Monday, November 21, 2011

Shera's Scribe - Textbook pages 135-137 (Questions 1, 3, 11)

1. Kaitlyn and Jordan are converting 0.003 to a percent.
Who is correct? Show how you know.

Kaitlyn:
0.003 = 3%

Jordan:
0.003 = 0.3%

- Jordan is right, because to convert a decimal to a percent, you multiply it by 100.
0.003 x 100 = 0.3%

3. Team mates Mark and Jonas are discussing the outcome of a game. Mark says their team scored 500% as many goals as the other team and Jonas says they scored five times as many goals as the other team. Can they both be correct? Explain how you know.

- Yes, they can both be correct because 100% of the other team's goals multiplied 5 times is 500%.

11. Express the shaded portion of each diagram as a fraction, a decimal, and a percent.

a) Fraction - 17/25
Decimal - 0.68
Percent - 68 %

b) Fraction - 9/24
Decimal - 0.375
Percent - 37.5 %

8 comments:

  1. Good job on your scribe post, Shera. I liked how everything was organized. I suggest that you put colour in the font so it can stand out more, and put a video up , so people can understand.
    Here are some videos that you could use:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBDdBk1AWAw&feature=relmfu

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXIS-7rQc74&feature=relmfu

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04eEAxkc4bk&feature=relmfu

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  2. Great Post. Thanks for Scribing.

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  3. Great Job Shera I liked how you made great and clear explanations to your post. I liked how you bolded words and important words, but maybe add colour to make your post more exciting for people to see because you should let people know that "hey I want to see this post!" You could of added some videos and links to help us understand. Overall great job! Keep it up!

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  4. Hi Shera. Great scribe post! Your explanations are very clear! I like how you made your answers bold which stands out, but I suggest to add color to your font. I also suggest to add a video and link.
    Video : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXIS-7rQc74
    Link : http://www.math-play.com/Changing-Fractions-and-Decimals-to-Percents/changing-fractions-and-decimals-to-percents-millionaire.html

    Good Job!

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  5. Good job Shera! Your post was great! And your explanations were clear except I think that you should show how you would convert to a fraction, decimal, or percent. I liked how the answers were all in bold, it made them all stand out. The only things I suggest are adding some colour and a link or a video. Here's a link that I think would be helpful:
    http://ca.ixl.com/math/grade-8/convert-between-percents-fractions-and-decimals

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  6. Good Job Shera! One improvement you can make for 11 a) and b) is showing how you converted fractions to decimals to percent.

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  7. Great job Shera! I really enjoyed reading your scribe post. I think you explained everything very clear. However I think you should show how you converted the fraction, decimal, or percent. I think you should have added colour to your scribe post so that it stands out more. Here is a link that you could add to your scribe post:

    http://home.blarg.net/~math/fr_dec_pct.html

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  8. Good Job Shera :D they way u answer the questions is very good because it requires less work and i like less work

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