Wednesday, December 7, 2016
Sunday, December 4, 2016
Sunday, November 27, 2016
Sunday, November 20, 2016
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.
Try the Calcrostic below -
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.
Try the Calcrostic below -
Sunday, November 6, 2016
In-class Math POW - due Fri. Nov. 11th
Patterning & Algebra
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?
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?
Tuesday, November 1, 2016
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)
CombinatoricsCombinatorics & Permutations.....
Open the above links and learn about combinatorics.
Sunday, October 16, 2016
Monday, October 10, 2016
Sunday, October 2, 2016
Sunday, September 25, 2016
Saturday, September 17, 2016
Thursday, September 1, 2016
Tuesday, August 16, 2016
Thursday, June 9, 2016
Sunday, June 5, 2016
Sunday, May 8, 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.
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
Solution
Friday, April 22, 2016
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, April 11, 2016
Sunday, April 3, 2016
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, March 22, 2016
Wednesday, March 9, 2016
Sunday, March 6, 2016
Sunday, February 28, 2016
Tuesday, February 23, 2016
Sunday, February 21, 2016
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
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.
Thursday, January 21, 2016
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
Monday, January 4, 2016
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