1) Put the following numbers in order using the comparison signs ( >, <, or =).

3.4683.6483.6843.486

Explain your math strategy.

2) On Monday, Laura ran for 1 1/6 miles. On Tuesday, she ran for 1 2/3 miles. On Wednesday, she ran for 1 ½ miles. How many miles did she run in total?

Don’t forget to show your answer in the lowest terms and to explain your math strategy.

3) Michael spent 6 3/5hours reading and 1 ¼ hours at the gym. How much less time did he spend at the gym? How many hours does he have left in the day?

4) Mrs. Williams wanted to knit doggy clothes. Before she started to knit, she had 8 ¾ balls of yarn. After she finished knitting, she only had 5 1/3 balls of yarn left. How much yarn did she use?

Use two different strategies to calculate mathematically. Explain both of your math strategies.

5) Complete IXL for 20 minutes, doing an activity recommended for Unit 8 noted on the teacher blog or a higher, more challenging activity.

Parent signature: ___________The activity(ies) I did were: Grade ____ Activity _________

Grade ____ Activity _________

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6) Sam was a farmer, who had 5 3/8 acres of land. His crop farms covered 3 5/8 acres. A large barn sat on one-fourth of the remaining land. How many acres does the barn take up? How much open space is left for the animals to roam?

Show your answer in the lowest terms and explains your math strategy.

7) Study Links and Math Journal

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8) Use the attached chocolate chip cookies recipe.

This recipe makes enough cookies for 8 people. Mr. Kopacka needs to make double the cookies for his class. How much of each ingredient does he need?

9) Melanie and Jessica invited 7 friends over for pizza. They ordered 5 pizzas and asked for them to be cut into 8 slices each. Jessica’s dad paid for the pizzas and then snuck 4 slices before anyone noticed.

How many slices does each person get?Don’t forget to show your answer in the lowest terms and to explain your math strategy.

Name _________________ Tic-Tac-Toe Homework for the week of March 20, 2015 - DUE FRIDAY

Tic-Tac-Toe Menu Directions

Choose at least any three activities from our tic tac toe menu. When you have completed three activities, you may decide to be finished. Or you may decide to keep going and complete more activities.

I choose activities # ________, # __________, # __________,

Additionally, I choose activities # __________, # __________, # __________, # __________

Do you have an idea for alternate activities you’d like to do instead for practice? Talk them over with your teacher.

I prefer to do the following alternate activities: ___________________________________________

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Reflection on Homework Choices (tell what you liked, what was challenging, why you made the choices you made, what you learned, etc.) Were you able to do the work independently? Describe the kind of help your parents or tutors gave you. __________________________________________________________________________________

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Student Name: _________________________________________ Date: ______________________

PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE ATTACHED ALL THE WORK YOU HAVE COMPLETED. IF IT IS A TECHNOLOGY ACTIVITY, MAKE SURE THAT YOUR PARENTS HAVE SIGNED THEIR NAME ON THAT BOX TO CONFIRM THAT YOU DID THE PRACTICE ACTIVITY FOR THE ALLOTTED TIME.

THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR EFFORTS TO LEARN AND BECOME A BETTER MATHEMATICIAN.