Ancient Egyptian

Ancient Egyptian numbers

Learning Intention:  to understand place value by using Ancient Egyptian numbers.

Challenge:

What number is this? Why?

The answer is twenty three because… the lines represent ones in the egyptian language and the upside down U’s represents tens.  23

Some Ancient Egyptian numbers

	1
	10
	100

Challenge:

What are these numbers?

	l44
	602
	379
	314
	636
	379
	379

What is the same about the last two numbers?

What is different about the last two numbers?

Challenge:

Change these numbers into Ancient Egyptian numbers. Insert a photo of your number written on a whiteboard.

7	IIIIIII
42	II
220	II
608	IIIIIIII
795	IIIII

Addition

Challenge:

Now try adding numbers. You cannot draw modern maths symbols like + and =.

7 + 5	IIIIIII IIIII → II←
36 + 15	IIIIII IIIII→I←
274 + 418	IIII IIIIIIII →II←
593 + 109	III IIIIIIIII →II←

Subtraction

Challenge:

Now try subtracting numbers. You cannot draw modern maths symbols like - and =.

12 - 3	II  III
23 - 17	III  IIIIIII
445 - 152	IIIII II
623 - 249	III IIIIIIIII

What can you understand about Ancient Egyptian numbers compared to modern numbers?

I learnt how the ancient egyptians write their numbers and how they solve equations.
I learnt it by looking at the hints and examples.

Japan Language

Learning Intention: Write a complete blog post using a fact about Japan.

3 common ways to greet different people in Japanese.
Researching on Google search and carefully listening how to pronounce them, then attempting to say it.

3 common ways to greet people in Japan are - Konnichiwa as in Hi or Good afternoon. Ohayō gozaimasu/Ohayō as in Good morning and Konbanwa as in Good evening.

My recording - http://vocaroo.com/i/s1chx8xPw0kR

Number Bonds to 10

In this video my partner and I show you what we learnt about number bonds and give you a couple of examples.

Summer Learning Journey - Feeling

Scared,Surprised

For this activity I had to show how I might be feeling if someone in a foreign country came up to me and started to talk to me in their language. Then I would have to figure out how I could communicate with them. I think I would most likely be feeling scared and surprised.

Summer Learning Journey - Google Translate

                 GoogleTranslate

                    English - Spanish

                             Good Morning = Buenos Días

                                    Good Bye = Adiós

         How Much Does This Cost? = ¿Cuánto Cuesta Este?

   When Is The Next Bus? = ¿Cuándo Pasa El Próximo Autobús?

Where Is The Nearest Hospital? = ¿Dónde Está El Hospital Más Cercano?