Oral Health & Hygiene - Maths Problem #3

Hi everyone,
A huge congratulations to Rooms, 10, 3, 4, 11, and 8 who worked out yesterdays problem. I hope I haven't missed anyone out...
Of course the answer was 7. I really like the way Room 11 showed their working.

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Here's today's problem: (You could try these strategies - make a table, or subtraction)

To fight plaque attacks, you should limit the number of times you eat sncks each day. For the first week, Fetoa ate 6 snacks per day. But realizing he needed to limit the number of snacks he ate, the second week he ate 3 snacks per day. The third week he ate 2 snacks per day. What is the difference between the number of snacks he ate the 1st and 2nd week? The 2nd and 3rd week? The 1st and 3rd week?

Oral Health & Hygiene - Maths Problem #2

Congratulations to Rooms 7, 10, 14 and 8 who completed yesterdays problem.

Here's one for today. Let's see if we can get more classes posting todays answer.
Here are some ways you can answer this problem...  Make a table, use a calendar, subtraction.

Angeline brushed her teeth 2 times a day for one week. The next week, she forgot to brush after breakfast and only brushed one time a day. What is the difference in the number of times she brushed over the two weeks?

Oral Health & Hygiene - Maths Activites

Hi everyone,
Here's a Maths problem for today...

Mark brushes at least 2 times a day each day of the week.
How many times will he brush altogether in September?
Can you use a range of strategies to solve this maths problem?
Post your responses onto our blog...

Amelaine's Protractor Work

Amelaine is sharing her work that she did with the protractors during Maths Week.
You rock! Thank you for sharing your work with us.
Miss Jones is very proud of you.

Room 18 thoughts on our Maths Open Morning

Here is what Room 18 thinks about our Maths Open Morning... Way cool ideas Room 18.

Thank you for taking all of these fantastic photos Ms Tataurangi!  Room 18 really enjoyed Maths morning and we loved looking at what all of the other classes were doing.  Whaea Donna

They were excellent. Te Maia

There are cool maths activities. Te Uwhinga

They were so awesome, we want to look at them again. Calais

We love the photos Mrs Tataurangi.  Kerehoma

Super-excellent! Praetorian

You were fast going around the classes. Charlez

You were clever taking the photos.  Legacy

Good maths work Clendon Park School.  Ruapani

I liked your photos.  Puna

Thanks for Maths morning, it was cool.  Kaitiaki

Maths work is cool.  Karynzah

You are super cool, thank you.  Toka

Super maths work everyone.  Jeremiah

I like playing the game Hi, Ha, Aue.  Michael

Daily Challenge for Friday

Hi everyone,
Today's challenge is a tough one, so here goes...

On our blog we have a counter using fingers.
Your challenge is to work out how many times our blog has been visited using this photo recreated by some very helpful Room 7 students.

You will need to use your place value knowledge to help you.

PS they are the same number.

Open Morning Fun Around Our School - Thursday

Hi everyone,
Here's what we got up to around our school for the Open Morning today. It was wonderful to see whanau in classrooms having fun doing Maths with their tamariki. Way to go.

Daily Challenge #3 - Answers

Here's the answers from the Daily Challenge for yesterday. How did you go?

Level 1: 3 Motorbikes are parked inside the garage

Level 2: The present was $13.60

Level 3: The dogs ages are: 1,5,9  (1+5+9=15 and 1x5x9=45)

Level 4: Sydney and Auckland are in two different time zones. When it is 1:00pm in Auckland it is 11:00am in Sydney. Hence when the plane lands in Sydney at 2:30pm, it is 4:30pm in Auckland. Hence the plane has actually taken three and a half hours to get to Sydney. (The plane going to Christchurch landed there two hours before this.)

Congratulations to Room 19 and 18 were are the Daily Challenge #3 winners.

Daily Challenge #4 - Thursday

Hi everyone, Here's your challenges for today. Remember to get them to Ms Tataurangi by 3.00pm.

Level 1: Flowers in the Garden

I planted some spring bulbs for my garden.  There are 7 tulips, and 8 daffodils.  How many bulbs did I plant in  my garden?

Level 2:  Movies

Tina and Jade went to the movies.  They paid $12 each for their tickets and $5.50 each for a popcorn and drink combo.  Their Mum gave them a $50.00 note.  How much change did they get?

Level 3:  Fathers Day Card

Jamie and Josie decide to buy their Dad a Father’s Day Card.  The card costs $5.95.  Jamie puts in 35c more than Josie.  How much did each child contribute to the cost of the card?

Level 4:  Amanda’s Watch

Amanda set her digital watch at 13:00:00 on the last day of April. Unfortunately the watch loses 11 seconds a day. What is the time on Amanda’s watch when it is 13:00:00 on the last day of May?

Maths Quiz At Lunchtime on Wednesday

Hi all,

Congratulations to Room 4 for winning the Year 5-6 group and James from Room 5 who took out the Year 7-8 group. Your prize is on its way.

And well done to all the classes who competed,  a copy of the power points we used is on T dive in the  maths folder.

Go Maths Week!

Mr Lysaght

Room 13

Look what Room 13 have been up to this week?

Our Estimation Jar

This week Miss Breen is organising an Estimation Jar.
Here are some photos to help you with your estimates.
Looks like there are a lot of maths items in this jar. Now what's my estimate? 

Maths Quiz Photos

Here's some of the action from yesterday's Junior School Maths Quiz in the Library.
Can you see yourself?

Daily Challenge #3 - Wednesday

Here's the daily challenges for Wednesday. Remember all entries to Ms Tataurangi by 3.00pm

Level 1: Motorbikes

I own 5 motorbikes and a very large garage.
If I can see 2 motorbikes parked outside the garage, how many are inside?

Level 2:  Shopping

Rahera has $20. She gets $6.40 change after buying a present for her Mum. How much was the present?

Level 3:  Dogs

I have three dogs of different ages. If I add their ages together I get 15. If I multiply their ages together I get 45. How old are my dogs?

Level 4:  How Far?

At 1:00pm, two aircraft take off, one after the other, from Auckland airport. One lands at Christchurch airport at 2:30pm and the other lands at Sydney airport at 2:30pm. Does that mean that Christchurch and Sydney are both the same distance from Auckland?

If not, how long does the plane going to Sydney actually take?

Answers for Daily Challenge #2

Here are the answers for Tuesdays Challenge:

Level 1: 14 candles altogether

Level 2: Mrs Dawson has 31 oranges on her desk

Level 3: Sean would get 3/10 of the pizza

Level 4: 5 days until Tina has more money than Tom


Congratulations to all the classes and individual students who attempted these questions.
Prize winners will be announced on Wednesday.

Congratulations to Rooms 9 and 17 who are the Daily Challenge #2 winners.

Maths Quiz At Lunchtime on Tuesday

Congratulations to Room 11 who just beat R12 and 10 to win the Junior Section,
Room 13 won the Upper Junior Section by a nose from R18 and R14
And R16 won the Y4-5 section as they were the only ones who turned up(outstanding).


Tomorrow R9,R1, R4 and R22 battle it out for Y5-6 Zone and
R20 take on R23 and R5 for the Y6-8 Zone.
12.55 in library – bring a pencil and your big maths brain!


Mr Lysaght

Daily Challenge 2 - Tuesday

Hi everyone,
To enter our school challenge you need to forward your responses to Ms Tataurangi in the following ways.
1. By posting on our blog,
2. By taking photos and putting them in our Maths Week Folder on Teachers Drive,
3. By drawing pictures and sending them to Room 8 by 3.00pm.


Winners will be announced the following morning.

1. Snow White has baked 7 cupcakes for the dwarfs.  Each cupcake has 2 candles  on top.  How many candles are there altogether on all the cupcakes?

2: Mrs Dawson has five bowls of oranges on her desk.  In one jar she has one orange.  In another jar she has two oranges.  In another jar she has double that many oranges. In yet another jar she has double that many, and in the fifth jar she has double that many again.

How many oranges does Mrs Dawson have in all the jars on her desk?

3: Sam ate 1/5 of a pizza, and Sara ate a ½ of the same pizza.  How much of the pizza is left for Sean to eat?

 
4: Tina and Tom are twins.  Tina saves and Tom spends.  Tom found a $20 note on Sunday evening and spent $2 a day starting on Monday. Coincidentally , Tina started work that Monday and gets $2.50 a day.  How long would it be before Tina has more money than Tom?

Maths with Whaea Donna

Check out the way Whaea Donna has been teaching position with these tamariki. Way cool ...

Room 2 Mathematicians

Check out the way Room 2 worked out the daily challenge for Monday.

Daily Maths Challenge #1 for Monday

Hi everyone,
Congratulations to all the classes to handed in their responses to the challenge for today.
Junior School - The answer was 16 and I am very impressed with all the different ways you showed how to get the answer and how to make the answer.

Senior School - The answer was 39,084 and there were at least 6 different ways that you showed me how you got the answer and how to make the answer.

Prizes are going to given to R10, R1, R2, R16 and R11. Ka mau te wehi.

Look out for Daily Challenge #2 on Tuesday.

Daily Challenge Number 1

Hi everyone,
To enter our school challenge you need to forward your responses to Ms Tataurangi in the following ways.
1. By posting on our blog,
2. By taking photos and putting them in our Maths Week Folder on Teachers Drive,
3. By drawing pictures and sending them to Room 8 by 3.00pm.

Winners will be announced the following morning.

Let's go Mathematicians...

CHALLENGE NUMBER 1
Junior School

On Saturday night the All Blacks beat the Wallabies. The score was 30 - 14. What was the difference? Illustrate at least 4 ways to show the answer and get them to Ms Tataurangi quick smart!

Senior School

On Saturday night the All Blacks beat the Wallabies. Of the 54,711 fans who were at the game, only 15, 627 were from our neighbours across the Tasman Sea. How many dedicated All Blacks fans were at the game? Illustrate at least 4 ways to show the answer and get them to Ms Tataurangi quick smart!

Welcome To Maths Week

Hi everyone, Welcome to Maths Week 2011.
Make sure you check here for daily challenges and information this week.

Buddy Sharing

Hi everyone,
Here's the list of buddy classes to share Maths with next week.
Remember to organise a time that suits you both and take lots of photos so we can share them on our blog.

Room 20 & Room 9

Room 2 & 12

Room 3 & Room 18

Room 4 & Room 7

Room 5 & Room 22

Room 6 & Room 14

Room 8 & Room 21

Room 16 & Room 23

Room 13 & Room 11

Room 19 & Room 17

Australian Maths Competition

Whaea Danielle would like thank everyone who supported our students (Y5 to 8) to take part in the Australian Maths Competition on Friday.
The students who participated are:
Bardia, Kelecia, Edward, Caleb, James, Shanya, Miracle, Violet, Moses and Phynes.


Here is a sample of a type of question from each test:


1. Jacqui has $200 in her purse in $5, $10 and $20 notes. She has 20 of these notes altogether. If she has more $20 notes than $10 notes, how many $5 notes does she have?
2. Andrew thinks of 4 consecutive numbers. The sum of the first three numbers is 100 more than the fourth number. What is the sum of these consecutive numbers?
3. The first digit of a six-digit number is 1. This digit 1 is now moved from the first digit position to the end, so it becomes the last digit. The new six-digit numbers is now 3 times larger than the original number. What are the last three digits of the original number?


Whaea Danielle asks - "How did you go on these questions?"

Maths Vocabulary Wordles

Hi everyone,
Here are the wordles that you created today by sending in all your maths words in English, Te Reo and Samoan.

English


Te Reo


Samoan

Maths Fun at Home

Hi everyone,
Click on the FUN MATHS ACTIVITIES + WEBSITES page and have fun practicing your learning at home.
We'll continue to add to this page as teachers find new websites that they are using, so keep checking here.

Maths Week Website

Hi everyone,
Click on the page above labelled MATHS WEEK WEBSITE and check out the 2011 website.
Teachers - remember to log in and set up your class for the fun activities to come.

The Countdown Is On!

Maths Week starts in 6 days 12 hours 54 minutes and right now 32 seconds.
We are going to be participating in some exciting Maths activities in our classes next week.
You have the opportunity to participate in daily competitions and win!
Miss Breen is busy organising some Estimation Jars, so we can 'accurately' guess how many items are in the jars,
Miss Clements is busy organising our Open Morning, so remember to invite your whanau to come along and see your learning.
Miss Manuele is busy organising the teachers to bring you together for a Maths Buddy Swap session during the week.
EXCITING!
Watch this space...

Maths Week

Hi everyone,
Here is the blog for Maths Week this year.
NZ Maths Week runs from Monday 8th to Friday 12th of August.