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Math tricks

This is a maths trick that uses lines to find out the answer above. This technique is used by the Japanese a lot for solving maths equations like this.

7 servants question

Here Is the link to the wizard of oz quiz
http://www.quizyourfriends.com/take-quiz.php?id=1411061501331648&a=1&

Is our books disappearing?

Is the book disappearing as we speak? We'll in a way yes and no.A lot of people that read normal books know that normal books are disappearing and ebooks are the most efficient way to go. For example three million trees are cut down every year for the America alone which makes normal books look bad from the environment point if view. People have even started estimating when books will be in a museum. The most popular estimate is 20 - 50 years time.


Books and digital books both have their ups and downs. For example digital books can be easily damaged by dropping them on the ground but with an ordinary book it just lays on the floor. Normal books can also destroyed but by ripping the pages, with the digital books you can't rip pages which eliminates that hazard. Digital books are more environment friendly than normal books because of the amount of paper that are used to make a single book.So as I have said digital books and normal books have their ups and downs but personally, I like using the good old normal books. But remember the decision is yours digital books or normal books you decide!

NZ FLAG

   

1) What do these symbols on our flag stand for?

a) Blue background

b) Stars: The stars represent the constellation of Crux, the southern cross.

c) Union Jack:

2) Name the 3 flags of the 3 countries which are combined to make the Union Jack

3) When did we first use this NZ flag ? 1834

4) What flag did we use from 1840 until then? the union jack flag.

5) From 1834 to 1840 we used the United Tribes Flag. Insert an image of this flag.

6) Who kept chopping down the flagpole in Kororareka? Why?

7) What are the other official flags of NZ. Who are they used

for/when are they used?

Insert an image of the National Maori Flag. When did this flag first fly officially?

8)# Now you understand the basics of our present flag, work on a design for the flag you feel NZ should have. Insert your image.

Think about:

*what flags of other countries look like

*which icons are important to New Zealanders

*is your flag representative of our society

*the colours and what they represent

*what will go in the top left corner -the most clearly seen part of the flag even when there is no wind and the flag hangs down.

*how the rest of the world will identify NZ from this flag

Rotating Shapes

What 3 things do you need to say to describe a rotation?

1.Where the centre of the rotation is?

2.How much it has turned through(1/4, or 1/2 turn or an angle)

3.Weather the rotation has turned anticlockwise or clockwise.

Explain what centre of rotation means

The centre of rotation is a little dot or cross on a grid which is where the shape of the rotation should turn on the line where the dot is.

Now use these 3 things to describe the rotation on Page 1 of the myimaths lesson (i.e. describe the rotation of the triangle)

The centre of this triangle is at 1,1 on the grid. It has turned 90º or 1/4 and has turned clockwise.

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