Rational Numbers Day 8

Van Siclen Community Middle School

Mr. E Grade 6 Mathematics

Class 602/603/604/605
January 8, 2015

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Do Now 5 minutes Choose two

What percent of the circles below

are shaded purple? Green? Blue?
Red?

Mr. E bought 3 more turtles for the

school aquarium. If this is 10% of
the total number of turtles the
school has, how many turtles does
the school have in its aquarium?

Proportions say that two ratios are

equal. They can be used to solve
percent problems. Look at the
proportion below. Solve the
proportion below by finding the
value of x.

25

44
100

Lesson Overview

Today we will use index cards and

work on ordering negative and
positive integers!

Each student will receive one or

two index cards.

I will randomly call on 5 students

at a time to bring up one of their
index cards.

We will play a game where the 5

students must order themselves
from least to greatest (or greatest
to least).

The class will say whether the

group is correct or what members
of the group need to switch places!

Ordering in Word Problems (Least to Greatest)

5 minutes

Mr. Dunne and Mr. Devlin went to get their eyes tested. Mr. Dunnes vision in
his left eye was -2.50 and his vision in his right eye was the opposite. Mr.
Devlins vision in his left eye was -1.00 and +0.25.

B) Order the four numbers from

C) Explain how you determined the order of the numbers.

least to greatest.

Ordering in Word Problems (Least to Greatest)

3 minutes

Mr. E received three mails on Thursday. An electricity bill for $45.25, a water
bill for $50.00, and a check for $32.80.

A) Write the three rational numbers related to each of Mr. Es mails.

B) Order the three numbers from

C) Explain how you determined the order of the numbers.

least to greatest.

Ordering in Word Problems (Greatest to Least)

5 minutes

Kenneth is entering college and has opened a checking account. His parents
gave him $200 to deposit into the account. He paid $85 for a math textbook
and $23.54 for a calculator.

A) Write the three rational numbers related to Johns college checking

account.

B) Order the three numbers from

C) Explain how you determined the order of the numbers.

greatest to least.

Ordering in Word Problems (Greatest to Least)

3.5 minutes

Mr. E must pay the following bills this month:

1) $132.00 cable internet bill

2) $112.00 monthly metro card

3) $40.00 cell phone bill

A) What types of integers (negative or positive) should we use? Why?

B) Order the integers from greatest to least.

Homework!! Due Friday January 9, 2015

Negative Number Location

Negative Numbers (Smaller or Larger?)