Solution to Math POW

Evaluate your math solution with the solution below. 

Were you correct?  Did you explain your answer well?

 

IXL

Go to IXL and complete - gr. 7 - Geometry - 0.28 - Nets of 3-dimensional figures.
Explore any areas in Geometry that we covered in class that you think you require review in.  The Geometry quiz is  Thursday..  If you feel confident that you are ready for the quiz, move on to:
Data & Graphs 

Isometric Drawing Review

http://www.teacherled.com/resources/isodraw/isoshapeload.html
Open the above link and draw at least 8 of the isometric shapes.

Math POW - due Dec.13th

Listen & Watch as Mackenzie and Katherine Explain Everything

Open the link below and follow along as Mackenzie and Katherine solve the Chocolate & Child Labour Math Problem on Explain Everything (an iPad app). 

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0Bypw6lfK2mR2M0h0VUtMSTZFRkE/edit

OECD Math Quiz - Sample Questions

http://www.oecd.org/pisa/test/

Explore PISA 2012 Mathematics Test Questions

The OECD's Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) evaluates education systems worldwide by testing 15-year-olds in key subjects. The focus of PISA 2012 was mathematics. To understand more about the PISA 2012 mathematics test, click the link above to answer sample questions, explore the concepts being tested and learn what 15-year-olds students at different proficiency levels can do.
Canada was among 65 countries and economies participating in the assessment by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, which takes place every three years. Findings of the OECD's Program for International Student Assessment — or PISA — from 2012 were released Tuesday.

More than 500,000 15-year-old students were tested on their knowledge and skills in three subject areas. The primary focus was on mathematics with a smaller proportion of students assessed in reading and science. Around 21,000 Canadians from about 900 schools across the country's 10 provinces took part. Canada's three territories elected not to participate.

Challenge Activity - Use Google Sketchup to create your very own Art Gallery

http://www.3dvinci.net/teacherguide/Teacher_Guide.htm

Go to:  See How It's Done

Geometry & Google Sketch Up

Choose one of the following scenarios:
Dear Architect, 

The Halton District Catholic School Board has approved a playground for your school. It is your job to design a prototype of your playground using Google SketchUp.

You may want to use the following Tips & Tricks overview for Google SketchUp

http://enrichingmath.wikispaces.com/Sketch+up+tips+and+Tricks

OR.....
Clients have hired you to create their dream house.
Using Frank Lloyd Wright as your guide, design a house online using Architect 3D - link below

http://architectstudio3d.org/AS3d/design_studio.html

Nets Review

Math POW - in class

Math POW Solution

Spiderman and Mathematics

What do you think about this? Use math vocabulary in your response.

Exploring Quadrilaterals

http://www.mathsisfun.com/quadrilaterals.html
http://teams.lacoe.edu/documentation/classrooms/amy/geometry/6-8/activities/quad_quest/quad_quest.html
http://www.interactivestuff.org/match/maker.phtml?featured=1&id=24
http://www.kidsmathgamesonline.com/geometry/shapes.html

Math POW - due Fri., Nov.29th

Math Puzzle - What number am I?

.You are looking for a three-digit number.
.The second digit is one more than the first digit.
.The third digit is one more than the second digit.
.The number is greater than 200 but less than 500.
.It is an odd number.

Math POW - In-class

Math POW Solution

Look at the above solution.  Is it the same as your response?  If it is different explain how it is different?  Do you think your answer is still correct even though it is different?  Which answer do you think is better? Explain why. Post your response.  (Remember to explain yourself clearly.)

David's Response -
Only answer a) is the same as my answer, b) and c) are not the same as mine.

On a) I had 2 adjacent squares and I only used 7 toothpicks. On b) I did not think of overlapping the squares to make 3 squares, Instead I just made two toothpicks double the size of the other three toothpicks like so, 2 lines are twice the size as so:

On c) I made three toothpicks double the size of the other 5 toothpicks to make 8 squares like so:

Math Survey - Please complete by the end of class Friday

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/13iU2f7Jvzpp6PZ3_e1onr1gFIF76THoBeTL9gS9vcMw/viewform

Exploring Triangles

http://www.mathsisfun.com/triangle.html
Open the above link and explore various activities with triangles.  Take the quiz and show me your results.  Are the 6 triangles below the only triangles there are? (Post your responses.)

Doodling in Math Class - Triangles

Watch the above video clip.  Try doodling some of the same triangle shapes that Vihart draws.
Tell me everything you know about triangles.  (Post your answers.)

Math POW - due Fri., Nov., 15th

Geometry Game - Advanced

http://www.infoplease.com/math/knowledgebox/player.html?movie=sfw41553

If you like a challenge - open the above link and try your hand at this math activity on measuring angles.

Euclid and Geometry

Geometry Math Games

http://www.math-play.com/Geometry-Math-Games.html

Open the above link and go to the Angles Jeopardy Game.  
This is a fun way to assess your knowledge about measuring and classifying angles. The game has a single-player mode and a multi-player feature.

Practice estimating angles using a fun game: Alien Angles

http://www.mathplayground.com/alienangles.html
Here’s a link to a fun game called Alien Angles that will help you to estimate angles. To be successful in this game, you must estimate the angle within 5 degrees. To set the angle, click on the blue dot until you think you are in the right spot. Have fun!

http://www.mentormob.com/learn/i/draw-geometric-shapes-with-given-conditions/draw-triangles-using-given-angles
In preparation for our math this upcoming week, I want you to watch the above video about drawing triangles using given angles.

Chocolate and Child Labour

Fatima received a chocolate pumpkin as a gift from her friend on Hallowe'en. The chocolate cost $2.00 here in Ontario. The cocoa bean that was made into chocolate was harvested by a child in Africa. 

 For every dollar spent on chocolate here in Canada, 70 cents goes to the chocolate industry, 15 cents goes to marketing company, 10 cents goes to the packaging company and 5 cents goes to the worker in Africa.

 If $20.00 of chocolate is sold: How much profit does the chocolate company make? How much profit does the marketing company make? How much profit does the packaging company make? How many chocolate pumpkins must be sold for the child labourer to earn $20.00? 

  Show your work and find a way to display your results. Do you think the profits are shared fairly? Explain your answer.


What is your opinion about the above video clip? (Post your answers.)

It's The Great Pumpkin - Charlie Brown - Math POW - due Friday, Nov. 1st.

  Having made it safely back home from trick or treating, it's now time to check out your haul. You are to find the top 5 types of candy that you have collected. To aid you in this venture create a tally chart to record the tasty items. After having recorded tallies, it is now time to display them on a bar graph (We will do this in class - just bring in your tallies). Be sure to title your graph and label your axes. No need to worry, you don't have to record the rocks. Happy Hallowe'en!

Math POW - In-Class (week of Oct. 28th)

Post your answer.

Cracking The Code & Prime Numbers

Cryptography involves the use of mathematics to provide privacy in electronic communications. When your internet browser shows a URL beginning with “https”, cryptography based on prime numbers is being used to protect your privacy.
http://cemc.uwaterloo.ca/resources/real-world/protect-privacy.html

 

Open the above link and find out more about cryptography.  List three things you learned. Have you ever created a secret code? (Post your answers.)

Sieve of Eratosthenes - Prime Numbers

Watch the above video clip.  Why do you suppose this method is called the Sieve of Eratosthenes?  When was this method of finding prime numbers created and by whom? (Post your answers.)

Math POW #6 - in-class

Math POW #4 Answer

IXL - Week of Oct. 15th - 18th

http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/mesg/html/math6web/index.html?page=lessons&lesson=m6lessonshell07.swf

Open the above link and explore: Factors, Multiples, and Prime Factorization

Number theory - gr. 6

1. M.1Prime or composite
2. M.2Identify factors
3. M.3Prime factorization
4. M.4Prime factorization with exponents
5. M.5Greatest common factor
6. M.6Least common multiple
7. M.7GCF and LCM: word problems

Number theory - gr. 5

1. J.1Prime and composite numbers
2. J.2Prime factorization
3. J.3Divisibility rules
4. J.4Divisibility rules: word problems
5. J.5Greatest common factor
6. J.6Least common multiple

Challenge Activities:

Number theory

1. A.1Prime or composite
2. A.2Prime factorization
3. A.3Multiplicative inverses
4. A.4Divisibility rules
5. A.5Greatest common factor
6. A.6Least common multiple
7. A.7GCF and LCM: word problems
8. A.8Scientific notation
9. A.9Compare numbers written in scientific notation
10. A.10Classify numbers

In-Class Math POW - due Wednesday, Oct. 16th

Problem of the Week

Problem B

Double Trouble

Riley Waters has decided to join Facebook. A week after posting his profile,
he discovers he has two friends! After another week, his number of friends has
doubled to four. At the end of the third week, his total number of friends has
doubled yet again to 8.



a) If his number of friends continue to double each week, how many friends will Riley have at the end of 6 weeks? Create a T-chart to show your calculations.
b) Continue your chart to show how many friends
Riley would have after 10 weeks.

c) How long would it be until Riley has more than
15 000 friends?

d) There are about 34 million people in Canada. How
 long will it be until Riley is friends with at least
 that many people?                                                                                                                                                                    

Math POW #4 - due Thursday, Oct. 10th

http://cemc.uwaterloo.ca/resources/potw/2013-14/POTWB-13-GS-03-P.pdf
Open the above link and read the instructions carefully.  Answer the questions and show your work.