Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Too Much Toothpaste


Do you ever get told you use too much toothpaste? Last week we worked out how much toothpaste we use in a day, in a week, in a month and in a year! Tama and Connor use 7.3 metres and Camryn, Erica and Ray use 14.6 metres each year!
This week we wanted to find out how much toothpaste there is in a tube so we could work out how many tubes of toothpaste we must use in a year and how much it all costs.
Camryn, Ray and Erica use a whole tube of toothpaste every 11 weeks but Tama and Connor make one tube last for 23 weeks.
How much do you use?


Tuesday, September 11, 2012

What Do You Want To Know?



There are areas in maths we all need some extra help with or areas where we possibly wish for greater challenge. In Term 4 I will respond to student requests for mathematical concepts you would like extra work in. You can go to the GATEMathsLearning wallwisher to add your thoughts, comments and requests.
Make sure you put your name with your request/comment.

Chocolate Fish Challenge

Here we go again with those tricky maths puzzles. Can you write an equation using only 6,6 and 2 to make 7 or 5? Or... can you write an equation using only 2,2 and 1 to make 7?

Enter your solutions as a comment here or through your Kidsblog.