Amy wanted to share her learning with her family today!

Amy felt proud about her work today and wanted to share her learning.

She enjoyed finding all the ways to show 16, and found the patterns of the numbers fun to show.  

Malo Amy, we are very proud of the way you completed all activities and extended yourself to include two digit subtraction. 

Group Toru: playing target

We noticed that whoever gets to the number 5 first will win.

Does it matter who started?
The groups says it doesn't matter.

What do you think?

Group Tahi: playing target

Logan’s even number

Logan wants to show what 8,736 looks like.
It is an ev en number because of the ones. The six ones can be put into two equal groups.

Group Rua: our Maths language.

We are learning about the language of mathematics and what equal means and how we can show this.

We now know the equal sign = means the same as.  Both sides have to be the same or equal.

We have been using the words half and the fraction sign to show our equal groups.

Maths is so connected!!  It was nice to spend time exploring all the ways we can make these connections. 

Kai Pai Group!

Group Wha:

Playing 'first to subtract to get to 0':

Players:
2 people with two different colour felts

We start with the total of 10 and each person has a turn to subtract
Either 1,2,3.

The first to get to 0 wine.

Game of the Week: Got it

Got It is an adding or subtraction game for two players. You can play against a friend. It is a version of a well known game called Nim.

Start with the Got It target 23.

Of start at 23 and subtract to get to zero.

The first player chooses a whole number from 1 to 4 .

Players take turns to add or subtract a whole number from 1 to 4 to the running total.

The player who hits the target of 23 or 0 wins the game.

Play the game several times.
Can you find a winning strategy?
Can you always win?

Does your strategy depend on whether or not you go first?

Group Rima and Ono: count how many fingers?

Group Toru

Felicia is sharing her strategy on how to make 56 with different numbers:
This is still based on our book- 'one is a snail'.

She is using her 'groups of ' knowledge
- 5 groups of 10
- 1 group of 4
- 1 group of 2

or (5 x 10) + (1 x 4) + (1 x 2)
= 56

Ev en and o dd numbers:

What are they?
How do know if the number is an odd or even number?

Odd and Even Numbers:

Group Wha: house fractions

Our Maths group has 4 people:
1 takahe
1 kea
1 hohoi
1 tui

What fraction are in each house?

Group Toru: house Fractions

Group Rua: Game of Totals:

We are now modifying the game?? How would you do this?

Group Rua: playing ‘game of totals’

The aim is the first person to make 10.

Each person uses the numbers 1,2,3 only.

We notice there is a pattern

The first person to reach '6' will always...

Group Tahi: our fraction model by Chantelle

Group Tahi: house fractions

Here we are working out what houses we are in.

As you can see we have 5 people altogether - that is our whole 

We have 4 people in Takahe and 1 person in Hoiho 

We can also say 4/5 are Takahe and 1/5 is Hoiho

Which is the biggest fraction??

Yes it's 4/5ths :-) 

Group Ono- multiplication and division connections

Today I learnt about equal sharing or division. 

I got confused and now I remember how to use it.  I remember the problem about the 21 fejoias and collecting them in groups of 3.   I knew that there were 7 groups altogether.  21 divided into groups of 3 and that is 7. 

21 divided by 3 = 7

or

3 x 7 = 21

'Groups of' (times) and division are connected together!!!

Group Rima:

What makes a good mathematician?

Group Toru: multiplication

Here group Toru is using the book 'one is a snail' to find how many legs it would take to make 28.

These are the girls favourite combinations- they found over 5 different ways.

I am proud to see them using multiplication instead of repeated addition and finding a variety of ways. Keep it up girls!

Group Ono: playing Karlia's game

Karlia shared a game; we all wrote 1-10 in a pyramid shape. We then each asked a question and could cross out the number if it was the answer. Some great questions asked..
what would you ask?

Group Tahi: making houses out of our number of the day

Here we are using our place value knowledge to create a house. Look at all the different 429 houses. Well done girls!