First step is to calculate the months because it will be the hardest to count, and the main goal. An important step is the order of months - April, May, June, July. The bold names are the months we need to count up first before we can to the 9th of July and sum our days. May has 31 days, June has 30. We start at May by adding 23 days to April 7th. But we quickly finish May by adding 31. Now June + 30 means we would be at July. Now all we have to do is add 9 more days. Doing the final counting, her birth year (1985) + 25 years gets us to the final date 9 July 2010.
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SUMMARY: April 7 + 23 = May + 31 = June + 30 = July + 9 = July 9.
23 + 31 + 30 + 9 = 92 days which is 3 months/2 days. 1985 + 25 = 2010.
Dr Jessa Rogers would have been..25 years, 3 months, and 2 days old!
Hi Victoria this is Mrs Collins again from Manaiakalani and I'll be commenting on blogs over term break. Well done on posting and participating in the SLJ this year.
ReplyDeleteHere's my workings out on the problem...
1985 > 2010 = 25yrs
7th April > end of April = 23 days
May = 31 days
June = 30 days
> 9th July = 9 days
= 23+31+30+9= 93 days
April = 30 days, May = 31 days, June = 30 days (92 days)
2 days left over
= 25 yrs, 3 months and 2 days.
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Hi Victoria!,
ReplyDeleteWhat a great explanation of how you worked out this problem. I also have the same answer (25 years, 3 months and 2 days) for this maths problem. I have enjoyed reading your maths working out. I like how you have explained what you have done for this activity.
Awesome Work!
Hey Victoria!
ReplyDeleteI have read you Blog post about working out the problem to the Dr Jessa award. I also got the same answer of 25 Months, 3 months and 2 days.
Keep up the great work!
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~ Florence
Hi Victoria,
ReplyDeleteI liked how you explained how you got your answer with lots of detail. I too figured out this problem and got the same answer as you. Did you find this problem easy or hard?