Heatherwood Mathletes
Problems for AY 2005-2006

This year in Mathletes we will be using the Singapore Math Series at all levels. Mathletes will need to purchase certain workbooks and in some cases textbooks to perform their warm-ups and home exercises. Many of the problems listed below make direct reference to the books, chapters, and page numbers of the assigned problems.


Date

Warm-Ups & HMO Tests

Take-Home Exercises

Wed Sept 28

White/Yellow: none
Orange/Green: Warm-up
Purple: handed out in class
Blue: none
Red: none

White/Yellow: p1, p2, p3, p4, p5, p6, p7
Orange/Green: 2A CH.1, even numbered problems. Odd numbered problems, extra credit.
Purple: 3A Exercise 2 (1b; 2b), Ex.3 (4;6;7), Ex.4 (2;7), Ex.5 (1;2;3;7), Ex.6 (2;6;7), Ex.7 (1;2;3;4), Ex.8 (2;4), Ex.9 (1;3;4), Ex.10 (1;3;4) Ex.11 (1), Ex.12 (3;4), Ex.13 (2;4;5;6).
Blue: 5A CH. 1, pps. 18-32: Exercise 7, 1-2; Ex.8, 1, 3; Ex.9, 1-2; Ex.10, 1-4; Ex.11, 1; Ex.12, 1; Exercise 13, 1.
Red:
1A CH.1, pps. 6-12: 1b,d,e; 2a,b; 4a,d; 5a,d; 6a; 7a; 8a; 9; 10; 12; Thinking Skills, p.15: 1,4.
1A CH.2, pps. 24-34: 1; 2; 4a,c,e,h; 5a,c,e,g; 6a,c,e,g; 8a; 11a,b; 12a,b; 15a,b, 21; Thinking Skills, p.35-36: 2;4.

Wed Oct 12

White/Yellow:
Orange/Green: in class
Purple:
Blue:
Red: Warm-up

White/Yellow: p1, p2, p3, p4, p5, p6, p7
Orange/Green: 2A, Exercises 8-12, 15-18. More practice: 2A Ex. 19; 2B, Ex. 2-5.
Dice worksheet
Purple: 3A, Exercises 16-20, pps. 47-58; Reviews 2 and 3, pps. 71-78.
Blue: Assignment: Special problems and following from workbook. 5A, CH.1, pps. 34-39 & Review 1, odd numbered problems. 5A, CH.2, Exercises 14 & 16.
Red:
1A CH.2: 5b,d; 6b,d; 7a,b; 8a. Thinking Skills: 1, 5.
1A CH.4: 1a,c; 2a,c; 3a,c; 4a,c; 5a,c; 6a,c; 7b; 8a,b. Thinking Skills: 1.

Wed Oct 26

White/Yellow:
Orange/Green:
Purple:
Blue:
Red: Warm-up

White/Yellow: p1, p2, p3, p4, p5, p6
Orange/Green:
2A, Exercises 14, 20, 22. 2B, Exercises 9, 10. Subtraction word problem handout. Prepare for next meeting: 2B, Exercises 24, 28, 20.
Purple:
3A, Exercises 21-24, pps 59-68. 3A, Exercises 30-31, pps 88 - 91.
Blue:
5A CH.3 (Fractions): Exercise 17 p.46; Exercise 19 p. 50; p. 53. Also Vampire Pumpkin Pickle Shake problem on hand-out.
Red:
1A CH.4: 8c,d; 9a,c; 10a,b; 11a,d; 12a,b,c,e; 13a; 14a; 15a,b; 18; 27. Thinking Skills: 2, 3.
1A CH.5: 2a,b,c,d,e,h; 3; 4; 5, 7a,c,d; 8a,b,c,d; 9a,b,c,d,e; 10a,b,c,d; 20. Thinking Skills: 1.

Wed Nov 2

White/Yellow:
Orange/Green:
Purple:
Blue:
Red: Warm-up

White/Yellow: p1, p2, p3, p4, p5, p6
Orange/Green:
Book 2B, Exercises 32,33,37,39 and the real Life problems handout. Money activity page.
Purple:
Book 3A, p.40 #5; Exercises 34,35,38,39. Square head dice game handout.
Blue:
Book 5A, Ch. 3, Exercises 17 (p.46), 19 (p.50, 53), 21 (p.54), 22 (p.56), 23 (p.58), 25 (p. 62). Also, hand-outs from Ed-Helper.
Red:
Book 1A, Chapter 5: 8e,f; 9g,j; 10f,g; 11b,d,f; 22. Thinking Skills: 4.
Book 1A, Chapter 7: 1a,b,d,c; 2a,b,c,d; 3a,b; 4b,c; 5a,d; 6a,b; 7a,c,e; 8b,d; 9a,b; 10a,b; 18a; 19a,b. Thinking Skills: 1, 4.

Wed Nov 16

White/Yellow:
Orange/Green:
Purple:
Blue:
Red: Warm-up

White/Yellow: p1, p2, p3, p4, p5, p6
Orange/Green:
Book 2A, Exercises 32, 33, 40, 41, 44. Book 2B, Exercises 19, 20, 22. doc1, doc2, doc3,
Purple:
Book 3A, Exercises 32, 33, 36,37, 38, 39. Soccer league handout problem.
Blue:
Book 5A, Exercises on pages 63, 64, 65, 68, 70. Ed-Helper hand-outs on fractions, multiplication, division, and simple algebra.
Red:
Book 1A, Chapter 7: 8e; 9d,f; 10c,d; 12a; 13a,b; 14a,b; 15; 20; 25. Thinking Skills: 2.
Book 1A, Chapter 8: 1a,b,c,e,h; 2a,b,e,f,g,h; 3a,c,e; 4a,b,c,d,e; 5a,b,c; 10; 12; 17; 21; 22. Thinking Skills: 1.

Wed Nov 30

White/Yellow:
Orange/Green:
Purple:
Blue:
Red: Warm-up

White/Yellow: p1, p2, p3, p4, p5, p6
Orange/Green: Workbook 2A, Exercises 48,51,56. Workbook 2B, Exercises 13,15,18. Extra: Workbook 2A, Exercises 53,54,55.
Purple:
Blue:
Red:
Book 1A, Chapter 8: 3b,d; 4f,g; 5d,e; 7; 14; 23; 25. Thinking Skills: 2.
Book 2A, Chapter 10: 1a,b,d; 2a,b; 3a; 7; 9. Thinking Skills: 3.
HMO I Review: Numbers 1-10 and 12 on pages 165-169; 1, 4, and 8 on pages 172, 173, and 176; 2, 3a, and 4-11 on pages 178-183; and 2 and 4b on pages 185 and 186.

Wed Dec 14

Heatherwood Math Olympics I
Orange/Green: Test
Purple: Test
Blue: Test
Red: Test

White/Yellow:
Orange/Green: Take home packet of math games and puzzles.
Purple:
Blue: Take home sheets of word problems.
Red:
Book 2A, Chapter 10: 1c; 2f; 3d,f; 5; 10; 13; 14; 17. Thinking Skills: 4.
Book 2A, Chapter 1: 1a,d,f; 3a,c; 6a; 7; 8.
Book 2A, Chapter 2: 1a-f; 2a,b; 3a-d; 5a-d; 6a,b.

Wed Jan 11

White/Yellow:
Orange/Green:
Purple:
Blue:
Red:

White/Yellow: p1, p2, p3, p4, p5
Orange/Green: Workbook 2B, Exercises 40, 42, 44, 45.
Purple: Book 3A, Exercise 48 (pgs 134-135); Exercise 49 (pg 138 only). Book 3B, Exercise 5 (pg 15 only); Exercise 26 (pg 83-84).
Blue:
Red: Book 2A, Chapter 2, pages 40-50: 4b,c; 5c,d,e; 6c,d,e,f,g; 8; 10a,b,d; 12a,b,c; 17, 18a, 19. Thinking Skills: 4. Book 2A, Chapter 7: Do Worked Examples 1-5 from section 7.1 on pages 120-122. Check your answers and methods with those given. Also, on pages 125-128: 1a,b,c; 2a,b,c; 3a; 4a.

Wed Jan 25

White/Yellow:
Orange/Green:
Purple:
Blue:
Red: Warm-up

White/Yellow: p1, p2, p3, p4, p5, p6
Orange/Green: Workbook 2B, exercises 59, 60, 62, 63.
Purple: Book 3B exercises 27-32.
Blue:
Red:Home exercises

Wed Feb 1

White/Yellow:
Orange/Green:
Purple:
Blue:
Red: Warm-up

White/Yellow: p1, p2, p3, p4, p5, p6
Orange/Green: Workbook 2B, exercises 65, 66.
Purple: Finish Book 3B exercises 27-32 from last time. Book 3B exercises 33-35 and special problems.
Blue:
Red:Home exercises

Wed Feb 22

White/Yellow:
Orange/Green: Equations: in class
Purple:
Blue:
Red: Warm-up

White/Yellow:
Orange/Green: Equations: home exercises
Purple: Book 3B Exercises 45 - 52 pages 130 - 145 and fun problems.
Blue:
Red:Home exercises

Wed Mar 1

Red: Warm-up

Red:Home exercises

Wed Mar 8

White/Yellow:
Orange/Green:
Purple:
Blue:
Red: Warm-up

White/Yellow:
Orange/Green:Workbook 2A: Review 6 and 7. Workbook 2B: Review 1, Review 2 exercise 3, Review 4, Review 5 exercises 1-5. Real-life math.
Purple
Blue:
Red:Home exercises

Wed Mar 15

White/Yellow:
Orange/Green:
Purple:
Blue:
Red:

White/Yellow:
Orange/Green:
Purple
Blue:
Red:Home exercises