Math Fraction Question

Please answer the question in the comments.  You will need to show your work tomorrow.

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Billy works as a chef.  He has to cook a pasta dinner for 16 guests.  He has 3 1/2 packages of pasta.  If a pasta dinner uses 1/4 of a package, does he have enough pasta? solve the problem 2 different ways.

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Multiple Outfits is anything wrong?

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Victoria has four shirts -- 1 yellow, 1 red, 1 with purple stripes and 1 plaid. She also has three pairs of shorts -- 1 blue, 1 black and 1 white. Victoria thinks that with these she can make 7 different short and shirt outfits.

Her thinking 4 + 3 = 7

Someone needs you!

Plaza Middle School has sent us a video and wants our help.  Check out their word problem!



Please leave your solutions behind here at the blog and at their yourbe site.  The room that leaves the most solutions behind will win a prize on Monday! For those of you who are really "lazy" please cut and paste your blogger comments into their youtube feed.

Good luck

The 4 fours

Here is the question for 816 and 817

Four4s

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Math Problem Solving September 14

Here are today's Math Problems

Broken Calculator

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More Problems

Using the integers from 1 to 9. Place one integer in each of the circles, so that the sum along each side of the triangle is 20. Use each number only once.

Use the same numbers to obtain a sum of 17 along each side.
What other sums are possible along each side?

Thirsty? Need some OJ!

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Sam is thirsty and wants some orange juice. Store A sells the OJ for

ans Store B sells the OJ for

Where can Sam find the best deal? Justify your answer (solve it a different way and achieve the same result)

Complete this in your math notebook and leave a comment behind if you wish.

Last Problem Solving Review

Here are the last problems to prepare for the exam. Please leave comments behind to show your work. Study hard. The exam is on Tuesday.

Do you remember probabiliby

Mrs. Simpson has a great problem at her site.

I would like you to answer it here and copy and paste your answer into her blog here.

In the Gee Whiz Everyone Wins! television game show, members of the studio audience draw a block randomly from a bucket containing 2 red blocks, 1 yellow block, and 3 blue blocks. If a blue block is drawn, the contestant wins $5. If a red block is drawn, the contestant wins $10. If the yellow block is drawn, the contestant wins $50. The block is replaced after each draw.

a. What is the probability of drawing each color?

b. If 24 contestants draw a block from the bucket, how much money can the game show expect to pay out?

Remember Answer the question here and at the Alabama Blog Site.

Proportion Practice

Proportion Practice

Here are some links that will help you practice proportional pr0blem solving.

1. Fraction Four Like connect 4 but using fractions.
2. Proportion Quiz Practice multiple choice problems. This is a good review.
3. Percent Calculator Can you figure out 2 different ways to show a fraction as a percent?
4. Brain Pop Movie and Quiz on proportion. Watch the movie, learn a little algebra and then take a quiz. couldn't get any better than this!!!

Try these questions out. Leave answers as comments.

A.)Make a list of at least 5 friends to invite to a party so that the ratio of boys to girls is 2:1. Explain how you know that the ratio of boys to girls is 2:1.

B.) A newspaper article says that that 15% of the people in Athens eat out every night. There are approximately 50 000 people in Athens and there are about 25 restaurants. Do you think that the newspaper is correct? Explain why or why not and back up your answer using your proportional problem solving skills.

Here is a movie showing you 3 different ways to solve a proportion.





Here is a movie showing you how to solve proportion word problems.