Homework: February 1-February 5

Writing Prompt: A Bicycle Built for 200 Million The Netherlands is the nation with the most bicycles per capita. It has 16 million of them! That's an average of one bicycle for every citizen, big and small, young and old. Do you think it would be good if people in the United States used bikes and scooters and skateboards more often? What would be the advantages? Would it cut down on pollution? Write about how the US would be different if people depended on transportation other than cars. Write 3 organized paragraphs explaining your position and persuading your audience that your position is best. Make sure to use your best spelling, punctuation, and grammar. Math: Activity 1: Create a pie graph that shows how the campers at Hillindale Summer Community Activities Camp spent their time. Here is their daily schedule: 7:30 breakfast 12:30 community clean-up 8:00 math 1:30 visit museums 9:00 science 2:30 bus travel 10:00 snack 3:00 swimming 10:15 sports 4:15 snack 11:30 lunch 4:30 reading 12:00 bus travel 5:30 end of day Group the activities into the following categories and convert the total time spent in each activity as a percentage of the day. (What is the whole day?) Here are the categories: eating, sports, bus travel, math/reading/science, community clean up, and museums. You may create a pie chart by hand or using the computer. Make sure you label your graph with the categories and percentage amount. Integer Practice: page 18/19 (hand-out) Vocabulary: Choose 15 words from your vocabulary list. You may either use these words in sentences or create a picture dictionary showing and describing the meaning of the word, using pictures and your own words. Vocabulary list: 1. expression 2. face 3. factor 4. fact family 5. figure 6.flip 7. fraction 8. function machine 9. graph 10. grid 11. hexagon 12. impossible event 13. integer 14. intersecting lines 15.justify 16. isosceles triangle 17. key 18. kilometer 19. line 20. line graph 21. line of symmetry 22. liter 23. mass 24. mean 25. median 26. meter 27. method 28. mixed number 29. mode 30. multiple 31. multiplication 32. number line 33. number sentence 34. numerator 35. octagon 36. odd number 37. operation 38. order