Converting Fractions Into Decimals|Extra for Experts

Today for maths we played a game which was for people who have finished their work. This game was called Puppy Chase Fractions to Decimals. This game was pretty easy because all you had to do was convert the fractions into decimals. If you got the right answer your puppy would move forward. This was a race so I tried my best to get all answers right. At the end I cam second. The only questions I missed was what is 8/24 in decimals. 

Radius and Diameter

Today for math we were learning about radius, diameter and circumference. It was quite easy to answer because I've already learn a bit about this activity. The radius is the half of the circle and diameter is the half of the circle x2. The circumference is the measurement of the whole circle. I really enjoyed the game we played based on Radius and Diameter. One of the questions were if the radius is 3 what is the diameter. The answer is obviously 6 because you double the radius to get the diameter. 

Maths - Rounding Decimals Soccer Game

Today for maths Ms Kirkpatrick group have been solving decimal point equations such as 34.4 x 2 or 2.4 + 2.6. We were to fill out a form with 24 questions 6 being addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. I found addition the easiest and division the hardest. After filling out the form and getting it checked (I got all answers correct besides 1) we were to go on a soccer game based on rounding decimals(e.g - round 36.96 to the nearest whole number). It was pretty easy and hope to play another game based on rounding decimals. As you can see there is a red team (me) and the blue team (random). I beat the blue team 11 - 0 which was surprising.

Order Of Operations|BEDMAS

Today's maths session was spent revising and teaching people about Order Of Operations. To remember this we used BEDMAS or BODMAS. It stands for: brackets, exponents, division, multiplications, addition, and subtraction. This session I have worked independently. For this activity we were asked to choose three of the questions that we answered to explain how we got our answers. We have chosen questions that require us to abide by the BEDMAS rules. On our DLO there is an answer sheet that will give you the answers to the other questions. Also an explanation explaining how we got our answers.

Converting Mixed Numerals to Improper Fractions

For Maths I have finished my Rich Task based on BEDMAS which then I moved onto doing the Extra for Experts activity. This activity was just a re-vision of converting mixed numerals to improper fractions. I found it easy because I've played this game a lot of times.  I got 18 out of 20 point. My highest score is 19 out of 20. If you would like to know how to convert a mixed numeral to an improper fraction click on this link. 

Order of Operations - Rich Task

Today for Maths we were focusing on BEDMAS (also known a BODMAS) which stand for Bracets, Exponents, Division, Multiplication, Addition, and Subtraction. This session I worked collaboratively with Jeremiah and Fraidoon. For this task we were to solve 8 BEDMAS questions then choose three to to make a DLO about. This was pretty easy since I've already done this in my previous school. We have chosen questions that require us to abide by the BEDMAS rules. On our DLO there is a answer sheet that will give you the answers to other questions. We also wrote an explanation explaining how we got our answers. 

Extra For Experts - Mixed and Improper Fractions

Today for maths Ms Kirkpatrick's maths group are focusing on exponents which is also known as powers. Exponents or Powers are a short version of writing a long equations. For example if your writing 8 x 8 x 8 = 512 but to make it look easy you can put a 8 with a little 3 on the top right corner. I worked with Sanujan to work out the answers of three exponents equations which were 8 to the power of 3, 4 to the power to 3, and 2 to the power of 2. We found it easy since we've already have experienced doing it. Before choosing three exponents we first had to fill a worksheet with 18 exponent problem which we finished in 5 minutes. If you would like to know how to workout exponents look at our DLO.

Three Exponents (Powers) Questions - Maths

Today for maths Ms Kirkpatrick's maths group are focusing on exponents which is also known as powers. Exponents or Powers are a short version of writing a long equations. For example if your writing 8 x 8 x 8 = 512 but to make it look easy you can put a 8 with a little 3 on the top right corner. I worked with Sanujan to work out the answers of three exponents equations which were 8 to the power of 3, 4 to the power to 3, and 2 to the power of 2. We found it easy since we've already have experienced doing it. Before choosing three exponents we first had to fill a worksheet with 18 exponent problem which we finished in 5 minutes. If you would like to know how to workout exponents look at our DLO.

Math man - Fractions Of A Number

At home I decided to go on one of Ms Kirkpatrick's Maths Games. This game is called Math Man, Fractions of a number. This is similar to pac man but instead it has fractions equations such as what is 1/8 of 24 which is 3. I have to try and catch the ghost that has the answer. So if the equation is 1/4 of 28 then I have to fin the ghost with 7 on it. The best part was eating the red flowers because that made the ghost stop and I had the chance to get the right answer. I started from level 1 and reached level 9. This game looks easy when you look at the screenshot but when you actually play it and reach a high level it's pretty challenging. 

Maths Rich Task - Jola's Birthday Party

This week for maths Ms Kirkpatrick has set us another Maths Rich Task. In my perspective I think this was the easiest problem I've ever solved. First we were to solve three problems based on a birthday party. The skill we used to solve this problem was our division and multiplication skills. After solving the three problems we then had to pick one of the problems to make a DLO on. Ofa and I have decided to choose the last problem which talks about how many eggs each person that attended Jola's birthday should get. Each box holds 6 eggs and we had to figure out if 50 eggs would be enough for 8 of the guest. Our answer and our working out is on the DLO. 

Maths Problem | Involving Money

Today for our rich task Ms Kirkpatrick gave us a word problem to solve out which included 7 students and $202 that had to be given out. I have worked collaboratively with Jeremiah. We found this word problem easy because there were a methods we used which was reading the word problem backwards. This sounds unusual but it helped Jeremiah and I found our answers. The person who received the most money was Melisa who earned $49 and the person who received the less money was Liz who earned $7. I enjoyed solving out this problem and hope to do another one that is based on money and fractions.  

Mathman | Fractions of a number

Today for maths we started of with a warm up game called Mathman, Fractions of a number that helps us with our fraction knowledge. For this game you are to answer a fraction equation like 1/5 of 10 or 2/7 of 14. This was a easy game because I used the cross multiplication method to get my answers. There are 8 levels and I reached level 7 which I think is pretty good. I also got 29 correct answers which is my high score. I think next I can aim to reach level 8 and to get more correct answers. If you would like to go on this game click on this link.

Fractions of an amount

For maths today we solved fraction equations. First we solved the first three with our teacher (Ms Kirkpatrick) then we were to do the rest by ourselves. For these equations I solved it by using a different method from my teacher which is the cross multiplication which of course you have to use your multiplication skills. At the end we were to choose one equation from the 10 fractions problems we solved. I decided to pick equation number 9 which is based on Mr Wong's weight. I found this problem a bit easy because the method I used (which was the cross multiplication) was easy to use. 

Classroom Age - Fractions

 

 This week one of our set tasks challenged our fraction knowledge. The question was 'in the classroom, ⅔ of the children are ten years old. ½ of the remaining third are nine years old. Four children are 11 years old. How many children are there in the classroom altogether?' For this particular question Jeremiah and I had to firstly figure out the amount of students in the whole class. The answer to that part of the question is 24. If their were four eleven year old's and that is 1/2 of 1/3, that means that their are also four nine year old's. Lastly we subtracted eight from 24 then the rest of the children are ten years old. At the end we figured out that their were, four eleven year old children, four nine year old children, and 16 ten year old children

Newspaper Article - Cinema Attendance

This week Ms Kirkpatrick maths group examined a continuous data that showed the cinema attendance by age group and year. First we were to answer a questions based on the data. Jeremiah and I worked collaboratively together to answer it. Some of the questions were: In which year was attendance highest for the 25-34 age group? What happened in 1992 and 1994 to the attendance for 15-24 year old? How else could the data be displayed? It was really interesting to see that in 1999 15-24 year old attendance to cinemas increased comparing it to 1984 where it was really low. At the end Jeremiah and I were to make a newspaper article based on the data. We were make our own Newspaper headline and we decided to call our article New Blockbusters. Captivating or monotonous?

Transum | TableMaster

Today I went on table master to test my speed on my 6 time tables. This was my first time so it was a bit hard. There were 10 questions and at the end I got 27 seconds. My fastest answer that was timed was 0.796 seconds and my slowest was 4.591 seconds. I was very estatic of my score. At the end I added my name for the 'Hight Score' Chart and was happy because I was coming first for the 6 time tables 'High Score' list. Next time I am aiming for 20-25 seconds. 

Prototec | Basic Facts Maths Practise

At home I've decided to go on prototec and test my basic facts such as my timetables and my division facts. I was timed so I tryed my best to speed up but to also get the answers right at the same time. I got a good score which was 2 minutes and 9 seconds. Next time I aiming for 1 minute. 

Bonus Point Math Problem | Animal Speed & Lifespan

The previous weeks we have been missing quite a few maths lessons so during our catch up time Alex, Jeremiah and I have finished of the Bonus Point Maths Problem which is based on Animals speed and Life spam. First we were to examine a bar graph that was given to us and then write down in the question box if the questions T (for true), F (for false) or NEE (NEE means not enough evidence to cover the questions). At the end we found out that there was a lot of true than false and only 4 NEE's. At the end we were to create two bar graphs that shows the animals lifespan and the speed of the animal. 

Travelling to school | Pie Graph

This week for maths, our task was to figure out this statistics problem. We found out that most primary students get to school is by car and most secondary student get to school by bus. After that we survey all the students in Ms Kirkpatrick's maths group. According to our survey most of the student in Ms Kirkpatrick's maths group get drop of school by car and the least amount of students come to school by bus. For this task I've decided to work collaboratively with Jack and Sanujan.

Maths Problem | How old is everyone else?

This week for maths we were given a maths problem from Ms Kirkpatrick which was based on age of people. In the problem there were 5 names and it gave a few hints to how old they were. We needed to figure out how old all of them were. We knew how old one of them them were which was Richard because it said Richard is 15 years old. I found it a bit easy but I also found it fun because we did some multiplying and diving in it (which I like). For this activity we were either to work with a partner, by yourself or with a teacher if you needed help. I worked with Sanujan and we explained the process of how we found the answers.