Math Challenge: How Much Does It Cost? 1. If 3 ounces of peanuts cost 60 cents, what would a pound of peanuts cost? 2. Bumper cars cost $12 for a half hour. How much does 20 minutes cost? 3. Store A sells ice cream cones for $1.50 each. Store B sells ice cream cones for $1.75 each, but they give you a free cone after you buy 5. If you want 6 ice cream cones, which store has a better deal? 4. A hot dog and candy bar together cost $5.00. If the price of the hot dog is $4.00 more than the candy bar, what is the price of the candy bar? (Be careful....... it's not $1.00) Writing Challenge:
If you haven't completed last week's Write to a Senior Challenge, I encourage you to do so. Here is a new challenge, too: In one paragraph, describe a scene from any sport. Use these words somewhere in the paragraph: bounced, struggled, spied, roared, collapsed, giggled
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Math Challenge: New Challenge this week:
Writing Challenge: Write a Letter to a Senior Most Assisted Living and Senior Living Facilities are on lockdown and the residents are feeling very isolated. Write a letter to cheer someone up! Click here for addresses to some local senior living facilities that would love to hear from you! Math Challenge: STEM Challenge:
Basketball Tower Create a tower that can support a basketball using only newspaper and tape. A basketball is pretty heavy...... do you think you can make a tower out of newspaper (or regular paper) that can support it? Materials: Basketball (if you don't have one, use another type of ball) Newspaper or plain paper Tape Extra Challenge: Limit the amount of newspaper (or tape) used or try to make the tallest tower possible that will still hold the weight. Math:
Dominos Did you know the dots on Dominos are called pips? Miss Amicos crazy Italian grandparents have a set of Dominos with 0-9 pips on them. The Dominos we have in our classroom have 0-6 pips on them and 28 come in a set. How many Dominos come in a set with 0-9 pips? What is the most efficient strategy to solve this problem? STEM: Biome vs. Ecosystem Focus on deciduous forests; specifically location, climate, flora, fauna, and non-living organisms. Can you make a computer generated image to show the comparison? |
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