Summer Math Learning Packet Students entering Grade 6

Purpose: It is important for all students to review math concepts and processes during the summer. Intentional practice of math skills will help students reach mastery of required material and increase their ability to use facts and operations easily and accurately (fluency). There will also be skill areas or knowledge the students need to strengthen (reinforce) or even build upon further through enrichment opportunities. Time spent working on mastery, reinforcement, and enrichment will greatly benefit all students.

What parents/guardians can do to support the student:

✓Make a practice plan and help your daughter set goals. ✓Recognize your daughter’s strengths. ✓Help your daughter to identify the areas of mathematics she would like to focus on over the summer. ✓Check in with your daughter periodically. ✓Create a system with your daughter to monitor and track progress.

How to record your work: Students can choose from the options below on how they would like to record their summer work.

• Use a spiral bound notebook to keep track of your work. Record the date to match the date on the calendar. Show any work you do.

• Keep track of your work using a Google Doc. Share the doc with me through Lincoln’s Google Docs account.

NOTE: There may be concepts on the calendar that you have not learned, or that you cannot remember how to do. That is fine! Be resourceful! Use Google, your parents, a friend, or some of the websites listed to learn to do the concept. (Some of the website links on the calendar will need to be copied into your browser, rather than just clicking on them.)

Websites to Explore:

The Math Forum- The Math Forum includes a wonderful Student Center which allows students to choose resources and grade level material they find challenging or interesting. A help area called Ask Dr. Math, an Internet Math Hunt, and Math Tips & Tricks, which includes “BeatCalc”, are just a few of the wonderful resources. http://mathforum.org/index.html

Cool Math For Kids- This website provides a variety of games that explore probability and “race the clock” which allows you to practice basic computation skills. There are also several IQ games and brain thinkers that foster your ability to think logically. http://www.coolmath4kids.com/

The Quiz- This website provides math activities listed by concept and skills for all grade levels. http://www.thatquiz.org/

Math Playground- An action-packed site for middle school students to practice math skills, play a logic game and have some fun. http://mathplayground.com/

Math Illuminations, National Council of Mathematics-Choose a grade range to access activities and games. http://illuminations.nctm.org/activitysearch.aspx

Figure this- This site is designed to challenge middle school students with real world challenges. http://www.figurethis.org/index.html

Kids.Gov- This website is the official kids’ portal for the U.S. government. It is divided into educational subject like Arts, Math, and History. http://mathforum.org/index.html

These resources are intended for you to choose the websites that are most interesting to you. Keep in mind that it will be beneficial for you to:

★ Solve problems involving addition, subtraction, multiplication and division of fractions.

★ Solve problems involving addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of decimals.

★ Convert fractions, decimals, and percents to find equivalent fractions.

★ Solve a variety of problems to strengthen your mathematical skills and knowledge.

   

 

July 2013 Summer Math Calendar – Entering Grade 6

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30 1 I am an even, 3 digit palindrome. (ex: 464) The product of the digits is 8. What number am I?

2 Cut a string 1 meter long. Identify 10 items that are this length.

3 Try the game: Math Olympics http://www.mathplayground.com/olympic_math1.html (you will need to paste this link into your browser)

4 July 4th Holiday

5 Six friends have 4 sandwiches to share. What fraction of a sandwich which each person get?

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7 8 Express the number 50 in at least 25 different ways. Use all 4 operations and include fractions and decimals.

9 What is the probability that a 2-digit whole number contains an 8?

10 Try a new activity at http://www.coolmath4kids.com/ Challenge yourself. What did you choose to do?

11 Predict the number of times that a 6 will occur when you roll a die 50 times. Roll the die and record the results. Are they the same as your prediction? Why?

12 Count cricket chirps for 15 seconds. Add 39. This will give you the F. temp outside. Try it on 3 different days. Does it work?

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14 15 Choose a favorite professional athlete and research his/her annual salary. How much does he/she earn in a month? A day?

16 Research the number of hours and minutes of daylight there are today. How much more daylight is there today, then one month ago?

17 Measure and record the heights of each member of your family in inches. What is the difference between the tallest and the shortest persons?

18 A California Condor has a 114 inch wingspan. How many feet and inches is that?

19 Write four fractions that are equivalent to 12/18.

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21 22 Record the time you go to bed and get up for 1 week. Figure out the total hours and minutes. Find the mean, median and range.

23 Play the game “Deep Sea Duel” at http://illuminations.nctm.org/ActivityDetail.aspx?ID=207 Be careful, it’s addicting!

24 Write 83

4as an

improper fraction.

Write 9

5 as a mixed

number.

25 As of today, what fraction of their games have the Red Sox won?

26 Today’s number is 144 Make 144 by: -multiplying 2 numbers -dividing 2 numbers

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28 29 A farm has cows and ducks. There are 78 feet and 27 heads. How many of each animal are there. How do you know?

30 75% is the answer. What could the question possible be? Challenge yourself to think of more questions.

31 What is the probability that a two-digit number contains an 8?

August 2013 Summer Math Calendar – Entering Grade 6 Sun. Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Sat.

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31 1 If you save two dimes, two nickels, and two pennies every day in the month of July, how much money will you have saved at the end of the month?

2 Go to the Pawsox website today. Click on Stats + Scores. Find out who has the best batting average today. What does that mean?

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4 5 Is a 3 gallon pitcher large enough to hold 25 pints of juice? Explain.

6 Play KenKen from the newpaper or online. http://www.kenken.com If the 3x3 puzzle is too easy, challenge yourself to a 4x4 or 5x5.

7 Write a word problem for the equation:

1

2+2

3= x

Solve it!

8 Make a paper airplane and fly it five times. Measure the distance and find the mean distance your plane can fly.

9 Roll two dice ten times. Each time your roll, add the dice, subtract the dice, and multiply the dice. If you have 12 or 20 sided dice, its even more fun!

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11 12 Find a fraction, decimal, or percent in the newspaper. What did it relate to?

13 Visit the website Figure This. Choose and complete a challenge from this page: http://figurethis.org/challenges/challenge_index.htm

14 If you spent $100 a day, how many days will it take to spend a million dollars? How many years is that? What would you buy?

15 I am a number less than 50. When divided by 5, my remainder is 4. Who am I? Is there more than 1 correct answer?

16 Jen is 12, Amy is 13. In 25 years, what will be the product of their ages?

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18 19 What is the probability of rolling a sum of 12 on two die (express as a fraction)?

20 Make a bar graph representing the number of each color of candy in a bag of Skittles or M&M’s. What is the fraction of each color?

21 Find the sum of the digits of your phone number (all 10 digits). What numbers is it divisible by?

22 If you buy 3 books at $3.95 each, how much change would you get from $20.00?

23 Would you rather have

5

12,4

8, or

3

4 of a

chocolate bar? Why?

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25 26 Play Multiplication Fued with a friend or family member. (See directions on my website).

27 Divide. 6848÷32 = Use long division and then check your answer on a calculator.

28 Multiply using two different methods (ie. Lattice, traditional, partial product, etc.) 435×67 =

29 You can buy 12 ounces of sunscreen for $4.80 or 16 ounces for $5.60. Which is a better deal? Why?

30 Congratulations! You are all done. Don’t forget to share your Google Doc or bring your journal to the first day of class.

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