| Here is a new math problem for you to solve. After you’ve come up with a solution watch Ishant’s mathcast video and see if you agree with his solution. Is it correct? Is it efficient? Did you approach the problem differently, but arrive at the same solution? Send us your thoughts and solutions!
“TRACKING TIME” Ramik was asked how he spends his time during the week, starting from the time he gets home from school at 3:00 p.m. until he goes to bed at 10:00 p.m. He listed the following weekly after-school activities:
- homework, studying, or reading
- spending time with friends
- eating
- chores
- music lessons
- soccer
He observed that:
- He spends 50% of his time doing homework, studying, or reading.
- He spends as much time doing chores as he does eating.
- The amount of time he spends on music lessons equals 50% of the time he devotes to soccer each week.
- Soccer practices are scheduled twice a week for 2 hours each time.
- Each week, the amount of time he spends eating and doing chores combined equals the amount of time he spends on soccer.
- The rest of his free time is spent with friends.
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On average, how much time daily, in hours and minutes, does Ramik spend on each activity? For next week, if he reduces the amount of time he spends with friends by 50%, will he have enough time to fit in another soccer practice without taking any time from any other activities?
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Filling Beauty’s Seats
Try to solve this problem, then watch Abhay’s mathcast to see if you agree with his solution. Do you think his solution is accurate and efficient?
Tickets to Fairview Elementary School’s production of Beauty and the Beast went on sale this week. The school theater has 24 rows of 16 seats each.
- 1/3 of all the seats have been sold to students for $3 each.
- 1/4 of them have been sold to adults for $5 each.
- 1/6 of them were given to the teachers.
- If everyone who already has a ticket goes to the show, what fraction of the seats in the theater will be filled?
- How many seats are still available?
Extra: How much money has been collected so far? If all the remaining seats are sold to students, how much money will be raised altogether? (Problem from Drexel’s MathForum)
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Oct 26th, 2007 by woolard
Welcome to this week’s edition of the Woolardcast. This week we have Sana and Madison doing a book review Eleanor’s story, Connor talks about our weekly class newsletter, and Abhay and Zyggy give an article in our Scholastic News. We also give a special thanks to the people who visited our class on Monday. Enjoy this edition of the Woolardcast.
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Oct 22nd, 2007 by woolard
In this special edition of the Woolardcast, Tyler and Abhay interview Superintendent Andy Craig regarding technology and it’s role in our school system. We were fortunate to have Mr. Craig visit our classroom today along with the Assistant Superintendent Carol Barber and other special guests. We enjoyed their visit and hope you will enjoy our interview.
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Oct 19th, 2007 by woolard
Hi I’m Zyggy, this week’s host. In this edition of the Woolardcast you’ll hear these segments: Book reviews by Caitlin,Sana on Because of Winn Dixie; Blake and Bailey review Hatchet; and Connor and Michael review the book Eragon. Enjoy this week’s edition of Woolardcast!
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Oct 15th, 2007 by woolard
Welcome back to Woolardcast. We are sorry this podcast is late as we just got back from our feild trip to Camp WorldSong. I’m your host, Mikaela, for this week’s edition. This week we feature segments by: Catilin, Alycia, and Mikayla who discuss Andrew Jackson; Yuan and Michael with a look at technolgy in our classroom; and Caitlyn who reviews the book Ellea Enchanted. I’d like to thank my classmates for helping me pull this together. Thank you and enjoy.
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Sep 28th, 2007 by woolard
Welcome back to the Woolardcast. In this week’s edition we take a trip back into history as we visit the early 1800s. Madison is our host for this week and she welcomes Abhay and Michael as they discuss Thomas Jefferson and James Monroe, and Connor interviews Tyler and Zyggy as Lewis and Clark.
*This is the first fully produced student cast.
Enjoy
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Sep 21st, 2007 by woolard
Welcome back and thank you for taking the time to visit us here each week.
This week has been Constitution week and we’ve done several things at school to remember this monumental event in our nation’s history. This week’s edition of the Woolardcast is hosted by Mikayla and she welcomes her guests: Mr. Woolard who shares a Constitution piece, Tyler and Connor interview Benjamin Banaker, Caitlyn and her review of the book Twelve, and Abhay and Ishant who give their thoughts on the latest Harry Potter book by J.K. Rowling.
Tune in next week for more of the Woolardcast!
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Sep 11th, 2007 by woolard
In this special edition of the Woolardcast, some of the students pay tribute to the thousands of innocent people that lost their lives and loved ones in the 9/11 tragedy.
We will never forget!
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Greetings from Mr. Woolard’s class. Things are going really well here at school and we’re learning a lot.
This week’s Woolardcast is hosted by Caitlin. Today’s segments include a poem by Mikaela and Ryan’s and Michael’s book review of HOOT.
We hope you enjoy and tune in next week for more of the Woolardcast.
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