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?