September 5, 2013

Did You Know?

Historically, people who studied mathematics also studied astronomy.  For example, Johannes Kepler and Sir Isaac Newton made contributions in both fields.

Problem of the Day

About 23% of 600 firefighters are not on duty on any particular day.  Steven estimates that about 200 firefighters have the day off.  Is his estimate too high or too low?  Explain.

 

 

Assignment

• Book - Read Pages 26 - 27 

• Do problems 1 - 14 and #16

  Order of Operations Worksheet

  IXL -  

  • M.1Estimate to solve word problems