Homework for Wednesday September 4, 2013

Solve the following problem.  SHOW ALL YOUR WORK

1.) Gabriel wants to buy an I-pod that is $100.00. If he has saved up $50.00 so far, what is the fraction for how much Gabriel has saved so far? What percent has Gabriel saved up so far?

2.) There are 100 people in the park that were asked whether the color blue or red. If 38 people liked the color red, what is the fraction and percent of people that liked the color red? What is the fraction and percent of people that liked the color blue?

3.) Out of 100 people surveyed, 81 people lived in the city. What percent of the people surveyed lived in the city? What is the fraction that represents the number of people that did not live in the city?

Solve the following problems.

4.) 1/2 + 1/8          5.) 2/3 + 3/4          6.) 3/5 + 1/3

Note: Use the Least Common Multiple method I gave you in the notes to solve problems 4, 5, and 6.

Comparing decimals

We will be looking at this a little this week, so view this video and be ready to discuss it and work out some problems.

decimals to percents

View this video. We will be covering this topic this week. I will show you guys a simpler way to find a percent from a decimal in class on Tuesday or Wednesday.

This week at a glance (September 2nd--6th)

Class,

This week we will be covering equivalent fractions in more detail along with converting fractions to decimals and then decimals to percents.  I will be showing you how fractions are equivalent with some concrete examples and activities involving pie pieces and per 100 blocks.

In English and Reading, we will also be going over poetry and literature terms as well as discussing prefixes and suffixes in more detail. I also want to give you a few notes over punctuation and how to indent. We will also be reading some different styles of poetry and writing some of our own. Next Monday(September 9th), we will begin reading The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe.

In Science, we will be doing a Lab Safety Quiz and move into Unit 2.  We will discuss elements on the Periodic Table and be drawing Element superheroes.

In Social Studies, we will be going over the geography and culture of the United States and cover a little of the history of the U.S. We will be putting together a map of the U.S. to display in the room.

Lots of art activities and group work await this week. Enjoy the rest of your Labor Day weekend and I will see you all back on Tuesday, September 3rd.

Converting decimals to percents

View this video for this week's activities. This will be one of the topics we cover this week. This is a very helpful video. This could be on a quiz later on in the week. Hint... Hint....

Adding Fractions with unlike denominators

View this video and expect to have one of these problems on your quiz next Wednesday.

Adding Fractions with like denominators

View this video about adding fractions with like denominators. A problem like this may be on Wednesday's quiz.