Math

More Math fun- week of June 8th

  • Continue to master your basic addition, subtraction, multiplication and division facts.

  • Find everyday examples of Math within your daily life.

  • Count, count, count. Forward, backward, by 2s, 5s, 10s, 25s, and multiples of other numbers.

  • Create your own word problems.

  • Find things to measure using different units. Consider distance when traveling, comparing sizes of objects and using referents. Plant some seedlings and measure their growth on a weekly basis. Create a graph to show their growth over time.

  • Consider capacity and measurement when cooking and using things that come in packages. What units are used? Is it a big package, or not so big?

  • A few more videos on probability and percentage.

More Math fun- week of June 1st

Create and solve your own Math word problems using all four operations: addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. Try making some harder questions that require two steps to solve.

Ex.1. Ms. Watts has three red hats, two blue hats, five green hats and four white hats. How many does she have all together? 3 + 2 + 5 + 4 = 14

Ex 2. Ms. Watts has four bags of cookies. There are eight cookies in each bag. How many cookies are there all together? 4 x 8 = 32 Could she make five even groups? Why or why not? Explain.

Ex 3. Ms. Watts wants to split the wall into four equal parts. The wall is ten feet long. Where should she mark the tape? Hint-consider the number line when solving this question.

Ex 4. Ms. Watts moved fifty pieces of wood, fifty feet for each board. How far did the boards travel all together?

Ex 5. Ms. Watts wants to cover the front of her building with cedar shingles. The face of the building is ten feet wide and fourteen feet wide. Each bundle covers twenty five feet, how many bundles does she need all together? Hint-two step question. Find the area first.



More Math fun- week of May 25th

Please continue to practice your basic facts until you no longer think about the answers. Also, visit the IXL Math site and practice where you think you need it most. Sumdog is another fun Math site, and continue to create and solve your own Math word problems. I have gathered some videos to help you with some specific topics. Enjoy and have fun with Math!

More Math fun- week of May 18th

In addition to practicing fractions and geometry, I encourage you to continue working with multiplication and division facts. I urge you to memorize your basic facts and to carry on with more challenging questions. Don't forget to create and solve your own word problems for all four operations.


More Math fun- week of May 11th

In addition to practicing fractions and applicable operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication and division), Geometry and angles should be explored. IXL Math is a great site for Math practice in all content areas.

More Math fun- week of May 4th

  • Continue to practice applicable facts-addition, subtraction, multiplication and division

  • Play games-board games, dice, Yahtzee.

  • Find and identify real life Math situations

  • Create your own word problems for all applicable operations.


More Math fun- week of April 28th

  • Consider how fractions relate to decimals. Decimals are simply fractions using multiples of 10 as the denominator, so 25/100 is the same as 0.25. An equivalent fraction for 25/100 is 1/4.

  • Continue to play number games-flash cards, Yahtzee, dice, etc.

  • Find some real life fraction and decimal situations.

  • Fun Math sites- Sumdog and IXL Math

More Math fun- week of April 20th

  • Practice all four operations, if applicable. Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication and Division. Create flash card and practice until they are known.

  • Problem solve. Regardless of the nature of the problem, what are some solutions to the problem? Explore all fixes. If my shoelace broke, what might I do? I could...buy a new one, tie a knot, or go without a lace. I could even use some dental floss as a new lace. Any other ideas? Some interesting situations?

  • Fractions- Explore all real life possibilities. Cut up the Pizza in a different ways. How many parts in total? What is the fraction of leftovers? Eat some chocolate bars that are cut into parts. Can you save half for later? Count the parts and the whole of your ceiling or floor tiles. Where else are there fractions? Hint-measurement. What fraction of plants are growing in the image below?

  • Measurement- If you plant some seedlings, you can measure and chart their growth. You could also create a graph regarding the weather. How many days of the month were sunny, rainy, snowy or windy?

Math fun- week of April 14th

I encourage everyone to continue practicing their basic Math facts. Addition and subtraction up to 20, until they are known without hesitation. Multiplication and Division facts are just as important for the upper level grades. You can create homemade flash cards to help with this task and have fun quizzing your siblings or your parents.

Make a homemade estimation jar and have the family partake in trying to figure out how many objects are in the container. The winner gets to fill the jar the next time, with their objects of choice. This could be a weekly activity. Hint: count the bottom row and guess at how many rows the jar may contain.

Cooking is a great way to use Math skills. Find a recipe and some measuring tools and make some tasty treats. Even if you don't want to make a recipe, measuring cups are helpful for understanding fractions. How many full cups would you have, if you filled the cup to 1/3, six times? Comparing fractions visually in this manner is a great way to see which fraction is greater than another.

Creating and using number lines is an important skill as well. You can create some number lines from 0-10, 0-100, 0-1 000, 0-10 000, 0-100 000, and so on. Find the middle and mark it with the appropriate numeral. What number is located at the 1/4 mark, and the 3/4 mark?

I encourage everyone to find some real life Math examples. Math is everywhere and we use it everyday. Take a moment to think about how you used Math today and why it is helpful to have this knowledge.

Time and money are also important Math topics. Please review how to tell time on an analogue clock and/or expand to the 24hr clock(army time). Play money could be borrowed from a board game or created by individuals. Find as many ways to get to a dollar using different coins and denominations. It helps to know how to skip count by 5, 10 and 25 for this activity. You could make a store and have people buy things, giving them the proper change for their purchases.

It would be great if you would make up your own Math questions to solve and share with others. For difficult questions don't forget to estimate first, solve, then verify your answer.