Sorry folks...I haven't had a chance to post this week's topics and assignments. I will try to finish up tonight. We are working on decimals & place value, and brushing up on multiplication facts. Ask your kids about the famous game of Nim.....
During lunch, students like to trade their food. The following exchange rates are used in the cafeteria. 3 candy bars can be traded for 2 pieces of pizza, and 1 piece of pizza can be traded for 4 lollipops. Using this exchange rate, how many lollipops would you accept for one candy bar? Explain your reasoning for this exchange. 1/13/08 - The Pitcher
During a baseball game, a pitcher uses the following 4 throws: a fastball, a curveball, a changeup and a slider. He throws twice as many curveballs as sliders and more changeups than curveballs. If he uses each type of throw at least once over 10 pitches, how many of each pitch does he use for each 10 pitches thrown? 1/6/09 - Who am I?
Half of my number is ten fewer than seven times the sum of the first eight prime numbers. Who am I? 11/18/08 - Find my number What is the smallest number that is divisible by each of the first five counting numbers (1, 2, 3, 4, and 5)?
#%#%#%#%#%#%#%# 11/11/08 -- An Apple a Day
A shop sells apples at $1 each. Each of these apples are wrapped in a special wrapper. You can trade 3 of these wrappers for 1 apple. If you have $15, how many apples can you get altogether?
#%#%#%#%#%#%#%# 10/28/08 -- Time Will Tell Picture a regular (analog) clockface — with the numerals 1 to 12 correctly positioned.
Where would you draw a straight line to split the clockface in half in such a way that the sum of the numbers on one side of the line will equal the sum of the numbers on the other side of the line?
#%#%#%#%#%#%#%# 10/21/08 -- Mr. Jones
Mr. Jones is 28 years older than his son. In 11 years, he will be 3 times as old as his son. How old is each person now?
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