10 to 1: My Top Ten Maths Lessons with an IWB

From this web page, you can download the flipchart for this workshop plus all supporting resources. The flipchart and most of the accompanying resources are in the zip file. The Celebrity Ages files were too large for the zip file, so are available as separate files.

You can also download the flipchart for the workshop "Ten Terrific Tips for Teaching with (Digital) Technology".

Fifth Grade Maths Problem

Your task: Answer the question below. Then download and open the attached Excel spreadsheet. The number of legs is the password to unlock the Excel sheet. Add your name to the spreadsheet and send it on to see who else can unlock it.

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Note: This is not a trick question. This is a real math problem so don't say that a bus has no legs. Also, there is no driver on the bus, so don't add any legs for a driver.

There are 7 girls in a bus
Each girl has 7 backpacks
In each backpack, there are 7 big cats For every big cat there are 7 little cats

Question: How many legs are there in the bus?

A Million Penny Project

Use a spreadsheet to find out how long it will take the classes to save 1,000,000 pennies. From The Math Forum POW.

QCE Spreadsheet

Spreadsheet to calculate QCE points.

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