This week we started doing a new form of math for us, it was called Exemplars. Exemplars are questions for us to answer. Unlike some math, there aren't a lot of questions. There is only one - but it needs a lot of math to answer it. Luckily, all the math we have been doing was the math that we needed to answer the problem.
The exemplars question that we did was called The Computer Game. The question told us that there were three rounds. Two people had been playing a computer game. Their names were Jaci and Emma. In order to work out how many points they had scored, we had to read the expanded numbers and write it in regular numbers. Also we had to figure out who had the most points in each round.
The question for the first problem said Jaci has seventy-four thousand, two hundred and sixteen points, Emma had seventy thousand, four hundred and eighty nine points. So that means Jaci won the first round. At the end of the second round Jaci had fifty two thousand two hundred thirty one points. Emma had fifty two thousand and sixty eight points. Once again Jaci won. The last but not least round Jaci had sixty two thousand nine hundred seventy nine points. Emma had sixty two thousand nine hundred eighty four points so that means Emma had won.
First when I saw it I thought that it was going to be impossible. A lot of other people probably thought that too but I didn't think it was that hard. I felt like this activity was really fun but we still learned at the same time. After I did the exemplars problem, I feel more confident with my math. I learned a lot about numbers & I can solve a lot more stuff with numbers in it.
By: Ivan
The exemplars question that we did was called The Computer Game. The question told us that there were three rounds. Two people had been playing a computer game. Their names were Jaci and Emma. In order to work out how many points they had scored, we had to read the expanded numbers and write it in regular numbers. Also we had to figure out who had the most points in each round.
The question for the first problem said Jaci has seventy-four thousand, two hundred and sixteen points, Emma had seventy thousand, four hundred and eighty nine points. So that means Jaci won the first round. At the end of the second round Jaci had fifty two thousand two hundred thirty one points. Emma had fifty two thousand and sixty eight points. Once again Jaci won. The last but not least round Jaci had sixty two thousand nine hundred seventy nine points. Emma had sixty two thousand nine hundred eighty four points so that means Emma had won.
First when I saw it I thought that it was going to be impossible. A lot of other people probably thought that too but I didn't think it was that hard. I felt like this activity was really fun but we still learned at the same time. After I did the exemplars problem, I feel more confident with my math. I learned a lot about numbers & I can solve a lot more stuff with numbers in it.
By: Ivan