2 Minutes to Make a Difference Final Reflection

We changed a few things for our final cut. We added credits, changed the commentary to text, we re-arranged the images, added a different approach on the government and made our music louder. Our changes were based on the comments that other people told us personally and on our own groups opinions. I think that the comments that we received made ultimately improved our video.

We found our expert by asking Bruce's mom to organize a interview. She works with immigrants and interviewed a Somalian. She helped us discover the war, learn about the war's history and helped us find out that the war destroyed homes and created refugees.

I think that I learned a lot about the different ways we can make a difference. I also learned a lot about editing when we were creating our video. I will try to use my knowledge of audio editing in my future video projects.

I was frustrated at the first draft of the movie. I thought it was horrible. We fixed it by making suggestions of how we can fix the video and doing multiple changes to make the video better.

The 2 minutes to make a difference assignment is important to grade eights because it shows us that there are many people in the world that need our help. We need to put them first and help them out before we help ourselves.

I will make a difference in the future by trying to raise awareness of important subjects like war in Somalia to my friends and family members.

Jomari's Fraction Growing Post

Dividing Fractions by A Whole Number:


Page 208 Question 7

Surface Area Growing Post

Rectangular Prism:

To find the surface area of this rectangular prism or any, you need the find the area of each face and add up all of the areas. To find the area of a rectangle you need to use the formula length x width.
Here is the work you should have after trying to find the total surface area:


Triangular Prism:


To find the surface area of a triangular prism, you also need to find the area of each face. You use the same formula to find the areas of the rectangles and you use base x height ÷2 to find the areas of the triangles.
Here is the work you should have after trying to find the total surface area:


Cylinder:


To find the surface area of a cylinder, you need to find the area of each face. You can use
T.S.A. = 2x(π x r²) + ( π x d x h) to find the surface area of a cylinder.
Here is the work you should have after trying to find the total surface area:


Here is a video that shows you how to get all the work.


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Jomari's Scribepost February 21,2010

On Friday, our class had to work on some questions in the textbook on pages 173 to 175. Here are the answers to questions 6,7, and










A.
B.
C.
D.
E.


A. Yellow
B.Green
C.Brown

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Jomari's Scribepost January 18,2010

Today in class, we learned about percents

We went over the 3 show you knows in the book.


We learned about how we can get fractions from percents(percents are fractions out of 100 that can be simplified), percents from decimals (multiply the decimal by 100) and decimals from fractions (divide the numerator by the denominator ) .
After we went over these questions, we had to copy the key ideas in the 4.2 Fractions, Decimals, Percents section of our foldable
This is what we had to write:

After we finished copying the key ideas section in our foldable, we had to do the first 6 questions in our textbook. You can find these questions at mytextbook.ca

Here is a video to help you understand more about percents:



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Jomari's Scribepost, January 5, 2010

For this question, I am supposed to find the length of the red line(C). I can do this by making a right triangle with the red line as the hypotenuse. The legs would meet each other at 5,2. The vertical leg (A) would be 4 units long and the horizontal leg (B) would be 2 units long. I can use this information to first, find out the length of C² and then find the length of C.



A² + B² = C²
4 cm² + 2 cm² = C²
(4 cm x 4 cm)+( 2cm x 2cm) = C²
16 cm + 4cm = C²
20 cm = C²
√ 20 cm = √ C²
4.5 cm= C

The red line has a length of 4.5 centimeters.

Winnipeg Harvest

On December 11,2009, me and a few others went to Winnipeg Harvest

There, we met a man named Richard. He was and awesome guy. He showed us what people did in every part of the building, and told us a few jokes on the way.

The first thing he showed us was this map. It showed us all of the Winnipeg Harvest food banks in Winnipeg. He told us how they need to try and have as much as possible so people who need the food the most can get it easily.

Soon, he showed us what people did there.

He told us about the various people who have worked and volunteered there. He also showed how they sorted all of the donated food. .He also showed how they got all the canned , bottled and broken boxed food. People usually don't buy these even though they are perfectly fine. He then brought us to the freezer which had refrigerated food that they rarely got.

Eventually, we started to do some work. Earlier, we found out that together, we all weighed about 700 lbs. He challenged us to do more than our weight. We sorted the good and bad potatoes and onions. We worked for about an hour. In the end, we sorted at least 1000 lbs of potatoes. This was enough to help 110 families.

Richard congratulated and thanked us for all of our help. He repaid us by treating us with hot chocolate, candy and some chocolate muffins.

After helping them out I felt really good. I felt like I actually did something for our world.Overall, we had an awesome day.

Jomari,Warren, Bruce, and Gordon's Pay it Forward

Part 1
What is "Pay it Forward". To complete this part please edit and revise the paragraphs that you wrote after watching the movie.

This movie taught me a few things. I learned that we can't do much by ourselves. We need to encourage people to help our world out and tell others to do the same. If we all do little things to make the world better, everyone will be happy. We all need to do a little bit of extra work and put others before us. If we can all do our part, our world would be exactly the way we want it to be.

Part 2
What was your Pay It Forward act of kindness?
My group's act of kindness was to give some cards out to people.

Why did you choose this activity?
We chose this because we wanted to make some people happy. We just wanted to make their day. We wanted to try to make them do some simple things to help others out. If any of these people took some time to appreciate what we did, they will probably help out some others who will do the same.
Who did you help?
We helped a few people who we didn't see in personally, but I think we changed the way they will think of others for a while.
What did you do?
We were kind of shy when we were giving the cards, so we just put them in peoples mailboxes and on their car windshields.
When did you do you act of kindness?
We decided to do this act of kindness on Monday, December 7


Part 3
How did your act of kindness go?
Our act of kindness went awesome. We did exactly what we wanted to do and everybody in our group helped out.
What Happened?
We went around during lunch just giving cards to some houses.
How did you feel?
I felt really good after doing my act of kindness. It feels really good to help people. Helping is it's own reward.
How did the person or people react?
We only gave one card personally. We gave this card to the girl at Ashcroft. She was surprised because she was not expecting anything like this to happen. Judging from the smile on her face, she was also very happy.
Did you ask the person or people to "Pay It Forward"?
In the card, we asked her to try and help someone else out.
How did they react to your request?
We weren't there to see her open the card, but she probably wanted to help others in return to all the things other people did for her.
If you did not ask the person to "Pay It Forward" how come?


Part 4
Why is the idea of "Pay it Forward" important?
The idea of "Pay It Forward" is important because many people, in our current world, need help. If people ''pay it forward'' less people will need that help. If everybody in our world did something to make a difference, our whole world would be near-perfect.

Has your act of kindness made a difference?

I think that my act of kindness has made a small difference, but has lots of potential. By doing something small to help others, they will be encouraged more than by just asking them to make a difference. By doing something small like my group did, others will want to help others more. If people actually try to help people out, than we have made more of a difference than we would have ever thought of.

Now think about how our world would be if we all helped someone out. Remember to PAY IT FORWARD!

Jomari's Scribepost, November 26,2009

Today, Mr. Backe' told us some things about square roots.

We started the class learning some things about the squares we made for our previous classes (see the previous scribeposts.).
Here are a few things that we did:

To find the area(the amount of space inside) of a square, we need to find out the length and width and multiply them. Because the sides of a square are all equal, we only need to find one side and multiply it by itself to find the area.
Example:

We also learned that not all squares are perfect squares. Only squares with whole numbers as their sides are perfect squares.
We then learned about square roots. A square root is a number that can equal a given number by multiplying itself by itself.
Example:
Square root of 9 is 3
3²= 9
You can find a square root on a calculator by pressing the √ button and the number you want to find the square root of.
Our homework is to find the square roots of all numbers from 5 to 9.

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How a guy stopped an Alien Invasion using Proportion

One day, an alien from another planet came to our planet. He is a scout from a planet that is looking to destroy planet earth. His computer will send a signal back to his planet if you don't solve 3 proportion questions and show how you did it with diagrams.

The alien, who fell from a ship, doesn't like humans or how they live. It thinks that our way of life is too unorthodox. He thinks that anything that doesn't have the same practices as his species should die. One day, a brave human named Gaizka does a courageous act, he tries to save us by using math.

He then asks the aliens, ''Are you aliens mentally superior to us humans?''

He finds out that the aliens also talk english when the one alien says, ''We are far more advanced in every way you humans are.''

In a desperate attempt to save the humans,Gaizka tells them, ''If you can prove that you are smarter than us by asking us your hardest math questions without us being able to answer them correctly, then we will then let you destroy our planet and everything on it. If we answer the questions correctly, you and your kind have to leave our planet.''

The alien then accepts the challenge and asks them the first question:
''A breakfast cereal contains corn , wheat , and rice in the ratio of 3 to 4 to 2. If a box cereal contains 225 grams of corn, how much rice does it contain?''

Gaizka then finds a piece of paper he could use to solve the questions. He ends up writing this:


Gaizka answers the question by saying ''The box of cereal has 150 grams of rice.''

The alien then goes on to ask him the next question:
Two quarters have the same value as ten nickels. What is the value of five quarters in nickels?
Gaizka finds the answer by writing this:


He answers the question by saying ''Five quarters are equal to 25 Nickels.''

The alien is impressed and then asks him his most difficult question:

A gardener takes a half hour to mow and weed a lawn that measures 20 m by 15 m. He charges $25 per hour. How much should the gardener receive for a lawn that measures 40 m by 30 m?

Gaizka then starts to solve the question.


After doing some work , Gaizka answers the question by saying " The gardener receives fifty dollars for a lawn that measures 40m by 30m.

The alien is then stunned. He thought that he wouldn't be able to answer the question. He now thinks that humans are better than his kind. He and his species leave quietly with respect.

Gaizka and the humans celebrate by eating some cake.
The End.

Jomari's Rate Growing Post

Ratio - Two or more quantities that are compared in the same units.
Rate - Two quantities that are compared in different units.

Rate and ratio are different because ratio compares at least 2 things in the same units and rate compares only 2 things in different units.

6.Gina earns $78.00 for working 6 h. Asad makes $192.50 after working 14 h. Determine each person’s unit rate of pay. Who has a greater hourly rate of pay?

Gina: $ 78.00 ÷ 6h =$13 Gina earns $13.00/hour

Asad : $192.50 ÷ 14h = $13.75 Asad earns $13.75 / hour.

Asad has a greater hourly rate of pay.

Trevor rode his mountain bike 84 km in 3 h. Jillian rode 70 km in 2.5 h. Who is the faster cyclist? How do you know?

Trevor : 84 km ÷ 3h = 28 km Trevor rides at 28 km/hour

Jillian : 70 km ÷ 2.5 h= 28 km Jillian rides at 28 km/hour

Trevor and Jillian ride at the same speed because they traveled the same distance in 1 hour.

Coin Question:
A jar was filled with 1707 coins. You started to put coins in it on January 1,2010 and filled it up on October 7,2014. How many coins do you put into the jar per day?

January 1, 2010 to October 7,2014 = 1707 days
1707 coins ÷ 1707 days = 1
You would put 1 coin/day

1. What would the recipe look like if it had to serve 10 people? Show your calculations.
Ground beef 1.5 lbs x 2.5 = 3.75 lbs
medium onion diced 1 x 2.5 = 2.5
Finely sliced celery 1 x 2.5 = 2.5
clove garlic 1 x 2.5 = 2.5
can of chopped tomatoes 14 oz x 2.5 = 35 oz
tomato paste 0.5 x 2.5 = 1.25
parsley 1 tsp x 2.5 = 2.5 tsp
basil 1.5 tsp x 2.5 = 3.75 tsp
oregano 1 tsp x 2.5 = 2.5 tsp
sugar 1 tsp x 2.5 = 2.5 tsp
Worcestershire 1.5 tsp x 2.5 = 3.75 tsp
seasoning salt 1.5 tsp x 2.5 = 3.75 tsp
bay leaf 1 x 2.5 = 2.5

2. What would the recipe look like if you had to only serve 1 person? Show your calculations.
Ground beef 3.75 lbs / 10 = 0.375
medium onion diced 2.5 / 10 = 0.25
Finely sliced celery 2.5 / 10 = 0.25
clove garlic 2.5 / 10 = 0.25
can of chopped tomatoes 35 oz / 10 = 3.5 oz
tomato paste 1.25 / 10 = 0.125
parsley 2.5 tsp / 10 = 0.25
basil 3.75 tsp / 10 = 0.375
oregano 2.5 tsp / 10 = 0.25
sugar 2.5 tsp / 10 = 0.25
Worcestershire 3.75 tsp / 10 = 0.375
seasoning salt 3.75 tsp / 10 = 0.375
bay leaf 2.5 / 10 = 0.25

Jomari's BOB Ratio

3 part to part ratios
Blue to Red
5:2
Yellow to Green
2:3
Orange to White
2:1

2 part to total ratios
Blue to Total
5:21
Red to Total
2:21

2 three part ratios
Blue to Red to Green
5:2:3
Purple to Pink to Total
1:1:21


Blue to Red
5:2

You write this as a fraction by putting the number on the left of the : on top and the right on the bottom. Every time you write a ratio as a fraction, you need to make a new word ratio. This is how it should look if it was a fraction:

Blue 5
------ --
Red 2

You can find a decimal by using the fraction. You can find a decimal by dividing the numerator by the denominator.This is how you can show how to get a decimal:

5/2=2.5 The decimal is 2.5

You can find percent by converting the decimal. Every whole number in the decimal equals 100%. every tenth equals 10%, and every hundredth equals 1%.If the decimal has a number less then one hundredth, you have to round to the nearest hundredth.

2.5 = 200%+50%
2.5=250%

Yellow to Green
2:3

You can find equivalent ratios by multiplying or dividing the original numbers in a ratio.

Yellow to Green
2 : 3 x2
4 : 6 x3
12:18

3 questions
1. One smoothie is made out of 2 strawberries, 1 banana and 4 cups of milk.
If you drank 2 smoothies, how much bananas would you have drank compared to strawberries? Don't simplify your answer.
2.A very successful farm has 12 cows, 5 pigs and 3 chickens.
The owner of the farm is looking to extend the capacity of the farm by 75%. How much cows compared to chickens and pigs should he get? Don't simplify your answer.
3. A box has 10 pencil crayons. 80 percent of them are purple, 5 percent of them are yellow and 15 percent of them are green. How much purple compared to yellow compared to green pencil crayons are in the box? Simplify your answer.

Part 2:

Some mistakes on my test:

For question 17, I said that there was no equivalent scored by to scored against ratio. I thought this because none of the ratios could be simplified to become equivalent. I was wrong because if you divide 10 and 8, you get the same answer as 115 and 92. When you divide equivalent ratios, you get the same answer. I will remember to divide ratios to find out if they are equivalent to other ratios.

Rewrite 2 questions that gave you difficulty with different numbers. Answer the questions correctly in the comments to your blog. Encourage others to participate at your blog by getting them to answer your questions:


3. A normal deck of playing cards has 52 cards in four suits (clubs, diamonds, hearts,spades) of 13 cards each. Two of the suits are black and two of the suits are red. The ratio of black cards to the total deck is.

a.1:1 b.1:2 c.2:3 d.2:4

Please try to answer my questions.

Jomari's Scribepost, October 18,2009

On Friday, we had to do 22 questions about ratios on page 51 to 54.
Here is question 16:

Heather used a copier to make the
following 50% reduction.

a) Write the ratio of the length of A` B` compared to the length of AB.
length of A'B' to length of AB The ratio is 1:2 .
1 : 2
b) Write the ratio of the length of A` C` compared to the length of AC.
length of A'C' to length of AC The ratio is also 1:2.
1 : 2
c) Use your knowledge of ratio and percent to explain the meaning of a 50% reduction.
50% reduction means that the picture on the right is half the size of the picture on the left in every way.

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Jomari's Coin Math October 12 and 13 ,2009

For the long weekend, our homework was to pick 2 questions about the coin jar and answer them.

1.What graph would be best to display the data?
A bar graph would be the best graph to show how many quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies are in the jar.
2.How many different ways can you get $100?
There are many ways to get $100 with coins
Some ways are :
400 quarters
1000 dimes
2000 nickels
10000 pennies
399 quarters and 25 pennies
999 dimes and 2 nickels

Thanks for reading my post guys! Please tell me in the comments other ways to get data from the coins to create graphs, different ways to get $100, how I could improve and how I did!


Part 2
Today we had to answer some questions. You can find the questions on sargent park math zone

If you started dropping coins into the jar on January 1,2010, what day would you finish filling up the jar?
Today in class, we found out that there was about 1 280 American coins in the jar. These coins filled up about 3 quarters of the jar. The first thing that i should do is find out how much coins would be in a full jar.You can find this out by dividing the number of coins in the jar (1 280) by 3 and multiplying the answer by 4. This will give you the number of coins a full jar has because 1 280 coins take up 3 quarters of a jar.If you divide the 3 quarters, by 3 you get 1 quarter. If you multiply the 1 quarter by 4 then you will get 4 quarters which is 1 whole. A full jar should have about 1707 coins.
Here is a way to show your work.
_ _ _ _
1280÷4=426.67 426.67X4=1706.67 1706.67= 1707

If you put 1 coin in everyday it would take you 1707 days to fill the jar.
1707days÷356days(1 year)= 4.79 years until finished.
356÷100X79=281
The 281st day of the year is October 8
4(number of full years)+281+=4 years and 281 days
October 8,2014-1day during leap year = October 7,2014

How full would the jar be if the coins were all Canadian?

In class, we found out that there would be about 370 coins in the jar if they had a sum of $100
A full jar has about 1707 coins. If you round 1707 to the nearest hundred it would be 1700.You can find out one tenth of the jar by dividing 1700 by 10.One tenth of the jar would have about 170 coins. If you multiply this by 2 to get 2 tenths or 20 percent you get 340. 370 coins would fill up a little bit more than 20 percent or 2 tenths of the jar.

Hey guys thanks for reading my homework. Please tell me if you agree or disagree with my answers and why.

Jomari816 BOB graphing

3 things I know about graphing:
1.Every time you make a graph it needs to have a title and labels.
2.All graphs show some kind of data.
3.Graphs can be used to misrepresent data.
What I know now that can improve my test:
I now know that, to improve my test, I have to write in my paragraphs why I made my graphs the way they are.

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Jomari816 Four 4's

Hey Guys! Today our homework was to go on the blog and make a post that shows how (4 ÷ 4) + (4 ÷ 4) = 2 and (4/4)+(4/4)=2 are the same.

I think that they are the same because they both tell you to divide.
I also think that they both similar because 4/4 looks like 4 quarters which equals a whole(1) and 4 ÷ 4 is equal to 1 which is the same value as 4 quarters (1 whole).


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Jomari's Scribepost, Sept 29,2009

Question 1 page 23:

Travis recorded the following data about how he spends his day.
a) How would you make a bar graph to help argue that Travis spends most of his time sleeping or going to school?
You can make a bar graph to show that Travis spends most of his time sleeping or going to school by making a a graph with an x-axis that somehow shows the bars for sleep and school really standout. You can make them stand out by combining them to show that he spends a lot of his time sleeping and being at school. You can also do this by making the bar(s) a different size than the others or different color.
ex:
b) How would you make a bar graph that Travis could use to
argue that he spends almost as much time on homework
as he does at school?
You can make a bar graph that Travis could use to argue that he spends almost as much time on homework as he does at school by making the interval values on the Y-axis larger than you normally would. Some numbers you can use for the interval values are 10,20, or 30.
ex.














If you guys want want to know the other questions you can check mytextbook.ca.

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