- planned a vacation (estimated driving time to airport, cost of a rental car for the week, cost of groceries for the week, cost of total flights - seat prices, luggage prices, taxes, cost of the kennel for my dog while we're gone, total cost of trip)
- hanging curtains (had to measure to make sure the curtain rod would be level and to make sure the curtains would hit the wall where I wanted them to)
- worked on building a deck (angles, even spacing, tessellations, measuring)
- using the filing system at my summer job (it is numerical and alphabetical)
- payed bills
- balanced the checkbook
- estimated the cost of re-doing a bathroom
This blog will highlight students who are being leaders around our school and exciting things we are doing in our classroom.
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Summer - Summer- Summer Time!!
Here are a few ways I've used mathematics so far this summer.
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