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Summer Math Calendar

for

Incoming 7th Graders

2011 Summer Math Calendar

Dear Soon to Be 7th Graders and Parents of Soon to Be 7th Graders,

This summer math calendar has not been created to torture you. It was actually created with the opposite intent. This was created to make you math aficionados, especially as you prepare to begin the wonderful world of algebra! To help you do this, I have put together this calendar with math concepts that you have already learned so that your skills are sharp and ready to begin 7th grade math! As you prepare to become seventh grade students, it is essential that you maintain all of the fabulous mathematics information you learned throughout the year!

Each week you will be assigned five problems or tasks to complete. You may choose when to do it. You may work on the calendar in whichever way best suits your style. You may do the problems for the week in one day, you may spend five minutes a day completing each problem. All I ask is that you do not leave the calendar until the week or even the day before school begins in August. Trust me, you will not complete it! ( This calendar is meant for you to maintain your skills! You may use siblings, parents, and most importantly your brain to complete the calendar. You must show all of your work and the work should be done in pencil!

The completed math packet/calendar is due to math class on the first day of school, August 25th. Please complete the calendar accurately and neatly. This will account for 50 points for your first quarter grade-which is equivalent to a test grade. In addition there will be a test on August 26th based on the problems in the packet.

Lastly, please complete the evaluation form at the back of the packet. There is one for you and one for your parents. Good luck! Have a fabulous summer! I cannot wait to see you in the fall! (

~Ms. Lucas

Summer Math Packet Evaluation for Students

Please rate the following on a scale from 1-10, with 1 being the easiest and 10 being the hardest.

1.) _______ How would you rate the difficulty of the problems in general throughout the summer math calendar?

2.) _______ How would you rate the math madness websites?

3.) What types of problems in the calendar were the most difficult and why?

4.) What types of problems in the calendar were the easiest and why?

5.) When did you complete the calendar? How did you pace yourself when completing the calendar? (Did you do it every day, once a week, completed it in a few days?)

6.) If you could change anything about the summer math calendar what would you change and why?

Thank you for taking the time to complete this evaluation! I really appreciate your input!! (

~Ms. Lucas

Summer Math Packet Evaluation for Parents

1.) How difficult did you feel this summer math calendar was for your student? Was it too easy or too difficult or somewhere in the middle?

2.) How much help did you give your son or daughter in completing this calendar?

3.) What would you say was the best thing about the summer math calendar?

4.) What would you say was the most difficult thing about the summer math calendar?

5.) How did you feel about the amount of problems given to your student?

6.) If you could change one thing about the summer math calendar in general, what would you change?

Thank you for taking the time to complete this evaluation! I really appreciate what you have to say! (

~Ms. Lucas

Math Madness Page

On days, where the calendar shows Math Madness, you may choose one of the websites from the following list. Make sure you record what option you choose and what game you played in the work space for that day in the calendar. Also record how you liked the game and what your score was if possible. Please try to play the game or games for at least 10 minutes!

There are many different games for each website so you should not have to repeat any game!

Sample of Record of Math Madness day: Today I choose option one-Math Playground. I decided to play Fraction Eaters! It was a pretty cool game where you tried to eat only equivalent fractions and try to not get eaten yourself by the monsters! My high score was 85 points! I couldn’t stop playing!! (

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|Website Option |Name of Website |Website Address |

|One |Math Playground | |

|Two |Cool Math | |

|Three |Cut the Knot Games | |

|Four |NLVM | |

|Week of June 19th |Problem |Work and Answer |

|Monday, June 20th |Solve: | |

| |a.) [pic] | |

| |b.) [pic] | |

| |c.) -5 + 9 = | |

|Tuesday, June 21st |Which of these numbers are | |

| |divisors of 64? | |

| |{2, 6, 8, 12, 16} | |

|Wednesday, June 22nd |Math Madness | |

|Thursday, June 23rd |Simplify: | |

| |[pic] | |

|Friday, June 24th |Fill in the missing number. | |

| |94.19 + 2.6 + ? =161.29 | |

|Week of June 26th |Problem |Work and Answer |

|Monday, June 27th |a.) Give three examples of prime numbers. | |

| |b.) Give three examples of composite numbers. | |

|Tuesday, June 28th |Find four fractions between: | |

| |[pic]and [pic] | |

|Wednesday, June 29th | | |

| |Math Madness | |

|Thursday, June 30th |a.) GCF (17, 34) = | |

| |b.) GCF (20, 25) = | |

|Friday, July 1st |Find the mean, median, mode, and range of the following set. | |

| |{94, 96, 78, 90} | |

|Week of July 3rd |Problem |Work and Answer |

|Monday, July 4th ~Happy Independence Day! |

|Take a break and enjoy the fireworks! |

|Tuesday, July 5th |Find the prime factorization of each of the following: | |

| |a.) 39 b.) 210 c.) 310 | |

|Wednesday, July 6th | | |

| |Math Madness | |

|Thursday, July 7th |Express the fraction [pic] as a decimal and as a percent. | |

|Friday, July 8th |a.) Multiply: ½ ∙ ¾ | |

| |b.) Divide: [pic] | |

|Week of July 10th |Problem |Work and Answer |

|Monday, July 11th |Find the value of x. [pic] | |

|Tuesday, July 12th |If three pies require 2 dozen apples, then four pies require ___ | |

| |dozen apples. | |

|Wednesday, July 13th | | |

| |Math Madness | |

|Thursday, July 14th |Find the perimeter and the area of the following figure [pic] | |

|Friday, July 15th |Find a favorite cookie recipe and write it in this box. In the next | |

| |box double the recipe. | |

|Week of July 17th |Problem |Work and Answer |

|Monday, July 18th |Find the area of the circle to the nearest tenth [pic] | |

|Tuesday, July 19th |Find the area and perimeter of the following: [pic] | |

|Wednesday, July 20th | | |

| |Math Madness | |

|Thursday, July 21st | Find each quotient. | |

| |a.) $5.40 ÷ 7 b.) [pic] | |

|Friday, July 22nd |Find each product. | |

| |a.) $5.45 ∙ 23 | |

| |b.) $21.24 ∙ 7 | |

|Week of July 24th |Problem |Work and Answer |

|Monday, July 25th | | |

| |Find the sum of the first ten prime numbers. | |

|Tuesday, July 26th |Simplify: | |

| |[pic] | |

|Wednesday, July 27th | | |

| |Math Madness | |

|Thursday, July 28th |Solve: [pic] | |

|Friday, July 29th |The perimeter of a rectangle is 72m. The width of the rectangle is | |

| |16m. What is the area of the rectangle? | |

|Week of July 31st |Problem |Work and Answer |

|Monday, August 1st |Solve the following: | |

| |a.) 54 yd = ____ ft | |

| |b.) 192 hours = ______ days | |

|Tuesday, August 2nd |Solve for the following variables: | |

| |a.) 15.5 = 5r | |

| |b.) 3x + 2 = 8 | |

| |c.) z/4 = 4 | |

|Wednesday, August 3rd | | |

| |Math Madness | |

|Thursday, August 4th |Coach Johnson bought a box of 24 baseballs. He used one-fourth of | |

| |them during the season. How many baseballs did he use? Explain how | |

| |you found your answer. | |

|Friday, August 5th |Angle A and angle B are supplementary angles. If angle A = 75◦, how | |

| |many degrees is angle B? | |

|Week of August 7th |Problem |Work and Answer |

|Monday, August 8th |Find the unknown number: | |

| | | |

| |2 = a | |

| |3 6 | |

|Tuesday, August 9th |Find each unit price: | |

| |a.) 3 for $1 | |

| |b.) 8 ft for $7.49 | |

|Wednesday, August 10th | | |

| |Math Madness | |

|Thursday, August 11th |Use the scale 1 in = 6 feet to find the actual distance for | |

| |each scale distances | |

| |a.) 3 inches | |

| |b.) 12 inches | |

| |c.) 3 ½ inches | |

|Friday, August 12th |Order the following numbers from least to greatest: | |

| |10/5, 4/5, -10.5, 2.10, 2.05, 7/3, -4 | |

Enjoy your final days of summer!

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