Monday, February 9, 2009

Post 21 - 2.58 Children

1. Talk to your parents, do some research, re-read the novel, etc. and find out why 2.58 children was once relevant to our society. Understanding why this saying once fit out culture, will help you make sense of .58.  

2. Would you rather be a whole child or a fraction? Why?

3. List some reasons why being .58 could be helpful. :) 

4. When else do people use averages or means???? Make a math connection here!
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7 comments:

  1. Ben A.February 12, 2009 at 4:52 PM

    I would rather be a whole because if I wasn't, I would not be able to play all the sports that I love. It would be extremely difficult to play basketball, as it would be to swing a bat in baseball, and it would hurt to not have a glove in baseball. It would also mean I would only have .58 % of my brain and I would not think of nearly as many great ideas as I do now. That is why I would rather be a whole.

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  2. Ben A.February 12, 2009 at 4:58 PM

    Some reasons why being .58 could be helpful is like when you play hide and seek, you would be able to fit into smaller places. It would also help only having one eye. You would never have to close one and look goofy whenever you want to focus on something. Plus, you would probably win long jump having so much practice hopping around all of the time. Those are the only reasons why I would rather be .58.

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  3. Ben A.February 12, 2009 at 5:03 PM

    People use mean's in sports every day to track stats. They find the average amounts of points someone scores in a game. Schools also use these. They track the average amount of kids in a classroom or the average scores on our Aims test. Stores also use averages. You have seen the commercials where they say "our buisness costs 40% less than the AVERAGE one. That is why you should shop here." There are about 100000 other times they use it also.

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  4. Devon G.February 12, 2009 at 6:36 PM

    I agree competely on the .58 brain thing that Ben posted. Great work!

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  5. Devon G.February 12, 2009 at 6:38 PM

    Also, grades on our report cards are actually the AVERAGE of our points

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  6. Emily W.February 15, 2009 at 2:16 PM

    You can have 2.58 in a family when there a two adults and 58percent of an adult but it is still a kid.

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  7. Haley M.February 19, 2009 at 6:00 PM

    #3:

    You could hide easily in Hide-and-seek, or in a robbery. If somebody dropped something in a tiny place you could go get it. people could think you were .42 invisible, and you could be in a World Record book. People could be sorry for you and give you money!

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