Maths Problem Solving slide

Maths problem solving

Today 14th of the 8th of 2019 my maths group did a problem and presented our work to the class.
The problem said:

Tukutuku panels can be made from wooden rods (kaho) with cross stitches (tuinga), often using many colours.

The kaokao is a traditional tukutuku design that symbolises the strength of a warrior.

Imagine you continued this pattern until there were 8 kaho. How many tuinga would there be? My group found that the answer was 26 crosses or tuinga.

What if there were 18 kaho? The answer is 66.  What if there were 38 kaho? The answer is 146 we found that out by our strategy.

Find a way to calculate the number of tuinga needed for any number of kaho.


And if you look at the picture above you will see the t-chart that my group made and the towers of cross stitches and we start at 3 rods on the t-chart and 6 tuinga (crosses), we did that because there is 6 crosses on the 3 rods and then added 1 rod and 4 crosses as showed in the middle design and the smaller one by having 3 rods and 6 crosses then 4 rods and 10 crosses cos 6+4=10 then so forth +1 rod= +4 crosses.

I hope that you have found this helpful and I'm sorry if you've found it hard to read.

Things about school

One thing that I have learnt in school that is helpful is cooking cos I now know how to cook more things.

 <- French toast

One thing that I want to improve is my reading so I can read faster.

 <- The book I'm reading

The one thing that I have learnt this term is cooking cos it's so fun and I get to eat things when I cook them.

What I have learnt about Matariki

Hello fellow readers and in this blog post I'm telling you what I've learnt about Matariki.

Firstly I will tell you how to find Matariki. To do this it has to be the Maori new years from June to July. You want to find the southern cross which looks like an anchor at this time of the year then turn east to find the winter maiden the brightest star in the sky. Then go east again to find three stars in a row. After that track 3 other stars in a triangle shape by looking east again. Finally look around for a cluster of stars which is Matariki, you will know that this is Matariki cos you will be able to see seven of the brightest stars there which are the seven sisters.

The meaning of the stars. (The nine sisters.)

Matariki represents the gathering of people, family and the environment.

Pohutukawa is the star connected to those that have passed on.

Waiti is the star connected to fresh water and the food that lives in it.

Waita is the star connected to sea water and the food in it.

Ururangi is the star connected to the wind.

Tupuanuku is the star that represents the food growing in the Earth.

Tupuarangi represents the food growing in the trees and the birds.

Waipuna-a-rangi is connected to precipitation, water in the sky.

Hiwaiterangi is connected to wishing, dreams and hopes.

This is all I've learnt so far and I'll learn more over time and if you have any "NICE" comments I'll love to hear them.

Rockets.some what of a story and some info

On 14.6.19 We had a guy called Daniel from the Wonder Project who came and taught us about rockets and we made bottle rockets out of a 1.5L bottle and cardboard paper as fins. We were put in teams of 3.

Then a few weeks later we started making and launching our rockets to see how far they flew and then we recorded data and made changes to our rockets.

In my group we had what had to be the worst rocket cos the fins we falling off before it was launched. We had put about 350.ML of water in our bottle rocket and 60.Psi, and it would of flew better if it had all of its fins on it.My team could of been better and I could of been a better captain of my team.We also had fun and I liked it and I bet my team members did too.

Teachers Strike Day

On Wednesday the 29th of May all second and primary schools in New Zealand had a strike day for kids having better things at schools and teachers were having a strike day for it.

I know that it was because of something about the government and teachers not getting days of and enough time to live their own lives not their own work lives for about 24 hours & 7 days.

I also know that the government are Bums a they don't care about teachers lives and their work hours and teachers want less time doing work at home and more free time at home.

Science Road Show

On the 28 of march 2019 the Science Roadshow came to Ōtaki College and it was superb.

First there was one show then we were allowed to go and look at all of the displays that were set up and there was one that court my eye but I didn't get to go on it because the kid that was on it let his friend on it when I was clearly in front of, and then that kid took bloody long and I didn't get a go but my favourite had to be the second show out of everything at the science roadshow.

The reason the second show was my favourite because they got different chemicals and burn them and they gave out different colours for the different type of liquid or chemical they were and it was really cool and p.s the show was called the Chemistry show or Chemistry something.

They also had different minerals and they found out what the types of solid they were by just weighing them!