October 2011

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

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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