My Life as An Integer Story

In this project-based assignment, we have incorporated our math abilities with our writing abilities. We have written stories describing where we see integers in our own lives. Our stories include all the operations: addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.


Massachusetts State Standards:


GENERAL STANDARD 19: Writing

19.16 Write brief research reports with clear focus and supporting detail.

19.17 Write a short explanation of a process that includes a topic statement, supporting details, and a conclusion.


GRADES 5–6 LEARNING STANDARDS: Number Sense and Operations

6.N.6 Find and position integers (both positive and negative) on the number line.
6.N.7 Compare and order integers (including negative integers)

6.N.9 Select and use appropriate operations to solve problems involving addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and positive integer exponents with whole numbers

6.N.13 Accurately and efficiently add, subtract, multiply, and divide (with double-digit divisors) whole numbers.

6.N.15 Add and subtract integers, with the exception of subtracting negative integers.

ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY BENCHMARKS AND OUTCOMES FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS

  • Understands words and phrases of grade-level academic content, including technical and abstract terms. (S.1.25)

  • Creates media production using images, text, sound, and/or graphics. (W.5.13)

  • Writes short accounts of personal or familiar experiences, including academic topics. (W.2.7a)

  • Writes brief research reports with clear focus and supporting detail. (W.2.8f)

  • Participates in classroom discussion and other academic interactions using basic and and complex sentence structures (S.3.65)




Essential Question:

Essential Question:
What are integers and where can we find them in our daily lives?

Monday, June 20, 2011

Integers in my Life


During my life I have come across integers in many ways. In money you see integers when you take away (subtract), like if you have $10 and you subtract $5, which equals $5. If my mom gave me $10, it would be like adding $10 to the $5 and then I would have $15. Then if I were to share the money with my three cousins, it will look like 15 divided by -3 = $-5. Five dollars would be how much I owed each person. Then if I multiplied the -5 by -3, which looks like -5 times -3, it would be the $15 total.

One day I was in the mall with my cousins and I had $120. I went to GameStop and bought a game for $60, which is subtraction ($120 – $60 = $60). Then I had $60 left. Next I went to Footlocker and saw some shoes that cost $90. So I went to my mom for $40 more to buy the shoes (60 plus 40 =$100). After I bought the shoes I had $10 left. Then my cousins wanted quarters to go to an arcade, so I divided 10 by .25 cents to see how many quarters I could give them (10 divided by .25= 40). When I divided them I had 40 quarters, but they only used 20 of them. I wanted to know how much money I had left so I multiplied the value of the quarters by the number I had left, (.25 cents times 20) which gave me $5. Finally, I went to the candy shop and spent the rest of the money and ended up with $0. $5-$5=0.
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