4th grade math anyone? lol

flopstock · Post by **flopstock** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 5:27 pm

Mixed Strategy Review

Tom makes letters for a sign that says "Arts and Crafts Fair". Which letter does Mark need to make the most of?

answer:

strategy:

told the littleone I'd post it here and see what you brainiacs come up with... i already told her my answer...

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 5:57 pm

answer:4 A's, one is capitalized, should be her grade on the project.

strategy: I counted the letters:

Arts and Crafts Fair

A: 4

C: 1

D: 1

F: 2

I: 1

N: 1

R: 3

S: 2

T: 2

flopstock · Post by **flopstock** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 6:05 pm

chonsigirl;1013299 wrote: answer:4 A's, one is capitalized, should be her grade on the project.

strategy: I counted the letters:

Arts and Crafts Fair

A: 4

C: 1

D: 1

F: 2

I: 1

N: 1

R: 3

S: 2

T: 2

tsk tsk tsk chonsi.....:wah: try again...:p

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 6:17 pm

Tom makes letters for a sign that says "Arts and Crafts Fair". Which letter does Mark need to make the most of?

:wah:

Oh, I see it now. It is Tom and Mark, two different people. Mark can make as many letters as he wants to, who knows what he is writing. :wah:

flopstock · Post by **flopstock** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 6:30 pm

chonsigirl;1013321 wrote: :wah:

Oh, I see it now. It is Tom and Mark, two different people. Mark can make as many letters as he wants to, who knows what he is writing. :wah:

That's what I told her. Unless it's a typo, Mark has to make zero letters, 'cause Tom is making them... then I thought.. no way they copy these work sheets year after year with a typo... I must be missing something...

She asked me what the strategy would be then... I told her common sense...

:p

I keep waiting for it to reach out and smack me upside the head...:wah:

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 6:38 pm

no way they copy these work sheets year after year with a typo...

Yes, they probably keep the same typos. I have to give a school district social studies exam on Friday, with a map of South America identifying a physical feature labeled with the letter A. There is no A on the map-I took it to two different teachers, and asked where the A was. They showed me-it was colored brown, stuck in the middle of the Andes Mountains, and looked like a mountain! I told them, the kids aren't going to see that letter! They shrugged their shoulders, and said give the test. Well, I will, but I reviewed with them today, with a big map of South America, told them to remember what they saw, what place it is, and put that answer on Friday!

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Kathy Ellen · Post by **Kathy Ellen** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 6:43 pm

Oy vey Chonsie..I hear ya:mad: We can only do the best we can

Post by **spot** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 6:55 pm

I'm wondering why it's called a Mixed Strategy Review. It sounds like they've gone through a Strategy A and a Strategy B and now they've been asked to work slightly more in the dark. Here's my attempt.Mixed Strategy ReviewTom makes letters for a sign that says "Arts and Crafts Fair". Which letter does Mark need to make the most of?answer:Mark can't decide on the basis of what Tom did because Mark's sign might differ from Tom's. Mark has to decide which letter to make the most of by counting the letters in his own sign by shape.strategy:Write out Mark's sign on a piece of rough paper.

Cut the rough paper so that each letter is separated from all the others on its own cut out.

Sort the cut outs.Technique:

Take each cut out and compare it to each of those already sorted, rotating and turning over the letter so that identical shapes go into the same pile - for example, d and p might go into the same pile, w and m, n and u, N and Z, depending on how they're to be written. If the letter has no existing matched pile to put it in, start a new pile with it.Count each pile to see which has the most cut outs. If more than one pile has the same high count then there is no correct answer to the question, otherwise answer with the shape in the one pile.

CARLA · Post by **CARLA** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 7:43 pm

I hated 4th grade math. :wah::wah:

Post by **spot** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 7:55 pm

What aspect of the question has anything at all to do with math anyhow? At the most it implies counting upward in units.

flopstock · Post by **flopstock** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 8:19 pm

spot;1013357 wrote: What aspect of the question has anything at all to do with math anyhow? At the most it implies counting upward in units.

all of the subjects cross over into each other these days... but who knows?

we did spend some debating whether or not to just call off sick tomorrow....:sneaky: