Week 8

Numeracy - Week 8

(week 8 printable at the bottom of page)

*** Please understand that you are not expected to complete all of these activities ***

It is suggested that you try to complete 4 - 6 activities per week. Of course, you are welcome to complete more if you wish :)

I have included many options to give you a variety of ideas to choose from.

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• Play the fun dice game Min-Max-imize! This is a game for 2 or more players. Each player needs a paper and pencil and should draw the empty equation below on their paper. You will need one die for this game.

____ - ____ + ( ____ - ____ ) =

Instructions: Players take turns rolling the die. After every roll, each of the players have to decide where to put the rolled digit in their equation. The goal is to get the greatest answer possible. Once a digit is recorded it must stay in that spot. You can’t move the digits. Continue to roll the die until all spots in the equation have been filled. Calculate and record your answer. Remember to solve what is inside the brackets first. The player with the highest score after 10 rounds wins! Does your strategy change each round? Try playing with a goal of getting the lowest answer possible. Would your strategy change?

• Kyle drew a line with a length measured in millimetres. Lia drew a line with a length measured in centimetres. Lia’s line is a little shorter than Kyle’s. How long might their lines be?

• Look at the nets below. Each net is missing a face to complete it. Predict which 3-D figure each net would fold into if you added a 2-D face to it. Where would you need to place the missing face to complete the 3-D figure?

• Choose numbers for the blanks in this rule for a shrinking pattern: Start at ____ and subtract ____ each time. What would the 10th and 20th terms in the pattern be?

• You overhear someone say, “I predict that the spinner will land on blue a lot more than yellow.” Draw what the spinner might look like? Can you draw a spinner that is 2x as likely to land on yellow than blue? Can you draw a spinner that is equally likely to land on yellow and blue, but less likely to land on red or on purple?

• The 20th term in a shrinking pattern is in the 500s and the 30th terms is in the 300s. What might the pattern be? How do you know you are right?

• Spinner Fun! Here is a game to play with someone at home. Draw a spinner that looks like the image below. Use a pencil to lightly print “A”, “B”, or “C” in each of the sections of the spinner. (For example, you might print “A” in 5 spaces, “B” in 2 spaces and “C” in 1 space.) Look at the spinner you just made. Write the probability of landing on each letter as a fraction. Use a paperclip and pencil to make the spinner. Spin the spinner 20 times and keep a tally of the letters on which the spinner lands. Were the results what you expected? Would this be a fair game if three players were playing and each got a point every time the spinner landed on their letter? Erase the letters on the spinner. Record a different A-B-C set on the spinner. Can you make it so the game is more “fair”?

• Numeracy Week 8 printable