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Adding and Subtracting Mixed Numbers And Multiplying Fractions. Journal October 22. Mrs. Pollan bought each of her students a bottle of water that contained one-fifth gallon. If there were ten students in her class, how many gallons of water did she buy?. Board Review.
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Adding and Subtracting Mixed Numbers And Multiplying Fractions
Journal October 22 • Mrs. Pollan bought each of her students a bottle of water that contained one-fifth gallon. If there were ten students in her class, how many gallons of water did she buy?
Board Review • 1. You are growing plants for a science project. One plant is ¾ inches tall. The other plant is 5/8 inches tall. Find the difference in the heights of these plants? • 2. Lillian has Boxer puppies for sale, 7/12 have black paws. By estimating to the nearest half, what fraction of puppies has black paws? (fraction) • 3. Mackenzie’s mom is making shawls for the ladies in the nursing center near their home. Each shawl requires 2 2/6 skeins of yarn. She needs to make 13 of these shawls before Christmas. How many skeins of yarn will she need to purchase? • How many dozen donuts would Mrs. Moore need to purchase for classes on Wednesday? She teaches a total of 54 students every day.
Journal October 23, 2012 Jakyva missed the bus. She has to walk to school. She lives 2 2/5 miles from the school and has already walked 1 7/10 miles. How much farther does she have to walk?
Board Review • 1. Mrs. Watson’s class have collected items to send to our soldiers in Afghanistan. The packages weighed 10 1/8 pounds, 12 ¾ pounds, 11 2/7 pounds. Estimate the weight of Mrs. Watson’s packages. • 2. The chart below shows how much ice cream was bought for the sixth grade science classes. List from smallest to greatest.
Journal – October 24, 2012 • Rheaven and her grandfather have planned 6 hours for fishing plus time for lunch. • If they fish 3 ¼ hours before lunch, how many hours of fishing will they have after lunch?
Board Review • Mr. Charlie has 6 pieces of wood that are 1/10 feet long. About how much wood does he have? • Katie drew a line segment 7 3/8” long. She mistakenly erased 2 ½” of the line segment. What was the length of the line segment after she erased part of it.? • Solve: ¾ x 8/9 • Solve: 6 = 1 ½ + 3 ¾ + N
Journal – October 25, 2012 • In one hour, a honey bee can fly 5 2/3 miles. A moth can fly 11 1/16 miles in one hour. About how much farther can the moth fly in one hour than the bee?
Board Review • 1. Solve: • A 6 8/9 – 5/6 • B 8/9 x ¾ • C ¾ x 9 • 2. Mrs. Moore lives 38.24 miles from school. How many miles does she drive to and from school every week?