Grading Period 2 Week 1 (Due 10/30)

Pick a concept or word that we have learned in Digits. Explain the concept/word in three or more sentences. Put the word or concept at the beginning of your reflection!

Grading Period 2 Week 2 (Due 11/6)

Aliyah had some candy to give to her four children. She first took seventeen pieces for herself and then evenly divided the rest among her children. Each child received two pieces. With how many pieces did she start?  USE THREE SENTENCES TO HELP EXPLAIN YOUR ANSWER

Grading Period 2 Week 3 (Due 11/13)

How do you find slope if you know two points on a line? Find the slope of a line that has the following points (-2,3) and (0,6)

Grading Period 2 Week 4 (Due 11/20)

Sumalee won 40 super bouncy balls playing horseshoes at her school's game night.

Later, she gave two to each of her friends.  She then gave one to her mother, one to her father, and two to her sister.  She only has 8 remaining. How many friends does she have?  Use three sentences to explain how you got your answer.

Grading Period 2 Week 5 (Due 12/4)

Molly bought two heads of cabbage for

$1.80. How many heads of cabbage can

Willie buy if he has $28.80?  USE THREE SENTENCES TO HELP EXPLAIN HOW YOU GOT YOUR ANSWER.

Grading Period 2 Week 6 (Due 12/11)

Jessica is trying to convince her coach that she is shooting better from the free throw line than last year.  Last year she made 40 out of 50 free throws.  This year Jessica has made 74 out of 100 free throws.  Is Jessica right that she is actually shooting better from the free throw line this year? Explain

Grading Period 2 Week 7 (Due 12/18)

Dante and Jarrod were arguing who made more money at their job.  Dante made $220 a week while Jarrod made $50 a week plus $8.00 per hour.  How many hours would Jarrod need to work to make more money than Dante?  Use three sentences to help justify your answer.

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Grading Period 1, Weeks 1 and 2 (Due 9/4)

What is your goal for your math class?  What grade do you hope to achieve?  What is something that you need to do to achieve your goals?

Grading Period 1, Week 3 (Due 9/11)

A sixth-grade class sells Yankees pennants and American Flags.  They earn $1 profit for each pennant sold and $6 for each flag sold.  They sell items at a total of $92. 

 1) How many flags did they sell if they sold 20 pennants?  

2) Create a different scenario of the amount of each item they could sell to equal $92.00  An example would be 1 flag and 86 pennants. 

Grading Period 1 Week 4 (Due 9/18)

The Booster Club hired a hip hop group for a fund-raiser.  The club guaranteed the group a fee of $1500 plus $4.50 for each ticket sold.  There are 1,132 seats in the auditorium.  What is the greatest possible amount of money the band can earn for a performance?  The least amount?

A booster club is an organization that is formed to support (e.g. coordinate events, raise money, etc.) an associated club, sports team, or organization.

Grading Period 1 Week 5 (Due 9/25)

This is a two part question
If you buy 5 candy bars and a bag of $4.00 gummy worms, the variable expression 5c + 4 represents the total cost of the purchase.

1) If your bill came to $21.00 how much did each candy bar cost?

Suppose the next day you went back to the store and bought 3 DVDs and a video game for $30.  2) Write a variable expression to represent this purchase

Grading Period 1, Week 6 (Due 10/2)

Mark Texiera of the New York Yankees makes 23,125,000 per year.  In 2012 Texiera at 451 at bats.  Alex Rodriguez makes $30,000,000 per year.  In 2012 Rodriguez had 463 at bats.  How much money did each player make per at bat?

You would be smiling if you made that much money too.

Grading Period 1, Week 7 (Due 10/9)

Ben was a salesman at a car dealership where he made $10 per hour and $50 for every sale he made.  David worked at the same job and got paid $20 per hour.  If Ben worked 10 hours and sold 2 cars in a week, how many hours would David have to work to make more money than Ben?

Would you rather have a contract like Ben's or like David's?  Why?

Grading Period 1, Week 8 (Due 10/16)

The middle school is going to have a walk-a-thon.  Justice and Joseph are arguing who made more money per lap. Justice raises $333 for walking 11 laps.  Joseph raises $400 for walking 8 laps.  How much did each person raise per lap?  Who was right?

Grading Period 1, Week 9 (Due 10/22)

Yam, Bam, Uam, Iam, and Gam are aliens on a space ship.
a) Yam is younger than Uam.
b) Yam is not the youngest in the group.
c) Only one alien is older than Gam.
d) Gam is younger than Bam.
Arrange Yam, Uam, Bam, Iam, and Gam in order of increasing
age.

GP 4 Week 9 Reflection (DUE 5/29)

Joe's Taxi Service charges $1.50 for the first mile and $.90 for each additional mile. How far could Mr. West go if he had $20 and was going to give the driver a $2 tip?

GP 4 Week 8 Reflection (Due 5/22)

An object weighing 5 pounds on Earth will weigh 2 pounds on Mercury. The Statue of Liberty weighs 225 tons. What would it weigh on Mercury?

GP 4 Week 7 Reflection (Due 5/15)

A picture that measures 12 cm by 18 cm is enlarged to 4 times its area. What are the new dimensions?

GP 4 Week 6 Reflection (DUE 5/8)

Tara and Sara are going to play a spinner game. These are the rules:
   - Both Spinners are labeled 1 - 5

• When it is a player's turn, you spin both spinners.
• Add the 2 numbers that the spinner points to.
• If the sum is odd, Tara wins even if it is not her turn.
• If the sum is even, Sara wins even if it is not her turn.

Who has a better chance of winning?

GP 4 Week 5 Reflection (DUE 5/1)

In the old days there were elevator operators to transport passengers. Don Downs always started his day in the basement. He went up 20 floors to take his boss some coffee. Then he went down 8 floors to take a Danish to his friend. He went up 7 floors to check things out. This was the halfway point in the building. How many floors are in this building? 

GP 4 Week 4 Reflection (Due 4/24)

At a baby shower, we started discussing baby statistics. One of the women told us she had heard a report that for every 100 babies born, there were 6 more boys than girls. If we were to randomly pick a child from a representative group, what is the probability of picking a girl?

GP 4 Week 3 Reflection (DUE 4/17)

 A bat ate a total of 1050 dragon flies on four consecutive nights. Each night she ate 25 more than on the night before. How many did she eat each night? Solve this algebraically.

GP 4 Week 2 Reflection (Due 4/3)

Compare the different pays. Would your rather make $300 per week or $9.50 per hour?  What factors effected your decision?

GP 4 Week 1 Reflection (Due 3/27)

Pick one concept that we have learned in class. Use at least three sentences to explain your concept.

GP 3 Week 1 Reflection (Due 1/16)

Pick a concept or word that we have learned in Digits. Explain the concept/word in three or more sentences. Put the word or concept at the beginning of your reflection!

GP 3 Week 2 Reflection (Due 1/23)

Aliyah had some candy to give to her four children. She first took seventeen pieces for herself and then evenly divided the rest among her children. Each child received two pieces. With how many pieces did she start?  USE THREE ENTENCES TO HELP EXPLAIN YOUR ANSWER

GP 3 Week 3 Reflection (Due 1/30)

How do you find slope if you know two points on a line? Find the slope of a line that has the following points (-2,3) and (0,6)

GP 3 Week 4 Reflection (Due 2/6)

Sumalee won 40 super bouncy balls playing horseshoes at her school's game night.

Later, she gave two to each of her friends.  She then gave one to her mother, one to her father, and two to her sister.  She only has 8 remaining. How many friends does she have?  Use three sentences to explain how you got your answer.

GP 3 Week 5 Reflection (Due 2/13)

Molly bought two heads of cabbage for

$1.80. How many heads of cabbage can

Willie buy if he has $28.80?  USE THREE SENTENCES TO HELP EXPLAIN HOW YOU GOT YOUR ANSWER.

GP 3 Week 6 Reflection (Due 2/20)

Jessica is trying to convince her coach that she is shooting better from the free throw line than last year.  Last year she made 40 out of 50 free throws.  This year Jessica has made 74 out of 100 free throws.  Is Jessica right that she is actually shooting better from the free throw line this year? Explain

GP 3 Week 7 Reflection (Due 2/27)

Dante and Jarrod were arguing who made more money at their job.  Dante made $220 a week while Jarrod made $50 a week plus $8.00 per hour.  How many hours would Jarrod need to work to make more money than Dante?  Use three sentences to help justify your answer.

GP 3 Week 8 Reflection (Due 3/6)

Jenny was returning to the United State from the United Arab Emirates. Before returning, she did some research and learned that the exchange rate is 2 US dollars for every 4 Dirhams. How many dollars would she get if she exchanged 21 Dirhams?  Make sure that your answer is rounded to the nearest hundredth to represent money.  Use three sentences to help explain how you got your answer.

GP 3 Week 9 Reflection (Due 3/13)

The Smith's are traveling to South Carolina with the Jones.  At one point the two families get seperated.  The Smith's were 20 miles ahead of the Jones.  If the Jones are traveling at 60 mph and the Smiths are traveling at 50 mph, how long will it take the Jones to catch up.  EXPLAIN

GP 3 Week 10 Reflection (Due 3/20)

You spend $46 on supplies to make wooden ornaments and plan to sell the ornaments for $8.50 each.  What are the possible numbers of ornaments that you can sell in order for your profit to be positive?  Explain how you got your answer!