FINAL MATH CHALLENGE!

How many students are in 4B?

Your answer is due on Monday - Good Luck!

Class Pets

There are 19 students in Ms. Earl's’s class. They were discussing pets they have at home. When asked, "How many of you have dogs at home?", 14 students put up their hands. When asked "How many of you have cats at home?", 11 students put up their hands. When asked, "How many of you have both a cat and a dog at home?", 9 students put up their hands. How many students have neither cats nor dogs at home? Use a Venn diagram to help solve this problem. Be sure to explain your thinking clearly!

Mmmm...Pie!

For dessert you can choose apple, cherry, blueberry, or peach pie to eat, and milk or juice to drink. How many different combinations can you choose from?

Be sure to show your solution in an organized way. Your solution is due to Ms. Earl on Monday.

Spinner Fun

Design a spinner so that the following statements are true:

• ●  Landing on red is most likely.
  
• ●  Landing on blue is impossible.
  
• ●  Landing on green or yellow is equally likely.
  
• ●  Landing on purple is least likely.
  Your solution is due on Monday. 
  

Muffin Fractions

Connor, George, Ava, Jack, and Heather made 87 muffins altogether.

• George made 16 muffins. He put chocolate chips in of them.
• Connor made 1 less muffin than George. One third of them had chocolate chips.
• Ava and Jack each made 3 more muffins than Connor made.
• Ava put chocolate chips in of her muffins.
• Jack put chocolate chips in of his muffins.
• Heather put chocolate chips in of her muffins.

How many muffins in all had chocolate chips?

Show your thinking with pictures and words. Your solution is due on Tuesday.

More Pizza Fractions!

Logan had 5 pizzas. He ate 2 and one sixth of them and gave 1 and one third of the pizzas to his sister. How many pizzas did he have left?

Draw a picture and explain your thinking. Your solution is due on Monday.

Pizza Fractions

Colban ate two-fifths of a pizza, Sierra ate two-tenths, Jase had six-eighths, and Amelia had one-fourth. Who ate the most pizza?

Show your solution with words and pictures. Your solution is due on Monday.

Math Challenge

Oliver can earn money by doing chores each week. His parents made up the following chart:

Chore Money Earned
Cleaning his room $1.00
Walking the dog $1.25
Clearing the table $0.50
Shovel snow from the deck $1.50

Over four weeks he did some of the chores. The first week he did everything except shovel the snow. The second week he cleaned his room and walked the dog. The third week he did everything except clean his room. The fourth week, he cleaned his room and shovelled the snow.

How much money did Oliver earn over these four weeks?

Show all of your work along with your solution. Your solution is due on Monday.

Math Challenge

Ms. Earl flew from Vancouver to Montreal with a stop in Winnipeg to switch planes. The flight from Vancouver to Winnipeg was 2 hours and 30 minutes long. Ms. Earl was in Winnipeg for 2 hours and 15 minutes, and her flight from Winnipeg to Montreal was 1 hour and 45 minutes long. Ms. Earl landed in Montreal at 7:30 P.M. What time did Ms. Earl's first flight leave Vancouver?

Include A.M. or P.M. in your answer (for example, 11:58 A.M.).

Your complete solution is due on Monday. Show your work in a diagram or picture and be sure to show all of your thinking (not just the answer).

Math Challenge

John works in a multi-level office building. He doesn't like taking the elevator. One day he wondered how many stairs he climbs to get to his office. To enter his building, John has to climb a set of 12 stairs. Then he climbs six sets of 11 stairs and two sets of 10 stairs. At the end of the day, he climbs the same number of stairs to leave the building. How many stairs does he climb every day at work?

Your solution is due to Ms.Earl on Monday. Be sure to show all your thinking (not just the answer).

Area and Perimeter Math Challenge

Simon wants to build a rectangular pen in his backyard for his potbelly pig, Smiley. Simon has 22m of wire mesh to enclose the pen. Simon wants the greatest possible area for the pen. What will his pen measure?

Draw a diagram on graph paper and explain your thinking. Your solution is due on Monday.

Valentine's Day Math Challenge

Ryder has asked his mother to give him some money to buy Valentine's Day cards for his class party. His mother gives him $6.00 to buy the cards. When Ryder visits the store, he finds that there are 6 cards in each box. One box costs $1.40. Ryder has 20 children in his class, but he doesn't need a card for himself. He does want to give Ms. Earl and Mrs. O'Neil a valentine. (Don't worry about the tax)

a. How many boxes does Ryder need to buy to have 21 cards in all?

b. How much money will Ryder spend if he gets enough cards for the class?

    

c. Will Ryder have enough money?  How much money does he have left over, or how much more money does he need?

Show your solution using words and numbers. Remember SEE, PLAN, DO, ANSWER. Your solution is due on Monday.

Perimeter Math Challenge

A pool is 10 meters long and 8 meters wide. If you place flower pots around the pool 1 meter apart, how many flower pots do you need? (There should be a flower pot at each corner of the pool.)

Your solution is due on Monday. Hint: Draw a picture to show your thinking.

Grandma's House Math Challenge

Here's your math challenge question for this weekend:

Grandma lives in Wingham and her grandchildren live within 40 kilometres from her.

• Jeff lives 20 km north of Luke.
• Cathy lives 5 km south of Jeff.
• Grandma lives 10 km north of Cathy.
• Becky lives 15 km south of Luke.

How far does each person live from Grandma's house?

Drawing a picture will help solve this challenge. Be sure to show your thinking. Your solution is due on Monday.

Weekend Math Challenge

Letter Clues

Your solution is due to Ms. Earl on Monday. Good Luck!

Speeches

4B Speeches/Presentations will take place on the following days. All students are reminded to PRACTISE, PRACTISE, PRACTISE! We have discussed speaking tips and watch videos about giving speeches. Reminder: If a student is absent, he/she will say the speech on the next day present.
Monday, January 30th
1. Jada
2. Colban
3. Jase
4. Leah
5. Lucas
6. Logan

Tuesday, January 31st
1. Kaitlyn
2. Amelia
3. Shelley
4. Taylor
5. Jack
6. Regan
7. Sophia

Wednesday, February 1st
1. Ella
2. Sierra
3. Alyssa
4. CJ
5. Lily
6. Ryder
7. Shreeya

Weekend Math Challenge

Playing Fetch 
Robbie loves playing fetch with his dog Spencer. Spencer always starts by sitting beside Robbie before Robbie throws the ball. When Robbie throws the ball, Spencer runs to it and brings the ball back to the same spot. Robbie throws the ball three times. 
• The first time he throws it 8 metres. 
• The second time he throws it twice as far as the first time. 
• The third time he throws it 5 metres less than the second time. 
How far does Spencer run in total? 
(Remember that Spencer runs back and forth each time)
*Important - Show your complete solution, not just the answer. Explain how you got your answer in words and numbers!