Archive for April, 2008

30th April 2008

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

Today we are learning to ….. calculate or estimate probabilities.

Discusse dthe different ways to calculate or estimate probabilities: use the formula, experiment, look at past data or carry out a survey.

Worked through examples as a whole class, using the mini-whiteboards for answering the questions.

30th April 2008

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

Today we are learning to ….. predict the future!

Used probabilities to make predictions about events. Also discussed who might need to do this in real-life situations.

pg 211 Ex 4A All questions

30th April 2008

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

Today we are learning to ….. calculate probabilities.

Recapped our work from yesterday, and decided that simply using words to describe probabilities was not very useful. Looked at some examples where the outcomes were equally likely and used the formula to work out probabilities.

pg 225 Ex 2A q. 1, 4 to 12 Complete for 1/5/08

30th April 2008

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

Today we are learning to ….. find equivalent fractions.

Revision of work on fractions – multiplying or dividing to find equivalent fractions.

Headway Maths 3 pg 28 Assignment 50
pg 29 Assignment 51

30th April 2008

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

Today we are learning to … create a formula.

Page 191, Ex1A – ques. 2, 3, 4, 6

30th April 2008

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

Today we are learning to … recognize patterns.

Looked at triangular numbers (1, 3, 6, 10, 15 …..) and square numbers (1, 4, 9, 16 …..).

TJ: Page 150, Ex1 – ques. 7, 8

For tomorrow: what is the next two terms

2, 7, 15, 26, 40, __, __ …..?

29th April 2008

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

Today we are learning to … recognize patterns.

TJ: Page 149, Ex1 – ques. 1, 2, 3, 4

30th April 2008

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

Today we are learning to … apply our knowledge to exams.

Unit 3 Practice NAB 3.

29th April 2008

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

Today we are learning to … apply our knowledge to exams.

Unit 3 Practice NAB 2.

30th April 2008

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

Today we are learning to … solve problems with two graphs.

Page 125, Ex3A – ques. 1, 2, 3, 4