The world's BIGGEST prime number

A while back we studied prime numbers. Well, many mathematicians spend tons of time "hunting" for HUGE primes. Here is a video that tells us about how they found the largest (known) prime number..

The science behind the myth!!

Many of you have been reading myths in RLA. Check out this cool TedEd video that talks about the science behind the famous myth, "The Odyssey" by Homer.

How Math Guides Ships at Sea

Check out this cool TedEd video about a real life application of math in the old days...

1. According to the video, why was math so important? 

2. Why do you think you learn math at school? 

3. Do you know what logarithms are? How was logarithms used? 

Check out the Decimals Song

Folding paper can get you to the moon??

Check out this awesome TedTalk video about how folder paper can get you to the moon...

1. How many times can you fold a paper? Try until the paper gets too small to be folded any further

2. Define exponential growth. How does it work?

3. How many times do I have to fold a piece of newspaper to get 0.008 inches if the original height of my newspaper is 0.002 inches high?


Credit to my fantastic high school student assistant, Matt Chan, for finding the video and writing the questions!

Fraction Help Videos

Math 6 has been studying the concept behind fraction operations. Here are some videos to supplement your learning in case you need extra help:

BROWNIE PANS FOR MULTIPLYING FRACTIONS

SUBTRACTING MIXED NUMBERS WITH BORROWING - THIS IS TOUGH! This video is particularly great because it shows how to set up these problems vertically.

Students vs Beasts Project

Here are the instructions.
Here is a sample graph to use.

Here is the rubric:

Need help with the conversions? Check out this example:

Here are some examples (note they are not necessarily 4s or 3s - they are simply an example of what students have produced in the past):