2 Minutes to make a Difference Final Reflection

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2) I made a lot of changes from version 1 to the final cut. I fixed the grammar. A lot of the words were mispelled and the sentences didn't make sense. I also fixed the text because It was too hard to read. The students comments helped us out because they found the mistakes that we noticed and even more.

5) We did not find an expert for a couple of reasons. The first reason was we couldn't find an expert at first. Then we found someone and they never replied back.

6) My greatest success was the video. I thought it was my greatest success because It turned out better than I thought It would. The skills I will take away and use in the future are finding cc pictures and cc music when I make videos in the future.

7) The thing that frustrated me the most was trying to get everyone together so we can take pictures of us making a difference. We solved that by getting the money from Gilbert and donating it.

8) The 2 Minutes to make a Difference project is important because you learn about problems that are in our world today and how you can help with those problems.

9) I will make a difference in the future by donating money or possibly volunteering at a place that deals with problems in today's world.

Brayden's Fraction Growing Post

This video shows how I got the answers to my Fraction Quiz.
















Now I'm going to explain two ways to multiply a fraction by a whole number.

One way would be drawing 4 groups of 1/2



Another way would be to multiply the two numerators.



Now I'm going to explain how to divide a fraction by a whole number.

My example is 1/4 ÷ 2.

Use your fraction strip and divide it into fourths. Then color in 1/4 of it. Next you divide your fraction strip in half as seen in the picture.




Next we have to answer a word problem.

12) It takes 4/5 of a roll of ribbon to wrap six packages. What fraction of a roll does it take to wrap three packages?

It would take 2/5 of a roll to wrap three packages.

I found that out because if 4/5 of a roll of ribbon wraps six packages you can just divide 4/5 by 2 and get 2/5 which would wrap three packages.

COMMENT!

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Part 2

Fraction x Fraction

Fraction x mixed number

4/5 x 1 1/2

First you have to convert the mixed number to a improper fraction.

1 x 2 = 2
2 + 1 = 3
= 3/2

Then you multiply the two fractions.

4/5 x 3/2 = 12/10 or 6/5 or 1 1/5

Mixed number x Mixed number

2 1/3 x 2 2/3

First you convert the mixed numbers to improper fractions.

2 x 3 = 6
6 + 1 = 7
= 7/6

2 x 3 = 6
6 + 2 = 8
= 8/7

Then you multiply the two improper fractions .

7/6 x 8/7 = 56/42 or 4/3 or 1 1/3

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Part 3

Division

When you're dividing fractions you multiply the numerators by the denominator in the other fraction.

ex.

3/4 divided 1/2

You multiply 3 x 2 and 1 x 4 = 6/4

Then you make it a mixed fraction.

6/4 = 1 1/2

1 1/2 divided by 3/4

First you have to convert the mixed number to a improper fraction.

3/2 x 3/4

3 x 4 = 12

3 x 2 = 6

= 12/6

or 2

Brayden's Surface Area Growing Post

Rectangular Prism:


Formula to find the surface area of a rectangular prism.

A = l x w

Top
A = l x w
A = 4 x 5
A = 20cm²

Front
A = l x w
A = 4 x 3
A = 12cm²

Side
A = l x w
A = 3 x 5
A = 15cm²

TSA = 20 + 20 + 12 + 12 + 15 + 15
TSA = 94cm²

Triangular Prism


Formula To find the surface area of a triangular prism

A = L x w and A = b x h ÷ 2

A = L x W
A = 3 x 9
A = 27 cm²

A = B x H ÷ 2
A = 3 x 2.6 ÷ 2
A = 7.8 ÷ 2
A = 3.9cm²

TSA = 27 + 27 + 27 + 3.9 + 3.9
TSA = 88.8cm²

Cylinder
Formula to find the surface area of a cylinder

π d = C
π r² = A

C = πd
C = 3.14 x 9
C = 28.26cm

A = π r²
A = 3.14 x 4.5²
A = 63.585

Area of a Rectangle

A = L x W
A = 28.26 x 55
A = 1554.3cm²

TSA = 63.585 + 63.585 + 1554.3
TSA = 1681.47cm²

Brayden Questions Feb 3,2010

question 8


A) Total Tax = $14.40
Total Cost = $134.39

B) Total Tax = $10.80
Total Cost = $100.79

C) Total Tax = $4.80
Total Cost = $44.79

D) Total Tax = $22.80
Total Cost = $212.79

To get the total cost I multiplied the original price by 1.12 and got the answer.
To get the total tax I subtracted the total cost from the price and got the tax.

Question 10

What is the total cost for four tires that sell for $85 each, plus 5% GST and a 1.5% environment tax?

85 + 5.525 = 90.525
90.525 x 4= $362.10

The total cost for four tires is $362.10

Page 150
Question 4

How many hundred grids are needed to show each of the following percents?

A) 101% = 2 hundred grids
B) 589% = 6 hundred grids
C) 1450% = 15 hundred grids

COMMENT!

Brayden's Scribepost January 4th, 2010

Textbook Questions

3) Determine the length of each hypotenuse.



A) 20 cm

12 cm = 144 cm²
16 cm = 256 cm²
144 cm² + 256 cm² = 400 cm²
Square of 400 cm² = 20 cm

B) 34 cm

16 m = 256 m²
30 m = 900 m²
256 m² + 900 m² = 1156 m²
Square of 1156 m² = 34 m


4) What is the length of each hypotenuse? Give your answer to the nearest tenth of a centimeter.



A) 9.2 cm

7 cm = 49 cm²
6 cm = 36 cm²
49 cm² + 36 cm² = 85 cm²
Square of 85 cm² = 9.2 cm

B) 13.6 cm

11 cm = 121 cm²
8 cm = 64 cm²
121 cm² + 64 cm² = 185 cm²
Square of 185 cm² = 13.6 cm

COMMENT!

Winnipeg Harvest

What is Winnipeg Harvest?

Winnipeg Harvest is a place found in 1984 where you could donate food. Then in 1985 they opened there first warehouse where food could be donated and delivered to food banks all over Winnipeg.

What we did there?

Alex, Camille, Jem, Mr.Harbeck and I had to put non-perishable food items into a small bag than put several of them in a larger bag. We had to put one bag of grain/pasta, one can of protein, one can of vegetables and one can of soup. After we were doing it for a while a guy named Nick came over and helped us for the rest of the time and made the process a lot faster.


Why is Winnipeg Harvest Important?

Winnipeg Harvest is important because they support the less fortunate people by giving them free food. In one month at Winnipeg Harvest they feed 40,000 people or 40 of our schools. There are tons of people that volunteer there everyday so they are able to ship food to all the food banks across Winnipeg.

Brayden's Pay It Forward

PART 1

For me Pay It Forward means doing an act of kindness without getting rewarded. This movie showed me that one person can make a difference around the world if the people continue to Pay It Forward. It is a good idea to Pay It Forward because once people keep on paying it forward who knows how many people will be helped out.

PART 2

For our pay it forward project Jex and I decided to donate clothes, toys and many other things to salvation army. We chose to do this for our project because we are helping out the less fortunate by giving them things we don't need and we don't have use for. We did this project right after school because we were both able to meet at Salvation Army and donate our things together.

PART 3

When Jex and I went to Salvation Army we had no idea where to put our bags. So we looked around and we saw a huge bin filled with bags so we put our bags in there. After we donated the clothes the person thanked us. I felt warm, kind and great to be donating all of that. I probably wouldn't have done that if I didn't have to do it for a project but now I might do it a more often. The girl at Salvation Army was very pleased with us bringing all our things in. We didn't ask them to pay it forward because we already know that they are going by selling those clothes at a low cost and they also use some of the money to help less fortunate people and people with disabilities.

PART 4

The idea of "Pay it Forward" is very important because we can make a difference around the community and world. We often complain about doing some chores but really it's not that hard compared to some people's life. Some people have to do a lot more things just to have a meal a day. Honestly, I believe this is a big problem around the world. I hope our act of kindness made a difference in someones life.

Brayden's Scribepost December 2, 2009

In math class today we had to answer questions in our textbook. The 2 questions I chose to do on my blog were 9 and 11.

9) What is the area of a square with each side length?

A) 10

To find the area of a square with a side length of 10 I multiplied 10 by 10 and I got the area which would be 100.


B) 16

To find the area of a square with a side length of 16 I multiplied 16 by 16 and I got the area which would be 256.


11) What is the square of each number?

A) 9

To find the square of 9 I multiplied It by itself and I got 81. I knew to multiply by itself because finding the square is basically multiplying by itself.

B) 11

To find the square 11 I multiplied It by itself and I got 121. I knew to multiply by itself because finding the square is basically multiplying by itself.

COMMENT!

Brayden's Rate Growing Post

For homework we had to make a rate growing post.
The first thing we had to do was define rate and ratio.

Rate - compares two quantities measured in the different units Ratio - compares two quantities measured in the same unites

After that we had to tell the difference between rate and ratio.

The difference between rate and ratio is rate compares two quantities measured in different units and ratio compares two quantities measured in same units.

After we had to tell the difference we had to answer a question from page 60 and 61.

Pg. 60

9) Mala is shopping for honey. Her favourite brand is available in two sizes.
A) Estimate which is the better buy. Show your thinking.

I think the 1000ml is the better buy because I multiplied 250 by 4 and got 1000 so they were equal in ml. Then I multiplied the price by 4 because I had to and I got $11.16 which is more than the price of the 1000ml which is $9.59

B) Determine the better buy. Show your work.

The way I determined the better buy was by doing the math in the question above. 250 x 4 = 1000 2.79 x 4 = 11.16 $11.16 for 1000ml.
1000ml = $9.59
$9.59 for 1000ml is a better buy.

Pg. 61

14) Conversion rates among currencies vary from day to day. The number in the table give the value in foreign currency of one Canadian dollar on one particular day.

Canadian - 1.00 dollars
US - 0.8857 dollars
Australian - 1.1527 dollars
European Union - 0.6940 euros

A) What was the value of $600 Canadian in euros?
416.4 euros.

B) What was the value of $375 Canadian in US dollars?
332.1375 dollars.

C) What was the value of $450 Canadian in Australian dollars?
518.715 dollars.

After we did all that we had to make a rate question on the coin jar. My question was....

If there is 2840 coins in the jar and you were putting the money in for 5 hours, How much coins/hr would you put in?

568coins/hr

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Part 2

For homework today we had to find out how much ingredients we would need to make spaghetti sauce that is able to feed 10 people. We also had to find the ingredients for 1 person.


To find the ingredients for 10 people you had to multiply the ingredients by 2.5 because 4x2.5 = 10 people.

Ingredients to feed 10 people.

1 1/4 lb ground beef
2 1/2 medium onion diced
2 1/2 celery finely sliced
2 1/2 clove of garlic
35 oz can of tomatoes chopped
1 1/4 can of tomato paste
2 1/2 tsp parsley
3 3/4 tsp basil
2 1/2 tsp oregano
2 1/2 tsp sugar
1 1/4 tsp Worchestershire Sauce
1 1/4 tsp seasoning salt
2 1/2 bay leaf

Ingredients to feed 1 person.

1/8 lb ground beef
1/4 medium onion diced
1/4 celery finely sliced
1/4 clove of garlic
3.5 oz can of tomatoes chopped
1/8 can of tomato paste
1/4 tsp of parsley
0.375/7.5ml tsp of basil
1/4 tsp of oregano
1/4 tsp of sugar
1/8 tsp of Worchestershire Sauce
1/8 tsp of seasoning salt
1/4 bay leaf

COMMENT!

Bob & Ratio

Ratio homework today we had to pick one picture and write part to part, part to while, part to part to part and part to part to whole ratios about it.

This is the picture I chose.

Part to Part Ratio

green to blue - 6 : 1

red to yellow - 6 : 4

blue to yellow - 1 : 4




Part to Whole Ratio

blue to total 1 : 17

red to total - 6 : 17

green to total - 6 : 17

yellow to total - 4 : 17


Part to Part to Part Ratio

green to blue to red - 6 : 1 : 6

yellow to green to blue - 4 : 6 : 1

red to yellow to green - 6 : 4 : 6


Part to Part to Whole

blue to green to total - 1 : 6 : 17

yellow to red to total - 6 : 6 : 17

red to blue to total - 6 : 1 : 17


After we did all that we had to make up 3 questions.
Mine were...



1) What is the ratio of red and blue to total?
2) What is the ratio of red to green and yellow to total?
3) What is the ratio of green to blue?


COMMENT!

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For our BOB2 we have to put what our mistakes were on the test.

The first question I got wrong was 8.

A picture frame has a width to length ratio of 5:7. If the width of the photo is 9 cm, the length of the photo is..

I put C) 14cm
The correct answer was B) 12.6cm
I didn't get this correct because I didn't know how to figure out the length of the photo.
I will remember that you have to find out what you multiplied to get from 5 to 7 so you can multiply 9 by that number to get the correct answer. put C) 14cm



The next question I got wrong was 14.

What percent ( to one decimal place) of the group prefers toasted 0's?

I put 15.1%.
The correct answer was 21.4%.
The reason I got this wrong was I used a ratio table and I divided wrong so I got a different answer. An easier way to get 21.4% is to just divide the amount of people that like toasted o's by the total amount of people.


The next question I got wrong was 15 A)
Write each ratio in lowest terms
8 : 32

I put 1 : 8
Correct answer 1 : 4
I got this wrong because I didn't check over my work well enough.


The next question I got wrong was 17.

Use the data in the table below to determine which sports-teams have equivalent scored by to scored against ratios.

Scored by Scored Against
Baseball Team A 10 5
Basketball Team A 115 92
Hockey Team A 6 4

I did this question completely wrong because I was trying to find out equivalent ratios for every team, when your suppose to find out equivalent ratios for every team than see which teams have the same equivalent ratio.

The correct answer was baseball team a and basketball team b.


After we put what we did wrong we had to change the numbers in the question and answer it in our comments.


1) Use the data in the table below to determine which sports-teams have equivalent scored by to scored against ratios.

Scored By Score Against
Baseball Team 4 2
Hockey Team 9 18
Football Team 89 188

2) What percent ( to one decimal place ) of the group prefers cats? Prefers Cats to Total People
20 : 82

Ratio Homework (Question 3-4)

3) Give two examples of how ratios are used in daily life.

Sporting Event - the score is 2 to 10

Video game - win to loss ratio

4) The fraction 2/5 can be interpreted as two parts out of a total of five parts. Use a diagram to show an example of this part-to-whole ratio.



COMMENT!

Four 4's October 13/09

For homework we had to find similarities between (4/4) + (4/4) and (4÷4) + (4÷4).

In my opinion I believe they are the same because they go through the same steps to get the same answer.

eg.

(2÷2) = 1 whole pie
(2÷2) = 1 whole pie
1 whole pie + 1 whole pie = 2 whole pies

2/2 = 1 whole pie
2/2 = 1 whole pie
1 whole pie + 1 whole = 2 whole pies

They go through the same process and have the same answer that's why I believe they are the same.

Brayden's Scribepost October 12, 2009

Today's assignment was to answer 1 purple question and 1 of any colour question except black.

1. Would the jar look the same is the money was Canadian?

No, it would not look the same because there is a difference between Canadian currency and American currency.

2. What is the value of the jar?

The value of the jar is $100.


Comment!

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Part 2 October 13/09

For homework we had to answer 2 questions

1) Make a reasonable combination of American coins in the Jar

I would put the following in the jar.

50 rolls of pennies = 20$
10 rolls of nickels = 20$
6 rolls of dimes = 30$
3 rolls of quarters = 30$
= 100$

I had have this many coins :

2000 pennies
400 nickels
300 dimes
120 quarters
= 2820 American coins in the jar


In my Canadian jar I would have the following coins.

1 roll of toonies = 50$
1 roll of loonies = 25$
1 roll of quarters = 10$
1 roll of dimes = 5$
2 rolls of nickels = 4$
2 rolls of pennies = 1$
= 100$

This is where I found my answer

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080422204815AAo7VmK

25 toonies
25 loonies
40 quarters
50 dimes
40 nickels
100 pennies
= 280 Canadian Coins in the jar.


When I compare the American coins to the Canadian coins there is a very big difference. There are 2820 American coins in the jar and that will take up approximetly half of the jar. If you put all the 280 Canadian coins in the jar it will approximetly take up around 1/10 of the jar.

P.S. Sorry for the website not working, It wouldn't work when I put it in edit html.

Hope you liked my post!

Comment!

Brayden's BOB 06/10/09

3 things I know about graphing :

1) Line graphs aren't as good as bar graphs because they don't have the area that a bar graph does.

2) You have to label your graph. ( title, x-axis, and y-axis)

3) There are many types of graphs

One thing I could improve on :

The one thing I think I could've improved on was making my second graph more misleading.


COMMENT!

Scribe Post Question #17 Sept 30, 09

17) A small town recorded crime statistics over the last six years.

SORRY FOR NOT HAVING PICTURES OF THE GRAPHS I DON'T GOT PAINT!!!

[Year][1][2][3][4][5][6]

[Number of Crimes][2][6][6][2][3][4]

A) Make a Bar Graph to display the data. ( I won't have bars I'll just fill in the data.)

N O
U F 6
M
B C 4
E R
R I 2
M 1 2 3 4 5 6
E
S Year

B) Total the number of crimes for every two years. Make a new bar graph to display this data.

N O
U F
M
B C 9
E R
R I 6
M
E 3
S 1-2 3-4 5-6

Year

C) What can you conclude from the second bar graph? Do the data in the table support your statement? explain.

The second bar graph shows that the graphs are decreasing, but they have been increasing the years before. That doesn't support the data in the table. The crimes were increasing for 3 years than decreased for one year that started increasing again.


D) How is the second graph misleading?

The second graph is misleading because it states that the crimes are decreasing but they are actually increasing.

http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createAgraph/