Friday, December 18, 2015

Math POW #8 Solution


From front to back: Prancer, Cupid, Rudolph, Dasher, Blitzen, Vixen, Comet, Donder (or Donner),  and Dancer.

Thursday, November 19, 2015

Geometry - Measuring and Classifying Angles




http://www.math-play.com/Geometry-Math-Games.html
Open the above link and play the Angles Jeopardy game
This is a fun way to assess your knowledge about measuring and classifying angles.  This game has a single player mode and a multi player feature.

http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/bananahunt/bhunt.html
Open the above link and test your angle measuring skills while playing Banana Hunt.

Friday, November 6, 2015

In-class Math POW #5 - due Thurs., Nov 12th


























Note: Regions that meet only at a corner could be the same colour.  Regions that are separated by a body of water are not adjacent.

EXTENSION (not mandatory)    For students who would like an extra challenge -
b)  Now consider a map of Europe.  What is the fewest number of colours needed so that no two adjacent countries are the same colour?  HINT - Start with the smallest countries (i.e., San Marino, 
Vatican City, Liechtenstein, and Luxembourg).

Tuesday, November 3, 2015

Sunday, October 18, 2015

Wednesday, October 14, 2015

What happened when 8 lay down?

He felt infinitely better!

Monday, October 12, 2015

Brock Caribou Contest - Wed., October 14th & Thurs., Oct. 15th


https://cariboutests.com/games/
Open the above link and practice playing Floodfill - the interactive game for the contest this week.

Sunday, September 13, 2015

JABARA

https://campus.mangahigh.com/en-us/games/jabara
Open the above link and play Jabara (algebra game).

In-Class Math POW # 1 - Problem of the Week
Canadian Hero
Due Fri., Sept. 18th

Carefully read the question below.  Highlight the key information.  Answer each question and show the operations you used to figure out your answers. For example - 5 374km/ 42 km = _______km
Remember to include the question in your written answer.  For example - a) It would take Terry _____ days, at the rate of 42 km each day, to cover the total distance (5 374km) he ran.

In 1980, Terry Fox ran about 3 339 miles (5 374km) across Canada during his Marathon of Hope to raise money for cancer research.
a) Each day he tried to run a marathon, which is 42 km. At this rate, how
many days would it take to cover the total distance he ran?
b) His run ended in Thunder Bay, Ontario after 143 days. Was he able to run a
marathon a day, as he had hoped?
c) To date, over 650 million dollars had been raised in Terry's name. How many
dollars is that for each km that he ran?
d) Count the number of strides it takes you to run 10 m. Using this
information, determine how many steps it would take you to run the same
total distance as Terry ran. [Remember that he did the whole run with an artificial leg!]



Sunday, June 14, 2015

Monday, June 1, 2015

Youcubed - Week of Inspirational Math

https://www.youcubed.org/wim-day-1-videos/
Open the above link and watch the video on Mindset & Math.
What is the gist of the video?  Do you agree?  Post your response.

Tuesday, May 19, 2015

Shapes - Why are Squares, Rectangles and Rhombuses Parallelograms? What is a trapezoid?

https://www.mathsisfun.com/quadrilaterals.html
http://goo.gl/MlcHM8
Open the above links and find the answer.  Hand in your response.

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trapezoid is a 4-sided flat shape with straight sides that has a pair of opposite sides parallel. Trapezoid. IsoscelesTrapezoid. A pair of parallel sides. Called an Isoscelestrapezoid when the sides that aren't parallel are equal in length and both angles coming from a parallel side are equal.
What is a trapezoid?
Open the above link.  Tell me 3 things you learned about trapezoids.
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