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

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Math Minutes, Friday, September 27
Write the Question and the Answer
1. What fraction of the rectangles above are
purple?
2. What is the decimal form of youranswer from
number 1?
3. What PERCENT of the rectanglesare purple?
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Math Minutes Quiz, Friday, September 27

1. Draw the picture you created for number 2 on
   Tuesday, September 24.
2. How many questions did Larry miss on the test
   from question 1 on Wednesday, September 25?
3. Express 3/7 as a decimal. (Number 2 on Thursday,
   September 26)
4. During which period did Megan receive her test
   back in problem number 1 on Thursday, September
   26?
5. What fraction of the rectangles were purple on
   Fridays Math Minutes? (Number 1)

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Math Minutes, Monday, September 30

• Write the question and the answer.
• Sarah bought 7 books for 8.00 a piece. How much
  did she spend in all? Write 2 ways to solve.
• Solve. ( / normal division not a fraction)
• 20 / 2 x 6 / 3 ( 4 6 )

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Math Minutes, Tuesday, October 1

• Write the question and the answer.
• Convert each fraction to a percent
• 45/100
• 347/8
• Sarah missed 4 of the 45 questions on her exam.
  She wanted to score an A (93 or better). Did she
  do it?

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Math Minutes, Wednesday, October 2

• Write the question and the answer.
• There were 40 fruits. 10 were oranges. 12 were
  apples. And 18 were bananas. What percent were
  apples?
• There were 10 oranges, 12 apples, and 18 bananas.
  What percent of the fruit was apples?

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Math Minutes, Thursday, October 3

• Write the question and the answer.
• 6 4 12 12 6 4 is an example of which
  property? (associative, commutative, or
  distributive)
• Using the same numbers, alter the equation in
  number 1 to be a different property.

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Math Minutes, Friday, October 4

• NO CALCULATOR.
• SHOW ALL WORK!!
• 2,225 55
• 3.243 4.911
• 26.1 5.329

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October 14, 2013 Math Minutes
Just answer and label the answers to 1 and 2
today. You do not have to write the question.
Flavor Number
Grape 19
Blueberry 16
Orange 23
Cherry 12
The chart to the right represents the number
flavor of slushies soldin one day. 1. What
Percent of slushies sold were Blueberry?
2. What Percent of the slushies sold were
Orangeor Grape?
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Get Ready for the CRA

• Come in quickly and quietly
• Make sure you have 2 pencils sharpened and ready
  to go
• Clear your desk completely except for a
  calculator and pencils
• Be in your seat and ready by 753

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Math Minutes, Tuesday, October 15
Fill in the chart below
Fraction Decimal Percent
11/15 ? ?
? 0.6 ?
? ? 64
1.
2.
3.
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Math Minutes, Wednesday, October 16

• Complete the chart below
• Todays Math Minutes will be for a grade
• You may not use your foldable
• You only have to draw the chart and fill in the
  blanks
• Bring to me when you are finished

Fraction Decimal Percent
3/4 ? ?
? .88 ?
? ? 35
1.
2.
3.
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Math Minutes, Thursday, October 17

• Which of these shows a set of equivalent numbers?
• 2.12 , 212 , 2_12/1000
• 6, 0.6, 3/50
• 3_32/50 , 3.64 , 3_16/25

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Math Minutes, Friday, October 18

• Which of these shows a set of equivalent numbers?
• 3.08 , 3_4/50 , 3_2/25
• 10, 0.01 , 1/10
• 1.18 , 11.8 , 1_18/100

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Math Minutes, Tuesday, October 22

• 48 students in Mini School 6B like horror movies.
  If there are 100 students in the mini school,
  what percentage like horror movies? (SHOW ALL
  WORK)
• 39 students in Mini School 6A have seen HOCUS
  POCUS. If there are 98 students in the mini
  school, what percentage have seen the movie?
  Round to the nearest whole percent.
• Part A) Write the answer for 1 as a decimal and
  a fraction
• Part B) Write the answer for 2 as a decimal and
  a fraction

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Math Minutes, Wednesday, October 23

• A random survey of 75 students about their
  favorite movie revealed the following results
• What is the ratio of students who chose
  Despicable Me to Star Trek? (write in 3 different
  way and in simplest form)
• If there are 975 students in the entire school
  how many could be predicted to vote for The
  Amazing Spider-Man?

Movie Number of students
Despicable Me 26
The Amazing Spider-Man 14
The Hunger Games 5
Star Trek 18
Toy Story 3 12
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Math Minutes, Thursday, October 24

1. The ratio of red to black t-shirts at the LMS
   game was 7 to 3. If there were 42 red shirts, how
   many black shirts were there? (Show all work)
2. Carrie had 12 blue marbles and 37 green ones.
   What percent of her marbles were blue? (Round
   your answer to the nearest whole percent)
3. Sarah graded 20 papers over a 10 minute period of
   time. How many papers does she grade per minute?
   (Show all work)

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Math Minutes, Friday, October 25

• Show all your work!!!!!
• There were 45 kids on the playground. 23 of them
  were boys. What percent of the kids were boys?
• Mary had a large pile of clothes in the center of
  her room that she wanted to donate to Good Will.
  There were 27 articles of clothing in the pile.
  The chart shows the piles contents. What
  percent of the clothing is meant to be worn on
  your legs?
• There were 542 sea shells in a jar. 203 were
  blue, 167 were white, and the rest were pink.
  What percent were pink?

Type of clothing total
Pants 6
Shirts 15
Scarves 3
shorts 3
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Math Minutes, Monday, October 28

• Set up your paper for the 1st Quarter Skill Check
• Get out a clean sheet of paper
• Put your name, date, and class period
• Number 1-25 down the left side of the page (do
  not skip lines)
• A little to the right of your numbers draw a line
  down the page
• Write your answers on the left side of the line
  (beside your numbers) and show your work on the
  right
• BE READY TO START AT THE BELL

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Math Minutes, Tuesday, October 29

• Change each percent to a decimal
• 57.8
• 312
• 6
• Change each decimal to a percent
• 0.05
• 8.56
• 0.365
• Carrie missed 3 of the 25 questions on her last
  math test and decided she earned a grade of 22.
  Is Carrie correct or incorrect? Explain your
  answer using mathematics and equations.

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Math Minutes, Wednesday, October 30

1. Sarah ran 24 miles over eight days. How much did
   she run per day?
2. Kyle paid 67.77 for 3 pairs of jeans. If he
   bought 8 pairs of jeans, how much would he have
   paid?
3. Timaya calculated the cost of 6 folders to be
   3.12. If she only needed 2 folders, how much
   would she have to pay?

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Math Minutes, Monday, November 4

• There are 34 students in the Drama Club, and 26
  of them are girls. What percent of the club is
  made up of boys?
• Research says that 65 of dinosaurs were
  herbivores, or plant eaters. If there were 300
  dinosaurs, how many of them were herbivores?
• Abigail bought a pair of jeans that were on sale
  for 25 off. If the jeans originally cost 25,
  what was the sale price of the jeans?

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Math Minutes, Tuesday, November 5

1. Tara ate 3 of her 8 cookies. What percent of her
   cookies did she eat?
2. Makenzye pulled a piece of tape from a tape
   dispenser that was 3 inches long and decided it
   wasnt long enough. The second piece she pulled
   was 300 longer than the first. How long was the
   second piece?