Directions: Work with a partner. Answer the questions in the comment section below. Use complete sentences that EXPLAIN your thinking!
1. What are "whole numbers" (hint: think of a vocab word we have been talking about!)? 2. What is the "hole" in Joe's thinking? (What is his misunderstanding about whole numbers?) 3. Which is greater -5 or -4? Use a real-world example that supports your answer. 4. Yesterday, you borrowed $8 from a friend to buy a school T-shirt. Today, you borrowed another $5 from the same friend to buy lunch. Write a mathematical expression that goes with this story problem. 5. Create a story problem that goes with the following mathematical expression: -6 + 7
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(Answer the questions and use your answers to create your scarecrow! The first question will determine if your scarecrow is a boy, a girl, or a crow. After the first question, continue to solve the problems to add detail to your scarecrow. Refer to the pictures below to add build your scarecrow! (click next arrow to see new questions!) Students at an elementary school decided to try an experiment. When recess is over, each student will walk into the school one at a time. The first student will open all of the first 50 locker doors. The second student will close all of the locker doors with even numbers. The third student will change all the locker doors with numbers that are multiples of three. (Change means closing locker doors that are open and opening lockers that are closed.) The fourth student will change the position of all locker doors numbered with multiples of four; the fifth student will change the position of the lockers that are multiples of 5, and so on. After 50 students have entered the school, which locker doors will be open?
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How to Use the Math Learning BlogNeed to refresh your mathematical memory? Use this blog to help remind you of what we have learned so far! Math notes, pictures, and examples will be uploaded here to help you out! Just look under "categories" for a specific topic. Categories |