Sunday, November 13, 2016

Caribou Math Contest - Wednesday, Nov. 16th

Sliding Blocks

Open the above link and practice the Sliding Blocks math game which will be on the contest this week. Make sure you read the Food For Thought section below the game.

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Try the Calcrostic below -

Math POW - due Fri., Nov. 18th



Sunday, November 6, 2016

In-class Math POW - due Fri. Nov. 11th

Patterning & Algebra


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1.  The first term of a pattern is 28 672. The pattern rule is “divide by 4 to get the next term.” What is the 5th term? Show your thinking.


2.  Which of these patterns uses the rule “multiply by 2 and add 1” to get the next term?

● 1, 2, 4, 5, 10, ...
● 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, ...
● 1, 3, 7, 15, 31, ...
● 1, 4, 10, 22, 46, ...


3.  A pattern is shown below.

64, 32, 16, 8, 4, ...
Which rule describes how to find the next term in the pattern?


4.  Darren starts with a triangle and creates a pattern.
     Each term in the pattern is a polygon with one more side than the term before it. How many sides        will Term 8 have?

Monday, October 31, 2016

Math POW - due Fri. Nov. 4th


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. 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!

Monday, October 24, 2016

Caribou Math Contest & Combinatorics

Question 5 of 18 (3 points)

Joyce sells comic books, adventure books, and mystery books at her book store. If a customer wants to select two books of different types, how many different combinations are there?
  1. 3
  2. 4
  3. 5
  4. 6
  5. 7
  6. 8
  7. 9

Question 11 of 18 (4 points)

Using the letters A and B, one can form the following two-letter code words: AA, AB, BB, BA. How many different four-letter code words can be formed using the letters A, B, C, and D?
  1. 16
  2. 24
  3. 64
  4. 120
  5. 204
  6. 256
  7. 308
Combinatorics
Combinatorics & Permutations.....
Open the above links and learn about combinatorics.

Monday, October 10, 2016

Sunday, October 2, 2016

Thursday, September 1, 2016

Monday, April 25, 2016

Problem Solving


Which of the two problem solving charts do you prefer? Explain why.  If you were to make your own problem solving chart is there anything you would add or delete? Explain why. 

In-class Math Work - due Thursday, Apr. 28th

Problem Solving

1.  A grade six class is having a fundraiser.
     
The class buys 3 bags of apples.  Each bag has 24 apples.  The total cost of the three bags of apples is
$12.24. 

The class sells the apples for $0.75 cents each.

How much money will the class gain per apple?
Show your work.



2.  A Canadian television station shows 16 minutes of commercials every hour between 8 a.m. and 11 p.m. every day.
How many minutes of commercials are there on the station between 8 a.m. and 11 p.m. in 365 days? 
Show your work.


Sunday, April 24, 2016

Math POW - due Fri., Apr. 29th

A store has 11.2 kg of potatoes. Maria buys 572 g of potatoes from the store and Colin buys 1.42 kg of potatoes from the store. After these two purchases, how many grams of potatoes does the store have left? Show your work.


Solution

Sunday, April 17, 2016

In-class Math POW - due Thursday, April 21st.


Stay Sharp
1.  $40 + 15% tip  =
2.  $90 + 20% tip =
3.  A college program has 135 females and 115 males.  What      
percentage of the total are female?
4.  Consider the fractions: 3/2 and 1 3/4
Which of these fractions is larger?  Justify your answer.

Monday, March 28, 2016

Next Brock Caribou Contest

The next Brock Caribou Math Contest is Wednesday, April 6th and Thursday, April 7th.  The interactive game is Towers of Hanoi.

Tuesday, February 23, 2016

Cubic Metre


What is the volume of a cubic metre in centimetres? 
Show your work.

Sunday, February 7, 2016

Wednesday, February 3, 2016

Mangahigh Math Bowl Competition 2016



We are competing against 547 other schools.  We are the only Canadian school in the top ten so far.
Let's do our best to stay there!

Saturday, January 30, 2016

Next Brock Caribou Contest - Feb. 17th-18th

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The next interactive game on the Brock Caribou Math Contest is Lights.
Make sure you click on the section Some food for thought under the game.  If you click on the green plus signs further information to assist with the solution will be provided.
LIGHTS

Sunday, January 24, 2016

Mangahigh Math Bowl Competition


Mangahigh- Math Bowl Competition - Feb. 1st. - 15th
Open the above link to find out about an exciting and upcoming math competition.

Sunday, January 17, 2016

Sunday, January 10, 2016

Is an equilateral triangle an isosceles triangle?


Watch the above video and read the answer below.  What is your opinion?  Can you find an answer which disputes the two answers I have provided?
Math Forum - Dr.Math

In-class Math POW - due Fri., Jan. 15th

























Monday, January 4, 2016

Similar and Congruent Shapes

Complete the following review on similar and congruent shapes  ixL - Similar and Congruent Shapes 

Sunday, January 3, 2016

Math POW #9 - due Fri., Jan. 8th


Mrs. O'Hara got a special slinky for Christmas.  When she activated her slinky it would move continuously until she stopped it.  Calculate how many times the slinky would move forward in 10 seconds.  How many times will the slinky move in one year?  If the slinky moved continuously for one whole year (approximately 20 cm per step) how far would the slinky go?