Literacy and Numeracy
Talking About Mathematics As a Family - Answer
It was terrific to hear from different families about how they solved the problems that were in the previous newsletter.
Congratulations to the following families who were the first three families who submitted responses. It was terrific to see so many different strategies used.
Kendrick Family
Holmes Family
Bele Family
The correct answers are
Q1 – Red, 4
Q2 – 6
Q3 – All totals are possible except for $1, $2, $4 and $7
Q4 – 5 Days
Q5 – Answers will vary depending on your name.
I have placed the questions below.
Q1 - In a class there are 20 students. They are wearing jerseys of 3 different colours – blue, green, and red.
The class was lined up in a way that the pattern of jerseys was: blue, blue, green, green, red, blue, blue, green, green, red...
What colour jersey is the last child in the class wearing?
How many students in the class are wearing a red jersey?
Q2 - The Sloppy Ice Cream Dairy has four flavours of ice cream.
How many different cones can you buy that have two different flavours side by side in the cone?
Q3 - The Post Office only sells $3 and $5 stamps for larger letters and for parcels.
What amounts of postage can be made up from these denominations?
Q4 - Tia and Tom are twins. Tia saves and Tom spends. Tom finds a $20 note on Sunday evening and spends $2 a day starting on Monday. Coincidentally, Tia starts work on Monday and gets $2.50 a day.
How long will it be before Tia has more money than Tom?
Q5. - Gill is playing with her name and with numbers. If A = 1, B = 2, C = 4, D = 8, E = 16, F = 32, G = 64 and so on. The value of Gill’s name is 64 + 256 + 2048 + 2048 = 4416.
What is the value of your name? (You may need to use a calculator)
Thanks
Josh Crowe
joshua.crowe@sjvermont.catholic.edu.au
Indigenous Literacy Day - St James Great Book Swap
Thank you for your generosity in supporting our Great Book Swap!
It was wonderful to watch our students make their 'new' selections and to listen to them chatting about titles they had read and loved.
We raised a total of $290 which has been donated to the Indigenous Literacy Foundation. Thank you!
Mrs Cathy Dimitrakopoulos
Literacy/Learning and Teaching Leader