Xtramath

This is today's xtramath results. I think I am getting closer and closer to multiplication.

Character Analysis

This is my character analysis for the book Crash and the main character Poddy. 

Xtramath

I think I done well in this week's xtramath because I got them all correct. 

Cultural Math

English	Tongan	Japanese
1  one 2  two 3  three 4  four 5  five 6  six 7  seven 8  eight 9  nine 10  ten + Addition - Subtraction x Multiplication ÷ Division	1  taha 2  ua   3  tolu 4  fa 5  nima 6  ono 7  fitu 8  valu 9  hiva 10 hongofulu + addition - subtraction x multiplication ÷ division	一   ichi 二   ni 三  san 四 shi/yon 五 go 六 roku 七 shichi/nana 八 hachi 九 kyu/ku 追加 addition 引き算subtraction 掛け算multiplication 分裂 division

This is my cultural maths activity. I thought it was quite hard finding translations in tongan. 

During this activity what we had to do what pick a language that we speak at school out of Maori or English and I picked english. Then we had to pick a language that we speak at home or our parents speak, mine was   tongan. Then we had to pick any language we wanted to do. The language I chose was Japanese.

I am a sea shell

I am a rock

waiting for someone

to pick me up.

I am hard and

around the same weight

as an apple.

I am sometimes

covered in water

or covered in sand.

I sit in the sun and in the

hot sand so therefore I am

very hot.

I am with bugs and

bugs are with me.

I sit on the sand with insects

and bugs crawling over

and under me. 

This is my I am a rock poem I found that doing this poem was a little hard because there isn''t much about rocks.

VoiceThread Crayon, Dye name

This is my crayon, dye name.

Xtramath Resuts

This is my Xtramth results. I think I am getting close to doing division.

Today's Number

Today’s Number:

136

Write it in words

One hundred and thirty six ✓

Write it as an expanded number

100 + 30 + 6 ✓

Add 3

139 ✓

+ 25

161 ✓

Subtract 5

131 ✓

- 17

119 ✓

Next 3 even numbers

138, 140, 142 ✓

Double it

272 ✓

Last 4 odd numbers

135, 133, 131, 129 ✓

Half of it

68 ✓

10% of it is

13.6 ✓

25% of it is

34 ✓

⅓ of it is

45.3 ✓

Multiply by 6

816 ✓

x by 4

544 ✓

Divide by 4

34 ✓

÷ by 6

22.6 ✓

In this activity I had to know my multiplication, division, addition, subtraction.

Place value games

Our focus this unit has been on place value. This is the game I played to work on my place value. It's called Rachel's million . I needed to know my millions place value.

Xtramaths results.

In this weeks Xtramaths activity I think I did really well because I got all of the equations correct.

Using an Index

Using an index

L.I. - Library/Research skills

Using an index to find information quickly

Most non-fiction books have an index.  Like a table of contents, it lists the books contents and relevant page numbers, but in much more detail.  It presents the topics in alphabetical order to help your search.  Below is an example from a health book.

INDEX aerobics                    2-14 breathing                 9-10 carbohydrates      36 co-ordination         20-25 cycling                       32 diet                              30-40 diseases                   45-65 doctor                       40-44 drinking                    63 drugs, harmful      70-75 drugs, medical       60-65 exercise                    11-20 fat                               35 fatigue                      76-79 good health            80-90 happy                       91-92 hospital                    40-44, 48-65 hygiene                    93-94

illness                           45-65 incapacitated           45-65 injuries                         60-65 inoculation                 96-98 lungs                             9-10, 60-64 medicine                      45-65, 96-98 mental illness            99-120 moods                          99-104 pharmacist                 60-65 physical activities     121-150 rest                                 151-155 self-discipline              115-120               smoking                       121-124 sport                             15-20 strength                      12-14 vigour                           140-150 vitamins                       64-65 weight                           30-35

Before you start highlight 4 words you don’t know and look them up in the dictionary.

Why are there two index entries for drugs?

There are two index entries for drugs because there are two different kinds of drugs. Drugs that are harmful and drugs that are medical.

Which two entries will help you find out about tiredness and how to cope?

The two entries that will help you find out about tiredness and how to cope is mental illness and moods.

Which pages would you turn to in order to find out about injuries?

You will turn to pages 60 - 65 to find out about injuries.

Which two entries would you use to find out more about healthy eating?

The two entries that you would use to find out about healthy eating are diet and good health.

Which pages would you turn to in order to find out about the bad effects of smoking?

You turn to the pages 121 - 124 to find out about smoking.

On which pages would you find out about hospital life?

On pages 40 - 44, 48, 65 you find out information on hospital life.

Why do you think there are two ranges of page numbers for lungs?

I think there are two ranges of pages for lungs because one set of pages might be for healthy lungs and another might be for unhealthy lungs.

On which pages would you find out more about the healthy effects of sport?

On pages 15 - 20 you will find out about sports.