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Thursday, July 11, 2013

Term reflections


For term two, my highlight was swimming because I didn’t know how to swim but now I know how to swim. My highlight for this term were fractions because on term one I didn’t know fractions.

My lowlight for this term was  netball because I got hit by someone on the court. My lowlight for this term is music because I always get sent out of the room.

I am looking forward to rugby league because I have never played rugby league in my life. I am also looking forward to our inquiry about Asia because I don’t even know anything about Asia.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

Tuesday, July 9, 2013

Fractions


WALT: Find fractions of a quantity

1. Matthew is a huge rugby league fan and has 28 NRL cards. One quarter of them are Melbourne Storm cards. How many of them are Melbourne Storm cards?

STRATEGY: 28÷4=7. 7×1=7


SOLUTION SENTENCE:
There is 7 Melbourne Storm cards.

2. In Mark’s class there are 18 children. ⅓ of them are boys. How many boys are in Mark’s class?

STRATEGY:18÷3=6. 6×1=6

SOLUTION SENTENCE:
There are 6 boys in Mark’s class.

3. Luke has 32 first cousins. ¾ of them live in Auckland and the rest of them live in Wellington. How many of Luke’s cousins live in Auckland?

STRATEGY: 32÷4=8. 8×3=24


SOLUTION SENTENCE:
24 of Luke’s cousins are in Auckland.