Math Minutes, September 11

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Math Minutes, September 11

1. 8/9 4/5
2. Carrie ran around the schools track 1 ½ times.
   She started to walk ¼ of the distance and then
   began to run again. If she traveled around the
   track 2 whole times, what fraction of the total
   distance did she run?
3. Think of a picture to represent the answer for
   number 2.

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Math Minutes, September 12

• Write 3 fractions that are equivalent (or equal)
  to 4/5
• Draw a picture to prove that 1 of your equivalent
  fractions is actually equal to 4/5
• Kelli had 3 ½ dozen donuts for her morning club
  meeting. There are 36 members and each ate 1
  donut. What fraction of the donuts did the club
  members not eat?

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Math Minutes September 16

• Copy everything below for your Monday Math
  Minutes
• Math Minutes Set up
• Turn to the first blank page in the Math
  Minutes section of your three subject spiral
• One week of Math Minutes should fit on one side
  of a sheet of paper
• Always turn to a new page at the beginning of a
  new week. Yes, you can write on the back of a
  page.
• On the first line of your paper write Monday,
  09-16-13
• Always write the date on your Math Minutes.
  This will be important for your quizzes.
• Make sure you always number your questions
• Make sure you always record and label the answer.
  No naked numbers.
• When you have finished with the days Math
  Minutes draw a line in order to separate the
  different days.

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Math Minutes Tuesday, September 17

• Finish Copying from Monday Be prepared for real
  Math Minutes to start again tomorrow! ?
• Math Minutes Set up
• Turn to the first blank page in the Math
  Minutes section of your three subject spiral
• One week of Math Minutes should fit on one side
  of a sheet of paper
• Always turn to a new page at the beginning of a
  new week. Yes, you can write on the back of a
  page.
• On the first line of your paper write Monday,
  09-16-13
• Always write the date on your Math Minutes.
  This will be important for your quizzes.
• Make sure you always number your questions
• Make sure you always record and label the answer.
  No naked numbers.
• When you have finished with the days Math
  Minutes draw a line in order to separate the
  different days.

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Math Minutes Wednesday, September 18

• Carrie ate 1/10 of a pizza and wanted to give her
  friends the rest. If she has 16 friends, how
  much pizza did each friend receive?
• Identify the operation
• Set up the problem (what you put in the
  calculator)
• Solve
• Lisa swims the length of the pool 1 ½ times every
  day. If she swims for 3 weeks how many times
  will she have swam the length of the pool?
• Identify the operation
• Set up the problem (what you put in the
  calculator)
• Solve

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Math Minutes, Thursday, September 19

• Stacy wants to prove that
• 4 3 5 5 4 3. What property can she
  use to prove she it correct?
• Associative
• Commutative
• Distributive
• Terry says the commutative property proves that 6
  x 4 5 6 4 x 5. Is he right or wrong? Why?
  
• In gym class, students were put into groups. Each
  group had 4 boys and 3 girls. If 7 groups were
  formed, how many students were in the class?

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Math Minutes, Tuesday, September 24

1. How are decimals, percents, and fractions
   related?
2. Draw a picture of what 50, 0.5, and ½ look like.
   (You should have 3 different pictures)
3. Do your pictures look the same or different? Why?

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Math Minutes, Wednesday, September 25

• Write the question and the answer today.
• Larry took a test and missed 2 of the 20
  questions. Write a fraction AND a percent that
  both represent his score on the test.
• Mary had a box of one dozen donuts. She gave two
  to Tim and 4 to Carl. What percent of the donuts
  are left over?

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Math Minutes, Thursday, September 26

• Write the question and the answer today.
• Megan received her test back in fourth period and
  noticed she had earned a 23/25. Express her
  grade as a decimal.
• Express each as a decimal.
• 3/7
• 4/13
• Express each as a fraction.
• .84
• .5
• .68