Aria's Maths learning story T3 Wk 10

Aria’s Maths Learning Story.

I don’t like maths but it is helpful.

3 cm

  10 cm

4.5 cm

This problem:  Allister and Sam are refilling the fridge with milk cartons. They want to save time by transporting the milk boxes in a bigger container so they can carry more at once.

And right now we are trying to find out how many milk cartons can fit into the container.

Conjecture..

• Multiply the width, length and height to find the volume e.g W x L x H = ?
• Divide the two numbers together to find out how many milk cartons can fit into the container.

Milk carton - 4.5 x 3 x 10 = 135 cm

Box - 28 x 33 x 33 = 30492 cm

30492 cm ÷ 135 cm = 225

First I used a conjecture for this problem because I wanted to test out if it actually works and see if it could be helpful for this problem. And seeing the equation I just used, I found out that 225 milk cartons can fit into the container. I do have to say that this was a tricky problem.

The K.C I used would be relating to others because I would encourage my teammates to get onto the waka and share their ideas so I would be able to spark some more that would be helpful.

Getting out of the pit was hard for me because I would need to try and make meaning to what I am doing but with the help with my teammates I was able to persevere and be free.

What I need to work on is to be ready to explain and justify to my teammates what I am doing? and why I am doing this?, so they understand what is going on. As I said “I don’t like maths but it will be helpful in the future”.

Titi’s Feedback: Hello Aria...

I like the way you have explained and justify the problem and your conjectures. Good work on sharing your K.C skills.

You need to work on not blabbing your mouth in maths and having the pen. I have no idea of what else you need to work on. You are an awesome maths learner because you are good at working with people you don’t usually work with and you are good at persevering when you’re in the pit.