Fourth week of September

Good day parents and students,

Thank you to all parents and students that came out on Friday to parent/teacher conferences.  It was very nice to sit down and speak with you regarding your child.  I look forward to the second day of conferences on October 18th.  In case you do not already know, we have started a new unit on decimal operations (add, subtract, multiply, and divide).  This unit will be completed around October 9th.  To celebrate this unit, please review the math task attached to this post.

Good luck!!
Mr. Hinson

The Road Taken

Your family has decided to go to a Ravens game at M&T Bank Stadium.  You live in Columbia, and you are discussing the best route to take to get to the stadium.  You have researched three possible routes in order to choose the best route to take.

(Provide three maps – each showing one route)

Route #1:

Columbia through Ellicott City – 8.3 miles (10 minutes) + Ellicott City to Catonsville – 7.6 miles (14 minutes) + Catonsville to Lansdowne – 5.8 miles (11 minutes) + Lansdowne to M&T Bank Stadium – 4.5 miles (9 minutes) = _____ miles and _____ minutes

Route #2:

Columbia through Jessup – 10.2 miles (15 minutes) + Jessup to Linthicum – 10.4 miles (15 minutes) + 6.3 miles (10 minutes) =  _____ miles and _____ minutes

Route #3:

Columbia through Linwood – 7.6 miles (10 minutes) + Linwood to Catonsville - 7.6 miles (11 minutes) + Catonsville to Halethorpe – 7.6 miles (10 minutes) + 5.3 miles (9 minutes) = _____ miles and _____ minutes

Determine the total distance and time traveled.  Take into account any and all factors that may influence your decision.

3rd Week of September

Good day parents and students,

Since we have a shortened week, I have decided to NOT provide a new math task until next week.  However, keep in mind that your child will be taking a unit test on Wednesday.  Two study guides have been emailed home and your child will be receiving the second study guide in class tomorrow.  However, if you are not receiving my emails... please send me a short email with your name and your child's name so that I can add you to the distribution list!

Enjoy your week and I look forward to seeing many of you this Friday (September 21st) during parent/teacher conferences!

Mr. Hinson

joseph.hinson@fcps.org

2nd week of September...

After opening an ancient bottle you find on the beach, a Djinni appears. In payment for his freedom, he gives you a choice of either 50,000 gold coins or one magical gold coin. The magic coin will turn into two gold coins on the first day. The two coins will turn into four coins total at the end of two days. By the end or the third day there will be eight gold coins total. The Djinni explains that the magic coins will continue this pattern of doubling each day for one moon cycle, 28 days. Which prize do you choose?

When you have made your choice, answer these questions:

• The number of coins on the third day will be 2×2×2  . Can you write another expression using exponents for the number of coins there will be on the third day?
  
  
• Write an expression for the number of coins there will be on the 28th day. Is this more or less than a million coins?

Uplifting post...

Good evening,

Thanks to all of my sixth grade students for working hard during the first two weeks of school.  This upcoming week, we will be finishing up with our first unit by practicing the distributive property and applying order of operations with exponents.  Parents, please make sure that you are checking pinnacle and encouraging your child to make corrections to errors with classwork and quizzes.

As promised (to students on Friday), I am providing our next math task that will be discussed in class this week.  Good luck!!

Mr. Hinson...

Math Task - 1st week of September

Try your luck with this math task... be prepared to discuss it in class this week!

a.  Lindy is having a bake sale. She has 48 chocolate chip cookies to put in bags. How many bags can she fill if she puts the same number in each bag and uses them all? Find all the possibilities. Explain your reasoning.




b.  Lindy has 64 vanilla wafer cookies to put in bags. How many bags can she fill if she puts the same number in each bag and uses them all? Find all the possibilities. Explain your reasoning.



c.  How many bags can Lindy fill if she puts the chocolate chip cookies and the vanilla wafers in the same bags? She plans to use all the cookies and wants to include an equal number of chocolate chip cookies and an equal number of vanilla wafers in each bag. Explain your reasoning.



d.  What is the largest number of bags she can make with an equal number of chocolate chip cookies and an equal number of vanilla wafers in each bag (assuming she uses them all)? Explain your reasoning.

Back to school night...

I wanted to send out a big thank you to all the parents and students that came out last Thursday evening for back to school night.  It was nice to meet you and a pleasure to share with you the classroom and information about me.  Remember, if you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me by email or phone. 

Enjoy your week and remember to look to the blog for updates and new math questions.

Mr. Hinson