Problem of the Week #2

Once again leave your answer in the comments.

Ben can never tell a lie. George can never tell the truth.  One of them said " The other one said he is George."  Which one said that?

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Problem of the Week

Here is a new feature at the Mathzone. Leave your answers behind in the comments.

If you were given a can of cola that was 97% caffeine-free, how many cans of cola would you have to drink in order to consume the same amount of caffeine found in a regular cola?

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Here are today's rectangular prisms

Here are today's prisms.

Here are today's rectangular prisms

Please use two different strategies to calculate the total surface area.  Use a net and Top Front and Side to solve.

Todays Surface Area Questions

Please Draw the nets, label the faces on blue graph paper from your school supplies

2 Minutes to make a Difference 2012

Welcome to part 2 of your movie project.  this week you are expected to have the following things done:

• use the group information in class to add as many notes to your graphic organizer
• Choose one of the 6 topics you have an organizer on to be your topic for the movie
• Research that topic further using the links provided in this post.

By the next Monday February 20th you need to have the following done:

• Paragraph explaining why you have chosen your topic
• extra notes (up to 30 points) on your topic

All note taking should be done or copied to your Google presentation (only one presentation per group).   Please make sure you have shared that presentation with your group members, and your LA teacher.  mlee@wsd1.org, mwilson@wsd1.org and me chris.harbeck@gmail.com

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Someone Needs you at Plaza Middle School Part 2

Well they have done it again.  Plaza has requested that we participate in their problem of the week.  Here it is.



Please leave a comment behind at the blog and paste it into their youtube feed.  If your comment is too long, please cut it up into smaller pieces and paste it into their youtube channel.  The room with the most comments receives some more sugar from me:)

Work hard, Manga High still needs you.