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

Most Common Integers

There are many integers in the world. We use integers to measure temperature, height, weight, and age. We find integers on license plates, paychecks, and money. In a bank we see integers when the bank loans you money than you owe back, like -$542. When the bank owes you they have to give you a positive number $432.Then you will owe them $110 and your account will say $-110. This is because -$542+$432=-$110.
Everyday we see integers: if it’s a whole number, negative or positive we know it’s an integer. When I first got out of school I saw integers on the cars’ license plates. Maine license plates have at least 4 digits or integers and two letters. For example, a license plate can be 5236 FE. Every car I see has a different license plate. I think the most common to find an integer is a license plate.
In sports you can see integers as the players score. In golf, you can get a negative 1 or positive 1 bogie but if you get both for a score you will get -2 because -1-1=-2. Also in football they have positive and negative lines. When someone passes the in-zone as they intercept the ball, it’s a negative yard like -60 yd x 2 interceptions=-120 yd. There are a lot of integers in sports.
There are more integers around us, like in science. Measuring wind speed uses integers. Meteorologists use thermometers to see if the temperature is negative or positive and to tell us how high the temperature is today. For example if the temperature was 50 degrees today and the next day it was 30 degrees so it had dropped 20 degrees. We can write this as -20 degrees to show it decreased.
Dollars are integers. They can be in the form of a bank check or bank account, like you have $100 and you have to split it in two you would divide $100/2=$50.
So see with your eyes and find integers day to day and you learn something new everyday about integers.

We found formulas for dividing and multiplying integers:

Positive x positive= positive
Negative x negative =positive
Positive x negative =negative
Negative x positive =negative



Positive/positive=positive
Positive/negative=negative
Negative/positive=negative
Negative/negative=positive
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