Today in class I made a shape on a coordinate plane. I then had to recreate that same shape using different transformations to change its size and where it was located. Here are the results.

Which part was the most difficult for me?

The most difficult part for me was definitely coming up with ideas for how to make my problem more difficult. It was hard making it still possible while also difficult.

Which part I liked the most?

I loved writing my problem on the poster because that was easy and my handwriting was absolutely beautiful.

What did I learn from this task?

I learned more about how to balance an equation if x is the time variable.

What I would change the next time?

Next time I would make my poster writing bigger so other kids wouldn’t complain.

Joe went to Florida at a speed of 55 mph. Joe came back from Florida 20% slower. In total, he traveled 500 miles, with the majority of that on his trip TO Florida. However, Joe traveled 40 min longer on his way to Florida. How far did Joe travel on the way to Florida?

Math people, you apparently have 2 days to solve this.

“A farm contains horses and chickens. There are 99 heads and 252 legs. How many chickens are there?”

I had to solve this in class. Here is my answer:

a. Describe your FIRST method trying to solve the problem ( strategy, data arrangement etc )

My first method was to find out what the total number of horses would be if they were all horses and then the same thing with the chickens.

b. Why is your method and answer correct? Show your proof.

Basically, It’s dividing the total amount of legs by the number of legs in a chicken(2). I then find the difference between that number and the total number of heads. The leftover number is the amount of chickens.

c. What would have happened if the problem would have contained larger numbers ? It would have still worked.

d. How else might you have solved the problem?

Instead of starting by dividing the number of legs by 2 I could have just subtracted 99 from it right away and divided the answer of that by 2.

e. What makes the other strategy better than the first one? Present your best method of solving
the problem.

Adon Ishak’s strategy makes it so it is a lot easier to understand and is a lot easier and simpler to solve.

In math class, we were told to make Hanukkah cards on scratch. If you don’t know, scratch is a completely free block coding website designed for kids to learn the basics of coding. Personally, I have used scratch numerous times and it has successfully taught me much of what I know about coding. Anyway, we had to make our own Hanukkah card on scratch. The link to mine is down below. You simply click the link and it will take you to my project. You may have to enable flash.

https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/268535177/#editor