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Thursday, December 22, 2011

Video Walkthrough: Holiday Problem Solving

I had a request to post these holiday problems.  Here they are...enjoy.
Try to solve them, and then watch the video walkthrough for the solution. 

Mrs. Jones has a hidden talent. It's yodeling! She loves to yodel when students aren't around, filling the halls of her school with the sound of music. That's right, the halls are alive with the sound of music. Anyhow, she can say, "Yodel-ay-he-hoo!" 63 times per minute. How many times can she say, "Yodel-ay-he-hoo!" in her 39 minute break?

Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, and Blitzen proudly and majestically pull this famous guy's sleigh. They are all led by the most famous reindeer of all...Rudoph! My question for you is, how many hovering hooves are their all together?

Rudolph is knitting antler warmers for the rest of the reindeer squad. He is trying to calculate how many antler points there are. If half of the team have 8 points each and half have six points each, how many antler points are there in total?

On the day after Christmas vacation, the town of Santaville received a record 13 feet of snow. That's higher than most of Santaville school!

1)How many inches of snow is that?

2)If we received 6 inches of snow per hour, how long did it take for all 13 feet of snow to accumulate?

The jolly old elf himself gained 39 pounds just from eating milk and cookies on his travels around the globe. If there are 16 ounces per pound, how much weight in ounces did he gain?

Santa and his favorite and most jolly elves Mr. Smith and Mr. Marinich had a sled race down Holiday Mountain. Santa finished the course in 33.7 seconds. Mr. Smith finished in 31.09 seconds. Mr. Marinich finished in 31.9 seconds (What can I say, I stopped for some hot chocolate!). Who finished in first, second, and third places? How much faster was Mr. Smith than Santa?



I wish everyone a wonderful holiday season.  Have fun, stay safe, and be in good health. 
Sincerely,
Mr. Marinich ;*)

Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Video Walkthrough: Order of Operations with Parentheses, Brackets, and Braces Part 2 with Breadfast Cereal Analogy

Today's video walkthrough takes another look at order of operations with parenetheses, brackets, and braces while introducing the breakfast cereal analogy.   It features:
  • a more complex problem with several operations within the parentheses, brackets, and braces.
  • the breakfast cereal analogy. 
* NOTE: Please check out our new site www.worksheetsandwalkthroughs.com to print out the worksheet for this video and others. You may also create your own worksheets with our worksheet designer.
Thanks,
Mr.Marinich
Feel free to email suggestions for lessons to worksheetsandwalkthroughs@gmail.com
Core Curriculum
Enjoy!
Thanks for visiting Mr. Marinich's Edu-Blog ;*)

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Video Walkthrough: Function Machines Parts 1 and 2

In this video, you will see:
  • The first two Function Machine Problems
  • rule and reverse rule
*note: see following video for the last two problems and a brief correction to this video ;*)
In this Video you will see:
  • 2 function machines from part 1.
  • continuation of rule and reverse rule.

Thursday, December 15, 2011

Video Walkthrough: Exponents and Powers of 10

In today's video, we take a look at exponents and powers of 10. 

In my next post, expect to see:

*multiplying a given number by a power of 10.
*dividing a given number by a power of 10.

If you have a request for a lesson, let me know in the comment section of the most recent post.  Thank you for visiting.
Enjoy!

Monday, December 12, 2011

Thursday, December 8, 2011

Video Walkthrough of the 4 Ways to Multiply Multi-digit Numbers

Here is a video walkthrough of the four multiplication methods we used a few weeks ago. 
You will see the following methods:
  • lattice
  • distributive
  • traditional algorithm
  • estimation
I hope this helps to refresh your memories....enjoy!

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Order of Operations Continued and Upcoming Topics

Today we continued to work on order of operations.  We check last nights homework with the "new and improved" video check of problem #1 (see yesterday's post.)  I plan to post video walkthrough lessons of previously covered math units.  Look for:
  •  Multiplying and dividing by powers of ten in relation to place value. 
  • You will also see the four different multiplication methods covered(estimation, distributive, lattice, and traditional algorithm.) 
  • Let's not forget division- traditonal vs. partial quotient. 
  • Upcoming topics will be covered as well. 

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Order of Operations with Parentheses, Brackets, and Braces




Today we worked on order of operations with parentheses, brackets, and braces.  Here is an example of how to work through a problem taken from tonight's assignment.
* NOTE:  Please check out our new site www.worksheetsandwalkthroughs.com to print out the worksheet for this video and others.  You may also create your own worksheets with our worksheet designer. 
Thanks,
Mr.Marinich
Feel free to email suggestions for lessons to mrmarinich@gmail.com