Odds and evens

What is an odd number?

What is an even number?

Give examples to prove your thinking!

How close to 100? with the amazing students of room 15!

Today we played the game how close to 100. This develops communicating skills while also exploring "groups of" and creating visual representations of sets. The students in Room 15 were amazing and two groups got to 100!

Numbers

Find  a reason why each one does not belong.

TECHNOLOGY- What can you interpret?

Technology is changing how we interact in the world in which we live.How do current New Zealand school students use technology?

Have a look at the information below. Interpret and post factual information you notice from the image below. 

You could make comparisons between primary school students and secondary school students.

What is the most frequently used device?

What else do you notice?

Can you complete all the tasks about the number 209?

Can you complete all the tasks about the number 209?
Record your answers to some or all of the questions.

Pyramids.

Can you find the correct numbers to fill the gaps?

Post your answers as a comment, stating which pyramid you have solved, (i) or (ii).

FOR THE HOLIDAYS.........

Check out this NASA link for more opportunities to match the equation to the story. 

Share your decisions A, B or C with a reason why you chose the answer that you did!!

https://spacemath.gsfc.nasa.gov/Grade35/5Page5.pdf



For example:

Scientific research has a lot in common with solving number puzzles like SODUKO in order to figure out what stars or planets are doing in space. Use your puzzle solving ability to figure out what event is described by the following number sentences! 

1 - Which story matches the sentence 23 – 10 + 6 = 19 ? 

A) An astronomer discovers 23 quasars on one photograph, 10 quasars on a second photograph, and 6 additional quasars on a third photograph. How many quasars did she identify? 

B) An astronomer spots 23 solar flares on Tuesday and 6 solar flares on Thursday, then decides that 10 of the solar flares were not real. How many real flares did he see? 

C) An astronomer counts a total of 19 lunar craters, and classifies 23 of them as asteroid impacts, 6 of them as volcanic calderas and 10 of them as meteor impacts. 

Isabella's new word problem!!

Isabella has created another word problem for you to solve.She needs you to share your thinking and prove your answer!

Akeelah has 72 pencils and Brie has 13 pencils. How many pencils do they have altogether?

Try this GARDENS Logic Puzzle!

Can you solve this logic puzzle by working out who has what garden and what they grow in it? Post your solution.

Check out....Isabella's word problem

Isabella wrote a word problem for you to solve.
You need to explain and justify your thinking to "prove" your answer.


Isabella has 14 lollies and Taite has 24 lollies. 
How many do they have altogether?

Are YOU a Maths Whizz?

Check out the Fibonacci Sequence.

How does it work?

Can you post the next equation and number in the sequence?

Can you find out a fact about Fibonacci? Post your Fibonacci fact!

Happy birthday Dr Seuss!

This week it has been Dr Seuss's birthday. 

Check out the link below, look at the picture and answer the question/s. This is a great activity to do with a buddy or at home with an older sibling, parent or grandparent. 

What is your favourite Dr Seuss book? Write the title and post it as a comment. Let's see how many titles we can come up with!

 http://bedtimemath.org/fun-math-1-fish-2-fish-396-fish/

ARRAYS!

Do you know what an array is?

Click this link to find out. 
Then use the pictures and prompts to help you solve the multiplication questions.

http://www.scootle.edu.au/ec/viewing/L106/index.html


Did you enjoy it?

Post a comment and share something you enjoyed or something you learnt.

Get your maths eyes on!

Over the next week use your "Maths Eyes" to discover maths around you.
Take a photo and post it to the blog. 
Write a question to encourage others to think about the maths in your photo!

Here are a couple of examples:

What shapes do you notice? How many do you think there are?

How many feet? How many shoes and socks? How many hands? How many children are there?

What could the question be?

The answer is 24.

What could the question be?

Record your idea and be in to win! One winner a week will be selected from the people who comment. Come on! Give it a go!!

What are the important ideas in this video?

Mojo, Episode One

• Watch the video
• Write one important idea you learnt from the video as a comment.
  

How is addition like subtraction?

http://wonderopolis.org/wonder/how-is-addition-like-subtraction

What do you think?
How is addition like subtraction?

Check out the link and post your comments...

Mathematics Is Everywhere!

Where did you discover mathematics throughout the holidays?