WarmUp(9-13-14)

I will be able to convert

units using a single step
big fat fraction
12. Ray Lewis has a mass 239 lbs, and
Barrett Ruud has a mass of
3856 oz. Which player has the greater
mass?

1 pound= 16 ounces
Get out your
homework and
write down #12
What I should know for second
summative:
1. Can I convert between metric units using
the ladder method?
2. Can I Convert between all units using a
single step big fat fraction
3. Can I list the main base metric units for
mass, volume, temperature, distance, and
time?
4. What # is the metric system based on

Agenda(9-15)
I will be able to
convert units using a
single step big fat
fraction
Steps to learning Big fat
fractions
1. How many seconds have I been alive warmup
2. Covert hail mary yards per second into miles per hour.
3. Start on Homework: Mason will do 3 with the class white boards will
be handed out to partners
4. Work with partners.each team will attempt to do a learning check, if
they succeed in the learning check they will get 2 points, if they attempt it
they get 1 point. If they do not try they get 0 points.
5. The top 3 for each class in points wins a reward.
6. Students will need to complete up to question 12 as homework for
Friday.
7. So if we work fast and quietly you may have less homework for Friday
and the Weekend.
What I should know for second
summative?
1. Can I convert between metric units using
the ladder method?
2. Can I Convert between all units using a
single step big fat fraction
3. Can I list the main base metric units for
mass, volume, temperature, distance, and
time?

WarmUp(9-11-14)
I will be able to convert
units using a single step
big fat fraction
WarmUp 9-12-14
Lets calculate the speed in MPH of the
Nebraska Hail Mary against Northwestern last
year.


Agenda(9-11)
I will be able to
convert units using a
single step big fat
fraction
Agenda(9-12)
I will be able to
convert units using a
single step big fat
fraction
WarmUp (9-12-14)
Get out big fat fraction homework
We will continue on it the more we do the
less homework you will have.
Here is a great way to convert from any unit to another.from pounds to
kilograms. Seconds to year whatev..

1. Get out a piece of notebook paper!
Draw these lines label
them big fat fractions
Lets start with an easy conversion example: 20 pounds= _____ kilograms
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________ Kg
20 lbs
1 Kg
2.2 lbs
They give us
this
Here is our given
conversion factors
We put lbs on the
bottom to cancel it
Conversion Factor=
1 kg= 2.2 lbs
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________ Kg
20 lbs
1 Kg
2.2 lbs
They give us
this
Here is our given
conversion factors
We put lbs on the
bottom to cancel it
The units you want is now left over but what do we do
with the #s
Math Rules
1. If one number is on top and another is on the bottom you divide the numbers
2. If they are both on top you multiply
________ Kg =
20 lbs
2.2 lbs
=
9.09 kg
9.09 kg
=
Team Check 1 Check 2 Check 3 Check 4 Check 5 Check 6 Check 7 Check 8 Check 9 Check10 Total Points
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2 0
3 0
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5 3 3
6 3 3 3 12
7 3 3 3 3 9
8 2 1 2 3 8
9 0
10 1 1 1 3 6
11 0
12 0
13 0
14 3 3 3 3 12
15 0
1. The distance from the thumb to
the little finger on your hand is 7.75
inches. Convert this to cm.

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2. Brutus the skydiving dog, jumped
from an airplane 4572 m above the
ground. How many miles did he fall?


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3. The Statue of Liberty is the heaviest
statue in the world weighing 24,634.85
metric tons. How many
pounds is this?


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4. The largest great white shark ever
captured was 4.6m long. How many
feet is this?
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5. The end of the school year is in 160
days, how many minutes is this? How
many seconds is this?


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6. How many inches are in 125 cm?
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7. If you ran 27.3 feet, how many
miles did you run?


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8. If you drink a gallon of milk, how
many milliliters did you just drink?
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5. The end of the school year is in
______ days, how many minutes is
this? How many seconds is this?


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9. A Typical dairy cow produces 6.5 lbs
of milk a day, how many ounces is
this?


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10. Which is higher, a basketball hoop
at 10 ft. or 10 meters?
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11. Two oil rich lands are selling at the same
price. One plot of land, Johns contains 30 acres
and sallys plot of land is 2 sq miles. Which is
the better deal?


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12. Ray Lewis has a mass 239 lbs, and
Barrett Ruud has a mass of 3856 oz.
Which player has the greater mass?


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13. An American football field is 100
yards long. How many meters are in a
football field?
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14. If Billy runs all the way around a
track, he would be running 400 m.
How many inches is this?
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15. If you lived to be 100 years old,
how many heartbeats would you
have? (Imagine you have around 70
heart beats per minute)
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hb
70 hb
min
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16. Your body has about 5.6 liters of
blood. This 5.6 liters of blood
circulates through the body three
times every minute. In one day, the
blood travels a total of 19,000 km, how
many miles is this?


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17. The average Emperor Penguin is
about 45 inches tall, how tall is that in
feet?
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18. The worlds tallest horse (a Belgian
named Jake) is 210.2 cm tall. How
many meters tall is he?
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19. The two adult male Killer Whales
at sea world weigh around 9,570 lbs.
How many grams do these big
mammialian fish weigh?
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