October 2011

Text Box: Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat     1 2 3 Determine what fraction of the letters in your name are vowels. Ex. Tara Edams has  4/9 vowels. 4 Write a number that would fall about half way between 95 987 and 100 000. 5 Arrange the digits 4,2,9, and 0 to make the greatest and least amounts in the following form: __ __. __ __ 6 How can knowing your 2 times tables help you with your 4 times tables?  Explain and list both sets of facts. 7 Create an addition word problem with the numbers 65 and 12. 8   9 10 If you earned $7 a week in allowance, estimate how much you could earn in one year. 11 Explain what nice numbers are and give some examples. 12 How can knowing 6 x 7 = 42 help you solve 600 x 7? 13 Christine multiplied 58 x 100 and got an answer of 58 hundred.  Marty answer was 5 thousand 8 hundred. Who is correct? 14 Ask a family member to help estimate the cost for your immediate family to go to the movies. 15 16 17 Jasimine was supposed to divide 130 by 5 but found it easier to divide 160 by 10.  Explain her method. 18 What could you buy with $100? $500? $1000? Draw or make a list of your purchases. 19 Would you rather have 4/5 of a pizza or 4/3 of a pizza?Explain your answer in writing. 20 If I had a 100 000 dollars I would … 21 Estimate how many hours of T.V.  you watch a week. Record the actual amount. 22 23 24 Draw a picture to show that 1/2 is the same as 5/10. 25 Show $10.60 three different ways. 26 Would you rather have 50 dimes or 10 loonies? Explain why. 27 3002 – 98 =? Why would some students find this question difficult to solve? 28 What is your favorite number? Why? Make a collage/design based on that number. 29 30 31 Create numbers that are greater than  98 950 using the same digits.  How many numbers are there? FAMILY CHALLENGE:   How would your family spend $1 000 000? Where would you travel; what would you do……?                          

                                                                                 BES Grade 5 Math Homework Calendar