Winter Break

Welcome back Friendship Class!

I hope that everyone enjoyed their winter break. I was just sitting here thinking about all the mental math that I did in my head over break. Can you believe that? Let me give you an example.

My children were both with their grandparents for a few days at the beach. Well wouldn't you know that they were expected home around the same time that I was going to visit Ms. Felkl in the hospital. So I had to figure out if I had enough time to visit with Ms. Felkl and make it home in time to meet my children. My parents left the beach at 10:50 so I just rounded the time to 10:00. Ms. D'Meza was picking me up at 11:30 so we could be sure that we could make it to the hospital by 12:00. Then I has to figure out how long I could stay and visit with Ms. Felkl. I decided that I could stay for an hour and still make it back to my house before my children came home. It is a 3 1/2 hour drive from the beach to my house. So if my children left at 10:00 what time should I expect them to be home?

Questions for you:

First, if my children left the beach at 10:00 and they have a 3 1/2 hour ride home, what time should they arrive home? How did you figure out the answer? (Leave me a comment.)

Next, on your blog, leave a post that describes a time that you used math over your winter break.

See you soon!
Mrs. Akinnagbe