Taste the rainbow
Posted onJune 2, 2008
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Sam gave Jen 1/2 his Skittles. Jen ate half the Skittles and gave the rest to Kyle. Kyle kept 8 of the Skittles and gave the last 10 to Kim. How many Skittles did Jen eat? Use math language to explain how you found your answer.
What a pane!
Posted onMay 27, 2008
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The Glasshouse Restaurant is made entirely of glass panels. If there are 11,280 panels and it takes a window washer 5 minutes to clean each panel, how many days will it take 5 washers, working 8 hours a day, to wash all the panels? Using math language, explain each step you took to figure out the answer.
Ahoy, matey!
Posted onMay 20, 2008
Filed under logical reasoning | 34 Comments
Captain Mac is marooned on an island with his injured parrot, Jack, his pet cat, Spack, and a large crate of crackers. They ran out of water and had to cross the bay to another island on a raft that Captain Mac built. The raft will only hold him and one other. The cat can’t be left with the parrot and the parrot can’t be left with the crackers. How many crossings will Captain Mac have to make to get them all across? What will the crossings be? How did you figure it out?
Parking lot
Posted onMay 13, 2008
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I went to dinner and a concert in Albany. While there, I parked my car in Smith’s Parking Lot. They charged $0.75 for the first 0.5 of an hour, $0.60 for the second 0.5 of an hour, and $0.40 for each additional hour or part of an hour. I paid $2.95 to park my car during dinner and the concert.
How long was my car parked in Smith’s Parking Lot? Using complete sentences and math language, tell how you found your solution. How can you check to make sure you were right?
Summer Job
Posted onMay 5, 2008
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Four teenagers work together painting houses for the summer. For each house they paint they get $256.00. If they work for 4 months of summer and their expenses are $152.00 per month, how many houses must they paint for each of them to have one thousand dollars at the end of the summer? Explain how you found your answer using math language.
Pizza party!
Posted onApril 29, 2008
Filed under logical reasoning | 23 Comments
A pizza parlor offers sausage, ham, mushrooms, and pineapple as toppings. Ari, Bob, Darius, and Max each ordered a different topping. Darius ordered mushrooms. Bob did not order a meat topping. Max does not like sausage. Find the topping that Ari ordered.
Using complete sentences, explain your reasoning.
Classroom philanthropists
Posted onApril 11, 2008
Filed under multistep problems, percents | 23 Comments
A fifth grade class sold 312 tickets to their class play. Each ticket cost $2.50. The class donated 75% of the money they earned to charity. How much did the class donate to charity?
What is the correct answer? Using complete sentences and math language, tell how you found your solution. How can you check to make sure you were right?
What’s my number?
Posted onApril 7, 2008
Filed under number sense | 31 Comments
I’m thinking of a six-digit number. The digit in the thousands place and the digit in the tens place have a sum of 7. Find the least number I could be thinking of.
Using complete sentences, explain how you selected the digits. How can you check to see if you are correct?
Let’s go to the theater!
Posted onApril 1, 2008
Filed under multistep problems | 27 Comments
In the first year of production, a play sells 1,572 tickets, in its second year it sells 1,753 tickets, and in its third year it sells 152 less than in its second year. How many tickets are sold in 3 years?
What is the correct answer? Using complete sentences and math language, how did you figure it out? How can you check your work?
Welcome to Mrs. Fava’s Math Thoughts!
Posted onApril 1, 2008
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Today’s students are being asked not only to solve math problems, but to explain the thought processes behind their solution. What did they do each step of the way? How can they figure out if they have the right answer? The purpose of this blog is to give my students a chance to practice thinking about the mathematical processes they use to come to a solution!
