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Tuesday, 26 November 2013

Serenity EA/AA Term 4 Week 4 Problem Solving

1. Sam was planting fruit trees in his garden. He had 12 trees. How many did he put in each ¼ of the garden?
= 3 because 3 times 4 = 1
2. There were 63 cars in the carpark then 8 had to leave. How many were left?
63 - 8 = 55 because   
63 - 3 = 60 60 - 5 = 55

3.  Tara has cooked up 25 roast potatoes. How many does she put on each of the 5 plates?
= 5 because 5 times 5 = 25  
25 divided by 5 = 5

4. There is a boxing match tonight. Boxer A is more experienced than Boxer B. Bower A has had 469 matches whereas Boxer B has only had 243. How many more matches has Boxer A had than Boxer B?
243 + __ = 469     243 + 57 = 300 + 169 = 469    57 + 169 = 226
226+ 243 = 469

5. At Rina’s school a school hat cost $7. Yesterday the school office had $84 of school hat sales. How many hats did they sell?
84 divided by 7 = 12
which means 7 times 12 = 84
they had sold 12

6. The red soccer team has scored 56 goals over the season so far. The is 7 times more than what the blue has scored. How many goals has the blue team scored in the season so far?
7 times 56 = 380    7 times 50 = 350    
7 times 6 = 30   30 + 350 = 380


7. There are  7 boxes. Each box has 24 tennis balls in it. How many tennis balls are there altogether?
518 because you  24 times divided by 7 =
                                             
8. There are 32 animals at the vet. five-eighths of them are cats. How many is this?
⅝ of 32  8 times 4 = 32 so you put 4 in each of 8 boxes which adds up to 32


Serenity EA/AA Term 4 Week 5 Problem Solving

1.  Tessa has bought 40 mini chocolate bars to put in goodie bags at her party. She has 8 goodie bags. How many does she need to put in each?
= 5 because 5 times 8 = 40 and she puts
5 mini chocolate bars in each goodie bag



2. John has a pizza he has cut into 16 pieces? He eats some then leaves ¾ of the pizza for the rest of the family How many slices did he eat and how many are left for the family?
= 4,  4 times 4 = 16
so john has eaten 4 pizza’s and left 4 more

3. Trevor has to drive 422 km’s. He looks at his odometer and sees he has gone 289 kms. How much further has he got to go?
422 - ? = 289       289 - ? = 422     
289 + 1 = 290    290 + 10 = 300   300 +122 = 422
122 + 10 + 1 = 133



4. The shop is selling sandals for $9 a pair.  They have sold $486 worth of jandals so far. How many pairs have they sold?
= 54 because 9 times 50 = 450
450 + 9 = 540  

5. Sam was giving away some of his marbles. He has 96 altogether. He said to his friend Ben, “You can choose to have  ¼  of them all or ⅔   of ½ of them.” Which should Ben choose?
⅔ because it equals up to 64 which is bigger than ½ of 96 and ¼ of 96



6. The A Softball team has scored 72 goals over the season so far. The is 6 times more than what the B Softball team has scored. How many goals has the B team scored in the season so far?
6 times 12 = 72   the answer is 12

7. 7 of the class are not going on camp. The ¾ of the class are. How many are in the class altogether
= 21 because ¾ of 28 = 21,  you put 7 in each box which equals up to 21  

8. There are  8 boxes. Each box has 25 apples in it. How many apples are there altogether?
200 altogether because 8 times 20 = 160   8 times 5 = 40 160 + 40  = 200

 

Friday, 22 November 2013

My math strategies, Working out

 Mineus. There were 225 people at the movies than 8 had to leave. How many were left?
225 - 8 = 217    225 - 5 = 220   220 - 3 = 217     
                                                                                                                                     


Fraction. John has a pizza he has cut into 16 pieces? He eats some then leaves ¾ of the pizza for the rest of the family How many slices did he eat and how many are left for the family?
= 4,  4 times 4 = 16 so john has eaten 4 pizza’s and left 4 more


Multiplication.  Tessa has bought 40 mini chocolate bars to put in goodie bags at her party. She has 8 goodie bags. How many does she need to put in each?
= 5 because 5 times 8 = 40 and she puts 5 mini chocolate bars in each goodie bag


Addition. Trevor has to drive 422 km’s. He looks at his odometer and sees he has gone 289 kms. How much further has he got to go?
422 - ? = 289       289 - ? = 422     
289 + 1 = 290    290 + 10 = 300   300 +122 = 422
122 + 10 + 1 = 133



Tuesday, 29 October 2013

Serenity News Article Response

Read the whole article and record the key words or phrases that answer the following questions.



News Article Headline
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WHO?
Giant George
WHAT?
World’s tallest dog dies
WHERE?
Arizon, Usa
WHEN?
Giant George died on Thursday, October 17,2013
WHY?
Because he has eaten too much for his age, he eats 50 kg's of food every month
HOW?
Because he has eaten too much for his age, he eats 50 kg's of food every month
                                                                                                                                            
Rewrite the article in your own words
Headline:
In Arizon, USA the tallest dog in the world Giant George has died on Thursday, October 17, 2013 because every month he eats around 50 kg's of food
Summary:
at the age of seaven giant george has eaten 50 kg's everymonth and now has deid



Opinion and Why:
What do you think about this news and why
that this story in very interesting and a cool story to read about  



Questions
What are some questions this article has prompted that you may like to find out the answers to

Tuesday, 22 October 2013

Judy Moody Saves the World


I have chosen this book because the titile look and sound intresting and I have read half of this book but haven't read the whole book .. Now I want to finish of the book




Tuesday, 15 October 2013

Serenity and Faa'ao

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An person in the hall is an a magician...  he or she will be tapping the hat an the out comes corn beff