Olympic Hero (Past or Present)

The event for the Olympic game may last only a few minutes but the number of years needed to prepare for that few minutes is something only the athletes will know.

Identify an Olympic athletes whom you want to write about. Using the Internet, source for some background knowledge on your chosen athletes and find out how he or she prepares for the game or even winning a medal and doing their country proud.

Take a look at the video below for some inspiration to start you off


Time to go forth and write about your Olympic Hero.

What is a Tagline

What’s a tagline and how is it used?

 

A tagline is a sentence that artistically sums up the solution that your company can provide.

A tagline is the key message for your business and it may be the most important part of your promotional writing.

Getting it right, however, can be difficult. The shorter a description is, the more challenging it is to write.

If your tagline is clever enough, people will remember it and forever associate it with your business. You can craft an effective tagline by following these steps:

1) Make a note of what captures YOUR attention. When you see an advertisement on a billboard, TV commercial, or in a magazine or newspaper that catches your attention, write down what it is that makes it memorable. You already know it works because it affected you, so you know that you're taking notes from the best of the business.

2) Write down everything you can think of that relates to your business. Start big and end small. List everything important and worth mentioning pertaining to your business, then narrow it down by eliminating anything too general or that is not a central point. Keep phrases like 'helping people' and 'total business solutions' out, since they are so generic. Read everything over and strategically decide what should be eliminated until you are left with 3-4 main points and take it from there.

3) Keep it short. Taglines should be no more than 8-10 impactful words. Use words that are positive in nature and spark interest. For example, if you were writing a tagline for the word 'tagline,' you might come up with "Tagline... simple and memorable."

4) Develop several taglines before deciding on one. With those 3-4 points, develop several taglines. Read them out loud to make sure that they are easily repeated. Gather opinions by asking friends and even strangers what the tagline is telling them about your business and make sure that it's the message you want to send. The key here is NOT to tell people what your business does, but let them try to figure it out by the tagline.

 

Some famous taglines used by companies

 

American Express (Banking & Credit)
Don’t leave home without it

McDonalds (Fastfood)
I'm loving it

Nike (Sports Apparel)
Just Do It

The X-Files (Entertaiment and Film)
The truth is out there

Disneyland (Entertainment)
The happiest place on earth

Singapore Airlines (Aviation)
First to fly, the Singapore Airlines A380

eLesson Testing 16 Feb 2009

English

Language for Investigation Occupation and Status

Occupation and Status

Process Writing

eLesson for Today (9/9/08)

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eLesson for Today (15/7/08) Division of Decimals

Mathematics

Decimals - Division of Decimals

Objectives
Pupils will be able to
* divide a decimal number by a whole number.
* divide a decimal number by another decimal number.

We have an activity filled lesson today. Get ready your thinking cap as you embark on a lesson on Division of Decimals!!

Activity 1 - (10 minutes)

Click on the following link to understand the fundamentals to division of decimals
http://www.mathsisfun.com/dividing-decimals.html

http://www.aaamath.com/dec56a-divdeciint.html

Now you would have a clearer idea on the steps involved in dividing decimals.
Knowing you know and making sure you know is a whole different ball game....so let's move on to Activity 2.

Activity 2 - (10 minutes)

Find out if you could handle dividing decimals by whole number and dividing decimals by another decimals.

Here are two links to test your understanding and for you to pit your skills together with your partner or group members

Level 1
http://www.syvum.com/cgi/online/serve.cgi/squizzes/arithmetic/decidivi.tdf?0

Level 2
http://mathsfirst.massey.ac.nz/Algebra/Decimals/Div.htm


You want more practice? More Challenging ones?

OK! You asked for it! Proceed to Activity 3

Activity 3 - (15 Minutes)

Advance level of division with decimals.....WARNING!! Rounding off required!

Level 3
http://www.aaamath.com/dec56b-divdeci.html

Now, with all this practice. You must have mastered the skills of division of decimals. You are ready to 'conquer' the world of Mathematics.

However, you would like to have more challenges......scroll down for more.

Activity 4 - (15 minutes) OPTIONAL
WARNING - Not for the WEAK Hearted

Insane Level
http://www.aplusmath.com/Worksheets/OnlineDecimalDivision.html


Now to try the assignments to see if you really have understood today's lesson.

Assignment
Math Workbook - Division Practice Pg 53 - 58

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Whole Numbers

Assessment of Whole numbers (1) and (2)

A. Write the numbers in words.

1. 2861 = Two thousand, eight hundred and sixty-one
2. 5903 = Five thousand, nine hundred and three
3. 1097 = One thousand and ninety-seven
4. 9462 = Nine thousand, four hundred and sixty-two
5. 18010 = Eighteen thousand and ten


B. Write the following in numerals.

1. Eleven thousand, six hundred and seventy = 11 670
2. Nine thousand, two hundred and twelve = 9212
3. Three thousand, one hundred and eight = 3108
4. Twenty-three thousand and forty-nine = 23 049
5. Seven thousands three hundreds seven tens = 7370

C. the largest number is.

1. 9001
2. 6600
3. 33 320

D. What is the value of the digit?

1. In 98 543, the digit 9 stands for 90 000.

The place value of 9 is ten thousands.


2. In 67 867, the digit 8 stands for 800.

The place value of 8 is hundreds.


3. In 24 831, the digit 4 stands for 4000.

The place value of 4 is thousands.


E. Round off the numbers.

1. To the nearest ten.
(a) 5634 (b) 9845 (c) 8558

a) 5630
b) 9850
c) 8560


2. To the nearest hundred.

(a) 9890 (b) 23 932 (c) 90 650

a) 9900
b) 23 900
c) 90700

3. To the nearest thousand.

(a) 3099 (b) 57 501 (c) 12 909

a) 3000
b)58 000
c) 13 000


F. Arrange the numbers in decending order.

1. 7909 , 9197 , 9709 , 8879

9709, 9197, 8879, 7909

2. 13 577 , 45 977 , 43 907 , 77 315

77 315, 45 977, 43 907, 13 577

3. 50 980 , 59 999 , 55 099 , 55 900

59 999, 55 900, 55 099, 50 980


G. Do the following.

1. Find the factors of

(a) 13 (b) 32 (c) 27 (d) 48 (e) 60


a) 1 x 13

(1, 13)


b) 1 x 32, 2 x 16, 4 x 8

(1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32)


c) 1 x 27, 3 x 9

(1, 3, 9, 27)


d) 1 x 48, 2 x 24, 3 x 16, 4 x 12, 6 x 8

(1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24, 48)

e) 1 x 60, 2 x 30, 3 x 20, 4 x 15, 5 x 12, 6 x 10

(1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 12, 15, 20, 30, 60)


2. List the common factors of 24 and 56.

1, 2, 4, 8


3. What are the first 2 common multiple of 4 and 6?

12, 24


Fractions

D. Convert mixed numbers to improper fractions

1) 35 / 8
2) 17/10
3) 11/3
4) 21/4
5) 9/7

E. Fractions of a set

1)9
2) 10
3) 8
4) 4
5) 6

Decimals

A. Write the following as decimals.

1. Four tens seven ones two tenths = 47.2
2. Six hundreds two ones and three tenths = 602.3
3. Two tens eight tenths four hundredths = 20.84

B. The largest number is.

1. 3.5
2. 62.9
3. 3.3

C. What is the value of the digit?

1. In 9.83, the digit 8 stands for 0.8.
2. In 62.67, the digit 7 stands for 0.07.
3. In 0.21, the digit 2 stands for 0.2.

D. Round off the numbers below.

1. 5.81 is 5.8 when rounded off to 1 decimal place (tenth).
2. 36.16 is 36 when rounded off to the nearest whole number.
3. 23.345 is 23.35 when rounded off to the nearest hundredth (2 decimal places).

E. Fill in the missing numbers.

1. 3 + 0.8 = 3.8
2. 8 + 0.8 + 0.05 = 8.85
3. 12.5 – 4.15 = 8.35
4. 10.2 + 2.62 = 3.6 + 9.22
5. 42 - 10.82 = 46.18 - 15
6. 30.9 + 21.47 = 52.37
7. 23.94 - 5.4 = 18.54
8. 3.01 + 4.82 = 6.02 + 1.81

F. Express the fractions as decimals.

1) 4.6
2) 1.7
3) 3.5
4) 5.125
5) 1.5

H. Fill in the blanks.

1. 0.5 m = 50 cm
2. 1.3 kg = 1300 g
3. 0.74 = 74 hundredths
4. 25.5 cm = 255 mm
5. 3.6 = 36 tenths
6. 4.2 ℓ = 4200 m ℓ

I. Challenging problems.

1. Xin Yu weighs 34.6 kg. Jia Wang is 2.65 kg lighter than Xin Yu and 5 kg lighter than Xian Zhi. Find Xian Zhi's mass.

34.6-2.65kg = 31.95kg

31.95 + 5 = 36.95 kg

Xian Zhi's mass is 36.95kg.

2. A flag pole is 5.82 m long. The carpenter sawed it into 3 pieces of equal length. Find the length of each piece. (Round off to 1 decimal place.)

5.82 ÷ 3 = 1.94
1.94 = 1.9 m (when rounded off to 1 decimal place)

The length of each piece is 2.0m.



4. Ms Lim had 8.2 m of cloth. She used 1.25 m to sew 1 dress. If she sewed 6 dresses, how many metres of cloth had she left?

1.25 x 6 = 7.5
8.2 – 7.5 = 0.7 m

She had 0.7m left.

5. If 8 litres of petrol cost $8.64. How much is 1 litre of petrol?

8.64 ÷ 8 = $1.08

1 litre of petrol cost $1.08.

6. Kassandra bought 2 chickens. One chicken weighed 2.9 kg and the other is 0.4 kg heavier. If the price of the chicken is $0.90 per kg, how much did she pay for the 2 chickens?

2.9 + 0.4 = 3.3 kg (the mass of the heavier chicken)
3.3 + 2.9 = 6.2 kg (total mass of 2 chickens)
6.2 x 0.90 = $5.58

2 Chickens cost $5.58.

7. Xuen Qing had $10. He bought 9 pencils at $0.25 each. He used the rest of his money to buy 5 pens. What is the price of each pen?

9 x 0.25 = 2.25
10 – 2.25 = 7.75
7.75 ÷ 5 = $1.55

Each pen cost $1.55.

Area and Perimeter

1.
Area = 12 x 9 = 108 square cm
Perimeter = 12 + 9 + 12 + 9 = 42 cm

2.
8 x 8 = 64 (each side is 8 cm)
8 + 8 + 8 + 8 = 32 cm

3.
(a) 10 + 5 + 6 + 3 + 4+ 8 = 36cm
(b) 8 x 4 = 32 square cm
5 x 6 = 30 square cm
30 + 32 = 62 square cm

4.
Perimeter = 10 + 8 + 10 + 8 + 5 + 5 = 46 cm
Area
10 x 8 = 80 square cm(Area of ABCH)
5 x 3 = 15 square cm(Area of FEDG)
80 – 15 = 65 square cm

5.
Length = 3 units
2 lengths = 3 x 3 = 6 units
1 breadth = 1 unit
2 breadths = 2 units
6 units+ 2units = 32 cm
32 ÷ 8 = 4
Length = 4 cm x 3 = 12 cm
Breadth = 4 cm
Area = 12 x 4 = 48 square cm

6.
105 x 30 = 3150 square cm
70 x 30 = 2100 square cm
35 x 30 = 1050 square cm
3150 + 2100 + 1050 = 6300 square cm