2022 Summer Math Newsletter-Week 4
July 24-30
Cool Treats
We hope you are staying cool this summer and we hope you are enjoying the Summer Math Newsletters too. If you have missed the previous editions you can find them below.
More fun activities are below, especially if you like cool summer treats. Find the activities that are just right for you and your family. Happy Mathing!
Math Fun
Math Puzzle - Move 3 Coins
Set up 10 coins (or any counter you have) in the shape of a triangle like the picture below.
Sliding one coin at a time, move exactly three coins to reverse the triangle so that it points in the opposite direction from where it started.
Simplified version:
Start with 6 coins in the shape of a triangle.
Sliding one coin at a time, move exactly two coins to reverse the triangle so that it points in the opposite direction of where it started.
Talking Math
There is so much math in this picture. What math do you see? Below are some ideas to get you started.
What do you notice? What do you wonder?
Students entering grade:
K - Which picture has the fewest number of watermelon slices?
- 1 - Where do you see halves in the picture? Where do you see fourths in the picture?
- 2 - Sketch a circle to represent a watermelon. Draw lines to show thirds.
- 3 - How many fourths are in all four pictures altogether? How many eighths are in all four pictures? Show or explain your reasoning.
- 4 - What equivalent fractions do you see represented in the picture? Record them and explain how you know they are equivalent.
- 5 - At a watermelon eating contest each contestant was given half a watermelon. If Jada ate ⅔ of her half, how much of the whole watermelon did Jada eat?
What made you curious? What math questions did you come up with?
Math Surrounds Us!
Math is all around us all the time.
Try to look around your house, your neighborhood, or anywhere you go to find some math this week.
Play a board game with your friends or family.
What math is in the game? Is there strategy in the game? Does math help you with the strategy?
Math Practice
Closing Thought of the Week:
With math, anything is popsicle.