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This week for my math workshop our goal is: Solve problems with fractions, decimals proportions and ratios using a broad range of strategies. For my create task we had to fill out a diamond template that looks like the one below; we had to choose a question that the teachers gave us and use that for the template. Here is mine: How would you have answered the math question?

For the past term we have been taking a Stanford math course which helps us understand math and why we use it. Here is what we learnt. - Having a growth mindset toward math is very important because if you get a math equation wrong then we should never give up and always keep on trying because struggle helps our brain grow. - Math is every where in nature, dance, sport, animals we don't notice how important math can be. - People say that you are either a math person or not but this is not true at all because even if you are not as good at math everyone can improve and become more confident in math. - When it comes to math speed doesn't matter because some of the best mathematicians are slow and take their time working math out. - It is important to communicate with others and share ideas and answers because if there is something you don't understand then by communicating with others they can help you understand what you are struggling with. There is a lot more ...

In my math workshop for the week our goal is to use a variety of strategies to calculate the area of rectangles, parallelograms, and triangles. We had to make a video on how to figure the area of a shape here is my video. Do you know how to work out the area of a shape?

This week in my math workshop we are working on theoretical probabilities here is a slide of how I work out the probabilities.   Have you ever learned about theoretical probability?