lollies can you use to make each lei? Each of them will get 99 lollies in their lolly leis because 891/9 = 99
Sensational Subtraction
Sensational Subtraction
We are learning to solve subtraction problems using decimal numbers.
List 3 prime numbers: 2, 3, 5
List the factors of 24: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12 and 24
List the common factors of 24 and 48: 2, 2, 2, 3
Mr Burt has $1000 in the maths budget at the start of the year.
He starts by purchasing 650 maths books, at $0.30 each. His total spend is: 195
How much does he have left? 805
Next he spends $167.70 on rulers and protractors
How much is left now? 637.3
Then he purchases 5 text books, which cost $26.50 each. The 5 textbooks cost: 132.5
How much does he have left? 504.8
Finally he spends $6.70 on stickers.
How much does he have left? 498.1
4 – 0.768 = 3.23200
Pascal’s Triangle
Task description: This week during Maths, we were learning about pascal’s triangle and finding patterns in math. We learn that patterns are everywhere in life. After that I completed the task, and I posted it on our blog. I enjoyed this task very much, and I hope to do more like this soon. Hope you enjoyed. Please leave a comment; thank you for visiting my blog.