ELA and Math with Mrs. D

"For never was a story of more woe/ Than this of Juliet and her Romeo."

Summer Homework Incoming Grade 5

June 15, 2012 Dear Students and Parents, An early welcome to Grade 5. One of the most asked questions in math is, “When am I ever going to use this stuff?” Math is used at school, at home, at play, and at work. Should you wear a raincoat today? You’re using probability. Look at any man-made structure and you’ll probably see a triangle, rectangle, or square. Math is all around us. Summer is a good time to see math in the world around us and to practice our math skills. I have assigned activities on Mathletics. This is a fun way for students to keep up with their math skills. Focus Activity - Number Operations Topics Comparing Decimals 1 Adding Colossal Columns Subtracting Colossal Columns Fact Families: Multiply and Divide Problems: Times and Divide Multiply 2-Digit by 1 Digit Multiply 1-Digit Number Regroup Divide: 1- Digit Divisor 1 Division Facts Students can access Mathletics directly at http://mathletics.com or from my Blog http://mathwithmrsd.blogspot.com or from our website which links to my blog (select blogs on left hand side of web page) http://www.visitationacademy.net Have a good summer. Sincerely, Mrs. DeLorenzo

A 17 Million Digit Prime Number WOW

A new prime number, thought to be the largest ever identified, has been discovered by a professor at the university of Central Missouri. Curtis Cooper used a giant computer network to do the work to find the 17-million digit number - which is a number divisible only by itself and by one.

A 17 Million Digit Prime Number WOW