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WEEK SIX HOMEWORK
TERM ONE
YEAR 5
Maths
Magic Squares
a)
b)
2½
5
3
3½
1¾
¼
2
¾
Complete the above squares so that in each one every row, column and diagonal has the
same sum.
What are my two numbers if:
1) the sum of the two numbers is 5.2 and their difference is 0.4? ____ ____
2) the sum of the two numbers is 7.5 and their difference is 0.5? ____ ____
3) the sum of the two numbers is 7.5 and their difference is 0.1? ____ ____
4) the sum of the two numbers is 7.5 and their difference is 1.0? ____ ____
5) the sum of the two numbers is 4.5 and their product is 5? ____ ____
6) the sum of the two numbers is 6.5 and their product is 9? ____ ____
7) the sum of the two numbers is 6.5 and their product is 5.5? ____ ____
8) the sum of the two numbers is 6.5 and their product is 0.64? ____ ____
9) the sum of the two numbers is 4.2 and their product is 4.4? ____ ____
10) the sum of the two numbers is 4.2 and their product is 0.8? ____ ____
English
(Visual-spatial intelligence)
1) Every large newspaper has at least on cartoonist. Read a few, then create your
own. Try to use this format to express a current topic, for examples Rudd’s
current popularity/unpopularity.
2) Choose your favourite television show and draw a ‘family’ tree explaining how
all the characters are connected. You’ll find each character is somehow
connected to the others. Why do you think writers do this?
Tuesday
Maths
(Logical-mathematical intelligence)
1) Time your TV viewing habits (includes DVDs, X-box, Playstation etc) three days
( Tues, Wed, Thurs). How many hours did you watch? If you continued to watch
this amount, how many hours would you spend watching TV in a year? What
percentage of your life that year would have been spent watching TV? Would this
interfere with you being in an OC class? Explain why you are or are not happy
about this?
Creative Arts
(For Miss Franks)
Create a collage using as many different textures as possible, for example, wool,
cotton material, foil, plastic………..be creative and have fun!
Wednesday
Maths
Mentals
1) In China’s Gobi desert, the temperature can vary from -27ºC to 38ºC.
What is the temperature range?
2) Days in a decade = _________
3) Write 81 as an ordinal number ______
4) Surfaces on a pentagonal prism ______
5) Draw a pentagonal prism.
6) Value of the 5 in 658 173 ____
7) Half a number is 20. Find three-quarters of the number. ____
8) How many degrees in a circle?
9) How many fifths in 3¾? ____
10) Write 0.9 as a fraction.____
English
Poetry
Poetry is important to us because we can call on poetry to help us express ourselves
when we feel everyday language is not enough for the occasion.
Read the poem below and explain how the poet feels about poetry.
Some like poetry –
Wislawa Szymborska
SomeThus not all. Not even the majority of all but the minority.
Not counting schools, where one has to,
and the poets themselves,
there might be two people per thousand,
LikeBut one also likes chicken soup with noodles,
One likes compliments and the colour blue,
One likes an old scarf,
One likes having the upper hand,
One likes stroking a dog.
PoetryBut what is poetry
Many shaky answers
have been given to this question.
But I don’t know and don’t know and hold on to it
Like to a sustaining railing.
Thursday
Maths
Find the sums for each set of addends. Remember to line up the digits according to
value.
1)
548.3
9.36
73.6
362.8
.621
26
answer___________
2) 427.21
98.151
333.2
56.721
8.574
326.77
answer____________
3) 12.647 6.42372
427.8 341.74
55.24
.8354
answer_______________
4) 35.7 526.843
246.63 72.1867 6822.3 1.7378 623.2342
18.99
answer______________
5) 26 621.77 6.2314 8211.5256
.6832
6211
63.78
8.4256
English
Grammar
Adjectival Phrases
Always take the time to use phrases to add that extra little something to you
descriptions.
Example: A crocodile with huge jaws basked on the bank of the river.
Add some adjectival phrases to these sentences to give them more meaning.
1) A cockatoo _____________________________________________ screeched
from a gum tree.
2) Our journey across the Nullarbor Plain _________________________________
seemed to take forever.
3) In Melbourne we had a ride on a tram
_________________________________________________________________.
4) With a smile ___________________________________ the policemen directed
us to Broken Hill post office.
5) Mountains __________________________________________ made us gasp at
their beauty.
OPOTIONAL EXTRA!!
In ancient civilisations people were sacrificed to the gods. Prepare a debate that
examines the affirmative and negative sides of the following statement:
Sacrificing people to the gods was a good thing!
Contribute to this debate on the wiki – remember this is optional!