873 Math Blog (2012)

Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Carlos Fraction Scribe Post/ Test corrections

There was a freshly baked pie on the kitchen counter so I cut the pie in to 8 equal pieces and i took 1/8 and my parents took 4/8 how many are left?

If Isaac can run 3/4 of a mile what would Isaac get if he ran 3 miles?

I have 19/20 apples in a bag and it takes 5 apples to make 1L, how many litres of apple juice can i make ?

Test corrections

Monday, November 26, 2012

Textbook Pages 228-229
Questions 12,13, and 15

12) It takes 2 1/2 scoops of flour to make one cake. How many cakes do 15 scoops of flour make?

Answer: 15 scoops of flour makes 6 cakes.

13) 3/4 of a can of apple juice fills six glasses. How many glasses will a whole can of apple juice fill?

15) Shana and Zack painted their rooms using paint in cans of the same size. Shana used 1 1/2 cans of paint. Zack used 2 2/4 cans of paint. How many times as much paint did Zack use as Shana?

My Test Corrections

Part 1

To me, pay it forward is when one person tries to do one act of kindness to three people with nothing in return. The people that the person helped try to do an act of kindness to three other people as well. So one person equals three people to help and it keeps on going.

Part 2

My pay it forward act of kindness was sending Christmas presents to kids in Africa who couldn't afford to buy there own Christmas presents. I choose this activity because Christmas was close by and I know that there are kids who are less fortunate than other people and wouldn't get something very special on such a very special holiday. I helped kids in Africa or areas in the world who had extreme poverty. I took a shoe box and put things like school supplies, toys, hygiene items such as tooth brushes and combs/brushes and a personal note saying a message. I packed about 8-10 boxes. I had to label it either a girl or a boy and I also had to choose an appropriate age group for what age the boxes should be given to. Then I sent them to Operation Christmas Child Samaritans Purse so they can deliver it to the kids who would be getting it. I did this act of kindness on November 9, 2013.

Part 3

My act of kindness went good. Sometime in December, kids would be receiving there Christmas gifts/boxes. I felt very happy for doing this. Just knowing that at least one or two people that I helped will be happy. This made me very glad that I can do these kind of stuff. In the boxes that I sent I left a message. It said,

"Have a nice holiday and I hope you pay it forward."

I explained in the note what "Pay it Forward" meant and I said that giving one act of kindness can make a big difference in that person's life. It would be hard for me to see those people's reaction because I don't know them and they live some where else in the world. I just hope that they actually have some thoughts in doing pay it forward and hope that their reaction is a good reaction.

Part 4

I think that "Pay it Forward" is important because it helps you realize that one person can make a big difference. It can start with one person and as soon as you realize it, millions of people are trying to make a difference in someone's life just as what you are trying to do. To me, making a difference isn't that hard to do. I think my kindness made a difference because I helped kids who are less fortunate than others. They would be getting something that they wouldn't be able to afford. Christmas is the time to be mostly giving so I, took my time and gave them something to look forward to for Christmas and it didn't take me that long to do.

Nicholas's Fraction Scribepost

Textbook Chapter 6.5 Page 228 11,12,13

11. In a comedy review, each performer has a 1/4 hour slot. How many performers are there in a 2 hour show?

1/4 x 4 = 4/4 = 1 hour 1/4 x 8 = 8/4 = 2 hours
1/4 each performer and 8 performer is a total of 2 hours

12. It takes 2 1/2 scoops of flour to make one cake. how many do 15 scoops make?

2 1/2 + 2 1/2 = 5 x 3 = 15

2 1/2 x 4 = 10

2 1/2 x 6 = 15

13. Three quarters of a can of apple juice fills six glass. How many glass will a whole can of apple juice fill?

3/4 is 6 glass's divide that by three and it's 2 or 1/4 add that to 3/4 that's 4/4, 8 glass or 1 can of juice.

Here's a link for Fractions click here http://youtu.be/LU3R2JE5c_U
and a little game too http://www.math-play.com/equivalent-fractions-game.html

Test corrections

2nd Tamar had 1/2 of and apple pie in her refrigerator. She ate 1/4 of this piece of pie. What fraction of a whole pie did she eat?

Answer 1/8

3rd 5/6 x 1/2

What is 1/2 of 5/6

4th 1/4 x 1/3

How many groups of 1/3 are in 1/4