Ratio

This week in maths we are revisiting ratio.
A ratio is like quantity VS quantity.
An easy question would be:
There are 12 boys in a class of 26. what is the ratio of boys to girls?
In this question you basically need to think: How many boys compared to girls?
Let me break it down-
12 + X = 26
X = 14
Boys - 12      Girls - 14
Ratio = 12:14
Can we simplify that answer? Yes!
Both 12 and 14 are even numbers. we can simplify our answer by splitting both numbers into twos.
Then our answer would be: 6:7
Sometimes we can simplify answers more than once but in the case you can't, because these two result numbers can't be multiplied by the same number, so we'll have to stay with 6:7
The reason people simplify is that sometimes you may be asked to state your answer in the lowest terms. so remember to check and double- check you can't simplify your answer even more.
Tip- when you read or are asked your question, look at the way it says to put your ratio. Here is an example:
Jo has 6 pencils and 12 sparkly gel pens.
What is the ratio of gel pens to pencils?
now, look how it says pencils first and gel pens second, but it asks for gel pens first? if it asked for pencils to gel pens, the ratio would be 6:12, and simplified, 2,4 and then 1:2, but because it asks for gel pens first, the answer is 12:6, then 4:2 and then 2:1
Thanks for reading, bye!

Trimester 2, week one - Cooking lessons

Today we made mousetraps during food technology. a mousetrap is a cheese toastie except with ham egg and parsley too. First, we made the mix, and then we spread on the half - grilled bread, the toasted in until it was cooked, and our teacher made banana smoothies to go with them.
It was tasty. 😊😊😊

Deforestation Inquiry

This term we worked on our inquiries related to environmental issues. Mine was about deforestation, and how it affects the world, and the animals living in it. Achieved at: Excellence! YAY! 😊😊😊

Mt Brown Trip

3/4/18

Top- Dad, Abby, Me   Middle Right - Mt brown summit selfie
Bottom right- view of Lake Kaniere

We’re going to mount brown today. Dad says it’ll take six hours, so we pack lots of chocolate.
It’s a twenty-minute drive to Lake Kaniere and then to geologist creek. There is also another route along and through the Styx river, but geologist creek is closer, so that's the way we go. We leave at 2:15 PM
and start walking in really dense forest choc-full of supplejack, and punga.
We find a really cool stump that left a cool pattern in the bark after it was cut down ( bottom left photo).
 then we started to walk through more gravel and silt. Which was a relief, because it was so muddy you’d think 50 people walked up that track every day. At 8:00, we finally reached the hut. At that point, I’d had a too-close run-in with being absolutely covered in mud, and Abby nearly got lost about a
kilometer ahead of dad and I. But the hut was warm, and the two mountain bikers/hikers/lawyers that
were already in the hut had great hut edicate. The next day, at about ten o'clock, we walked up a
quarter of the way up the ridge to the top to have morning tea. After we walked down, we spent the
rest of the day relaxing. That evening, we decided we would walk the whole way up mt brown, to the
summit. Abby ended up with three long cuts across her leg from walking through the sharp alpine plants
. I fallen into various spiky bushes multiple times and ended up with scratched up hands. The view was
amazing though. Here are some photos:

TOP OF MT BROWN!

Abby's leg ( cut and splinters )

The next day at nine o’clock sharp, we started the five-hour walk back down the mountain.

In conclusion, Mt brown is an amazing walk, but not for beginners. You climb a kilometer vertically,
and the track itself is about 6 km long. The hut is clean and warm, and the view is amazing!
It’s a six-hour walk for normal people, but a four-hour walk for experienced and extremely advanced people.

My favorite part about Mt Brown was getting to the top and when a fantail landed on Abby's Mountain stick!

Look closely at the end of the stick