Homework for Tuesday & Wednesday

Assignment for Tuesday:  Factor Trees

Due Wednesday, October 29

How can you help? 

Check the resource sheet I included in the Google Classroom for how to build a factor tree. Feel free to take them through those steps as needed. We worked the number 20 in class to show that a) every number has a unique prime factorization and b) it doesn't matter the "route" you take to get there: starting with 4 x 5 or 2 x 10 gets you to the same place. Get the ball rolling and you'll get there!

*Hint - if the number is even I always start with 2 x because it decreases the size of the original number. And so on. ;-)

Assignment for Wednesday: Counting Pets

Due Thursday, October 30

This assignment really digs into actually reading and interpreting graphs; specifically bar graphs (histograms) in this assignment. It requires not just knowing what the central tendencies are and how to calculate them, but also how to read and understand what these graphs are telling you. It's part of our statistics work!

 So, how can you help?

*For this assignment, they will need to use both graphs. Make sure they figure out which one gives the information they need for each question.

*They should think about what the graphs do tell them and what they don't ... again, this requires truly reading the graphs for information.

*Ask about what we did in class today and how we practiced representing and reading the data points. BOTH graphs have data points, but they represent different things ... about pets.
*If a question cannot be answered, they should explain what additional information you would need to answer it. If they are stuck ask them to tell you what seems to be missing ... "Can you answer that? Why not?"