1. 2015 Culverdale Math Team

2. Uh oh! Toby slept in for school and the lights don’t work in his bedroom, so he has to rush and get dressed in a room with lights. He knows that he has 3 blue shirts, 2 red shirts, 5 white shirts, and 2 green shirts hanging in the closet. If he “blindly” reaches into the closet, what is the least number of shirts Toby must grab to ensure he has gotten a white one? 8 shirts He could grab 3 blue + 2 red + 2 green and still not have a white shirt. But then the next shirt, the 8 th shirt, would have to be a white shirt.

3. “You wanna be on Mr. Burke’s Math Team? Qualifications to try-out – Good school attendance – Ability to work with a team – At least a B+ average in math this school year – Committed to attending practices after school every Wednesday and then attending the competition on Saturday, May 14. Register with your teacher by Tuesday, February 2. If you aren’t sure about your math grade, ask your teacher at recess, lunch, or by email.

4. Math Team Tryouts Thursday, February 4 in the multi-purpose room (MPR) 10:30-11:15am Questions are based on your grade-level 24 students will be invited to Math Team Boot Camp practices from February 10-March 23 Top 8 fourth graders Top 8 fifth graders Top 8 sixth graders

5. Math Team Final Cut After 6 Wednesdays of practice, those 24 students will take a final math test on Thursday, March 24. The 4 best students per grade level will be named to the 2016 Culverdale Math Team. The 5 th place student will be invited to continue practicing but not guaranteed to be able to participate at OC Math Field Day on May 14.

6. 12 Practices Math Team Boot Camp Wednesdays, 1:15-3:00pm February 10, 17, 24 and March 9, 16, 23 Math Team Members-Only Practices: Wednesdays, 1:15-3:00pm April 6, 13, 20, 27 and May 4, 11

7. Orange County Math Field Day 2016 Saturday, May 14 (Irvine Junior Games is Sunday, May 15) Our team meets at Culverdale at 7:15am and we carpool to Capistrano Valley High School Competition lasts from 9:00am-12:45pm Awards ceremony from 2:00pm-3:30pm Over 50 schools from Orange County compete

8. Today, ice cream is selling for $1.50 per pint. There is a free bonus pint given for every 5 pints that you buy at Ralph’s. I spent $18.00 on ice cream today at Ralph’s. How many pints did I get? $1.50 x 5 = $7.50 Plus a bonus pint. $7.50 = 6 pints. So 12 pints will cost $15 ($7.50 x 2). $15 + $3 for two more pints = $18, for a total of 14 pints. Give it a shot – Do mental math, or write out your work!

9. A 4-foot wall casts a shadow that is 6 feet long. A tree casts a shadow that is 24 feet long. How tall is the tree? It’s __ feet tall. This is a proportion situation. You have two heights. You have two lengths of shadows. They can be compared with equivalent fractions. h4 ft -------- = --------- 24 ft 6 ft h = 16 ft Okay… here’s one more to try!