MATHEMATICS

BEAT THE TEACHER

Do you think you have what it takes to ‘Beat The Teacher’ in a battle of wit and intelligence? 

Every Monday, a video is put up on Compass for students across all year levels to attempt to solve before their teacher does. The first five students to determine the answer and see Mrs Kaspar are then awarded a prize and go in the running to be part of the next week’s video.

Watch the video below to see this week’s challenge:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vw3gw5VEBgQ&feature=youtu.be

From the previous newsletter:

Q.  Use the following numbers in any order, with any mathematical operation (, , +, -) separating them to produce the answer of 659.

• 25, 100, 5, 5, 9, 10

 A.    10 (100 - 25 - 5 - 5) + 9

UP-COMING ASSESSMENT TASKS

Learning Tasks

All students across Year Levels 7 to 10 have been completing major assessment throughout Term 1 and will begin completing new Assessment Tasks throughout Term 2.  Don’t forget to go to Compass to view your child’s results for these tasks.

NAPLAN

Students in Years 7 & 9 will be involved in two Numeracy NAPLAN tests on Thursday 14 May. 

Students will be required to bring a calculator for one of these tests as well as a grey lead (HB or 2B) pencil. 

We recommend the TI-30XB calculator which can be found by viewing the Booklists on the school website.  

Please note, students will not be permitted to use the calculator apps on their iPads during NAPLAN testing.

Thomas Moore

Head of Mathematics