Scarecrow and Homer say, “The sum of the square roots of any two sides of an isosceles triangle is equal to the square root of the remaining side.”

We fixed this statement in math class to be…

“The sum of the squares of the legs of a right triangle is equal to the square of the remaining side.”

Math Inventory Test on Wednesday, April 18 – A cumulative test that does NOT count towards your grade but is ONE of the components used to determine placement for next year. It is 45 questions, all multiple choice, and covers Chapters 1-8. A small review might be helpful, but mostly just get a good night’s sleep, eat a healthy breakfast, and try your best.

Part 1 – Yes Calc – 15 Questions

Part 2 – No Calc – 30 Questions

At last… the long anticipated… everybody’s favorite POW strategy… logical reasoning! Have fun with this one!

Click here for the example POW9 explain it.

Click here to see the first 10,000 digits of pi.

Link here for Sample ISAT Practice Tests

Math Schedule

Mon. March 5 – Math 1 – 40 Multiple Choice

Tues, March 6 – Math 2 – 30 Multiple Choice + 3 Short Response (like showing work on HW)

Wed, March 7 – Math 3 – 2 Extended Response (like the ISAT POWS we did)

On February 15-16, sixth graders participated in our St. Valentine’s Day Math Mornings, working as teams to solve a variety of math problems. Several of the problems were related to Valentine’s Day, while others were more hands-on in nature. Teams earned points for their on-task behavior & cooperation, as well as for their answers and explanations of work. All the groups finished with tangrams as their final rotation – a fun and challenging finale!

Check out these pictures from our Valentine’s Math Morning!

Feel free to work backwards like last time, but if you’d like to try algebra instead, check out the link below! Or do it both ways for 10% extra credit!

POW7-algebra

Check out the videos below of students playing “Math Life” right before break. Also included is their fabulous artwork on the classroom whiteboards!

Mods 1 & 4

Mods 8 & 9