Monday, February 21, 2011

Shape Up!

Pretend you are a shape or solid.  Which shape  (2-D) or solid(3-D) would you be and why? Make sure to give three reasons about why you picked your shape or solid. Please also include a description of your 2 dimensional or 3 dimensional object.


Due: 3/14

Sunday, February 13, 2011

U.S. System of Measurement



Fill in the missing blanks. Answer all 6 questions

1.    3 ft =  ____ in. 
2.    15 ft = ____ yd 
3.    2 mi = ____ yd
4.    36 in = ____ yd
5.    9 yd = ____ ft
6.    24 in = ____ ft


Due 2/17

Sunday, February 6, 2011

Measuring up!

You need to answer ALL five questions.

1. Which is less: 14 cups or 5 pints? Explain.
2. Which is greater: 3.5 pints or 60 fluid ounces? Explain.
3. Which is less: 3 feet or 1 meter? Explain.
4. Which is greater: 15 mm or 3 cm? Explain.
5. Giant clams can weigh as much as one fourth of a ton. How many pounds can they weigh?

Due 2/17

Sunday, January 30, 2011

Love for Money!



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Measure the length and width of a dollar bill. 
Post your answers below

Thursday, January 20, 2011

Get to the Point!



1. Find the area of the figure.
2. Find the measure of the base and height of the four smaller triangles.
3. What is the area of one small triangle?
4. Is your answer reasonable? Explain.


Due: 2/13/10

Saturday, January 1, 2011

1/1/11 Palindrome

palindrome is a word, phrase, number or other sequence of units that can be read the same way in either direction (the adjustment of punctuation and spaces between words is generally permitted)
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palindrome)


2011 is also a prime number. Enjoy a prime year! 


Can you make a problem from the numbers 1 1 1 1 ? 


Happy New Year!