Math

It has been a division marathon in 5th grade math!  We have practiced both the partial quotients algorithm, as well as, long division.  We will be taking the Unit 4 math test next week.  We have also explored tangrams and learned about their history.  Tangrams are a form of an ancient Chinese puzzle that includes 7 "tans" (2 large right triangles, 1 medium right triangle, 2 small right triangles, a medium square, and a parallelogram) to build and create different shapes.  Our first task was to create a square using all 7 tans--this was a task that was MUCH harder than it sounds!