Problem of the Week #8

Congratulations to Erin, who won the problem of the week last week! She submitted her answer on paper to me at school. Great job Erin!

Soon, our blog will be moved to my personal website at school. All of the games and awesome resources on this site will be in one location, in a way that is easier to use and find. I can't wait to share it with you soon! Stay tuned!

Your new problem:

Scientists see a sun spot appear on the sun. As the sun spins on it's axis, it takes 7 days for the sun spot to move 90 degrees. How many days does it take for that sun spot to move 360 degrees?

Good luck!

Problem of the Week #7

My sincere apologies for being so late to update this! I have been swamped this week getting materials for our grant and trying out to build our classroom website. I am back in the game!

Our winners for last week are Connor AND Michael who were the only two to answer the problem. Congratulations.

Here is your new problem. (Warning: It has many steps.)

I have a basket of fruit that contains only bananas, apples and oranges. The basket contains 2 bananas, 6 red apples and 8 green apples. If the total number of pieces of fruit is three times the number of apples in the basket, how many oranges are in the basket?

More Multiplication and Division Practice

Try to build algorithms with these two games:

Multiplication

Division

Also, we tried www.ABCya.com today in the computer lab. There are many resources on this site for you to try, including language arts activities!

Problem of the Week #6

The winner from last week was Connor! GREAT explanation, please look below that last post to see all the people who answered.

Here is your new problem:

If the sum of two positive whole numbers is 64, what is the greatest possible product?

(Hint: A product is the answer in a multiplication problem.)

Multiplication Practice

We are in the swing of learning multiplication and division. We are learning them together since they are so closely related. This site is AWESOME for helping drill multiplication facts. Start with 2's and 5's and then practice 3's and 4's.

http://www.multiplication.com/interactive_games.htm

Problem of the Week #5

Our winner for last week was Michael! Congratulations!

Here is the next Problem of the Week:

Find the Pattern

Determine the next three numbers in the following pattern. Explain the pattern with words.

3, 7, 10, 17, 27, 44, 71, _____, _____, _____