Welcome to the Maths blog for 2017. Our teacher is Mrs Madden. We are looking forward to working together and learning new mathematical concepts and accelerate our learning. Check our blog regularly to see what we have been up to. We would love to read your comments.
Thursday, 28 September 2017
Group wha:
Group Toru:
Labels:
PTC 11:Assessment,
PTC 6:Planning,
PTC 9:Diversity
Group Toru:
Labels:
PTC 11:Assessment,
PTC 6:Planning,
PTC 9:Diversity
Wednesday, 27 September 2017
Group Tahi: our google slides
Labels:
PTC 11:Assessment,
PTC 6:Planning,
PTC 9:Diversity
Group Rua:
Labels:
PTC 11:Assessment,
PTC 6:Planning,
PTC 9:Diversity
Tuesday, 26 September 2017
Group Wha: Making Connections:
How do fractions relate to multiplication and division?
Wonderful conclusions! Thank you Poppy who reminded us division is just equal
Sharing and that is what fractions are.
Wonderful conclusions! Thank you Poppy who reminded us division is just equal
Sharing and that is what fractions are.
Special Interest : Introducing factorials
As part of finding the numbers 1- 20 using only four 4's . We were introduced to Factorials.
Factorials use the exclamation mark (!)
ie 4!
a " factorial of n items gives you the number of ways you can arrange the given items."
So 4! means = 4 x 3 x 2 x 1 = 24
For example: If there are two coins - you can arrange them in two different ways - like wise if you have 3 coins - there are 6 ways you can arrange them.
If you have four coins you can arrange then in ___ ways?
Factorials use the exclamation mark (!)
ie 4!
a " factorial of n items gives you the number of ways you can arrange the given items."
So 4! means = 4 x 3 x 2 x 1 = 24
For example: If there are two coins - you can arrange them in two different ways - like wise if you have 3 coins - there are 6 ways you can arrange them.
If you have four coins you can arrange then in ___ ways?
Group Tahi and Wha: bar models
These groups have made their own bar models using google slides.
They used the shape tools to create and measure their bar models. Today the whole was 24. We know our fractions all depend on our whole.
Very proud team!!
They used the shape tools to create and measure their bar models. Today the whole was 24. We know our fractions all depend on our whole.
Very proud team!!
Special Interest Question
Can you quarter a triangle?
If so how? If not why not?
Complete a drawing and send it to Mrs Madden.
If so how? If not why not?
Complete a drawing and send it to Mrs Madden.
Thursday, 21 September 2017
Special interest Ono - Tuesday
Here we are making smartie cookies and banana clusters. We worked as a group to decide on who was bringing which ingredients. We then had to divide our recipe into thirds or halves as some groups forgot their ingredients.
We then designed and made containers to hold our cookies.
Using nothing but an A4 piece of paper.
We then designed and made containers to hold our cookies.
Using nothing but an A4 piece of paper.
Group Rua: adding two digit numbers
Here we are breaking our numbers into tens and ones and then adding each one. We used the place value blocks to see what the tens and ones look like. We are trying to see the difference and get a picture in our head.
Group Toru:
Using a variety of ways to show our fractions, we have used circles, bars, number lines and blocks. Can you see all our different ways?
Group Tahi: bar models
Thursday, 14 September 2017
Wednesday, 13 September 2017
Group Tahi:
We can now add more fractions to our numberline- this includes 1/3 and 5/6
This was our challenge today, how many cookies is 5/6?
This was our challenge today, how many cookies is 5/6?
Group Tahi
Using a numberline to order our fractions.
We can match our fractions with a set of 12 cookies in the correct order.
We now know 1/12 is the smallest fraction and 1/2 is always in the middle. Lots of discussions to match the fractions with a batch of cookies.
We can match our fractions with a set of 12 cookies in the correct order.
We now know 1/12 is the smallest fraction and 1/2 is always in the middle. Lots of discussions to match the fractions with a batch of cookies.
Group Rua:
Tuesday, 12 September 2017
Group Tahi: ordering fractions
Group Rua: using an empty number line and splitting strategy:
Thursday, 7 September 2017
Our new class displays:
Special interest
Working as a team we needed to use four 4's and any operation to make the numbers 0 - 20...
We could easily make 16
4+ 4+4+4 = 16
Other numbers were more difficult and we learnt the importance of BODMAS - the order of operations as well as the square root of numbers.
We could easily make 16
4+ 4+4+4 = 16
Other numbers were more difficult and we learnt the importance of BODMAS - the order of operations as well as the square root of numbers.
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