theme of the week fact or opinion? wednesday. word of the day 38% of all statistics are made up....

Theme of the

Week

Fact or opinion?

Wednesday

Word of the Day

38% of all statistics are made up.

Niece

"Calculators can only calculate - they cannot do mathematics."

      -- John A. Van de Walle

"We only think when confronted with a problem."

      -- John Dewey

"Failure is the opportunity to begin again, more intelligently."      -- Henry Ford

"To learn, you must want to be taught."      -- Proverbs 12:1

Maths quotes

Arithmetic is being able to count up to twenty without taking off your shoes."      -- Mickey Mouse

"Five out of four people have trouble with fractions."      -- Steven Wright

Maths quotes

• "I never got a pass mark in math ... Just imagine -- mathematicians now use my prints to illustrate their books."      -- M.C. Escher

"Positive attitudes bring positive results. Negative attitudes bring negative results."

Reflection

Here are a few questions…

“ Do decimals have a point.?"

•“Who is BOB? A math student's best friend is BOB (the Back Of the Book), but remember that BOB doesn't come to school on test days."