POW! (Problem of the Week 7) 5/23/2011

Read the following problem. Post a solution AND a specific explanation of how you found your answer. The first correct post and explanation (by Thursday's math class-no school Friday) will earn $5.00 towards your math class checkbooks. Good luck!

Katelyn Kilograms, Madison Multiplication and Kelcie Kilometers are going for a long walk together to get to the beach. It takes one hour for them to get to the beach from Katelyn's house. They walk for ten minutes and then stop to buy soda. After walking another fifteen minutes, they stop for ice cream cones. In another fifteen minutes they stop to pick up Megan Millimeters. What fraction of the trip had they completed when they stopped to pick up Megan?

POW! (Problem of the Week 6) 5/16/2011

Read the following problem. Post a solution AND a specific explanation of how you found your answer. The first correct post and explanation (by Friday's math class) will earn $5.00 towards your math class checkbooks. Good luck!

Shannon Sphere is a terrific baker! Her specialty is making pies. Her classmate, Troy Technology, decides to capitalize on this talent and asks her to start a baking business with him. Their first venture is making and selling pieces of blueberry pie. So Shannon makes nine blueberry pies cut into fourths. Troy decides each piece will sell for $1.50. How much money could Shannon and Troy make if they sold all of the pies?

POW! (Problem of the Week 6) 5/9/2011

Read the following problem. Post a solution AND a specific explanation of how you found your answer. The first correct post and explanation (by Friday's math class) will earn $5.00 towards your math class checkbooks. Good luck!

Joey Ordering and Michael Millimeters are great at fundraising! Their goal is to raise enough money to have a math party with food, drinks and prizes. They have collected 6,000 aluminum cans to bring to the recycling center. If the recycling center pays $2.00 for 500 cans, how much money did Joey and Michael raise altogether? Do you think that is enough money for a math party?

POW! (Problem of the Week 5) 5/2/2011

Read the following problem. Post a solution AND a specific explanation of how you found your answer. The first correct post and explanation (by Friday's math class) will earn $5.00 towards your math class checkbooks. Good luck!

Tim Tally Tables is thinking of his favorite number. Naomi Number Patterns is trying to guess what it is. Tim gives her the following clues: The number is less than 20. It is an odd one-digit number. It is not the number of sides of a triangle. It can be divided by three. Can you help Naomi figure out Tim's favorite number?

Banking on Bingo!

Today we played multiplication/division bingo in class. Which round was most difficult for you? How are multiplication and division related? How can this game be useful to us? Why is it valuable to be able to know your math facts fast? What other games could we play to practice our math facts?