Rounding numbers

Success Criteria -

• I must remember to add the numbers before and after
• I must look for the number given - hundredth/tens/thousands

4, 897, 542.854

Round the number to the….

1 - Nearest thousands

I will look at the number in the thousands place, which is 7. Now I will substitute all of the numbers after 7 with the number 0. Now the number will become 4, 897000. I know that this is the thousands number before 4, 897, 542.854. The number after that will be 4, 898000. I will look at the number after 7, which is 5, and now I know to round up. The nearest thousand is 4, 898000.

2 - Nearest tenths

The nearest tenth is 4, 897, 542.900. I know this because I looked at the number in the tenths place, which is 8. I then substituted the numbers after with 0. The number became 4, 897, 542.800, which is the number before. The tenths number after 4, 897, 542.854 is 4, 897, 542.900. I then looked at the number after 8, which was 5. 5 indicates that I should round up. That is how I got my answer.

3 - Nearest ten thousands

I will first look at the number in the ten thousands place, which is 9, and all of the numbers after 9 will become 0. The number is now 4, 890000. This is the number before 4, 897, 542.854. The number after would be 4, 90000. I will look at the number after 9, which is 7. This means I will round up to 4, 90000.

4 - Nearest hundreths

Since I am rounding to the nearest hundredths number, I will look at the number in the hundredths place, which is 5. I will now change all of the numbers after to 0. The number is now 4, 897, 542.850, which is the number before. The number after would be 4, 897, 542.860. Now I will look at the number after 5, which is 4. 4 Shows me that I must round down. The answer is 4, 897, 542.850.

5 - Nearest tens

My answer is 4, 897, 540. This is because I looked at the number in the tens place, which is 4. Then I made all of the other whole numbers after this to 0. The number became 4, 897, 540. This would be the number before, and the number after would be 4, 897, 550. Now I will look at the number after 4, which is 2, and 2 indicates that I must round down. Therefore, my answer is, again, 4, 897, 540.

6 - Nearest whole number

To find the nearest whole number, I will first look at the last whole digit in this number, which is 2. I will not worry about the numbers after the decimal point, because those numbers are not whole numbers. But I will look at the number in the tenths place, which is 8. 8 will help me to decide whether to round up or down. SInce 8 is bigger than 5, I will round up to the nearest whole number, which is 4, 897, 543.

7 - Nearest hundreds

My answer is 4, 897, 500 because I did this. First, I looked at the number in the hundreds place, which is 5, and then I made all of the numbers after 5 become 0. The number changed to 4, 897, 500, which I decided, was the tens number before the original number. The number after that is 4, 897, 600. After I did this, I looked at the number after 5, which was 4, and 4 is less than 5 so I rounded down to get my answer!

Today I learned how to round numbers to the nearest ten, hundred, thousand and much more. It was fun learning about these things, and we also did an activity on rounding.

Making Up A Game

During the time that some of our Year 7 and 8 students went to camp, Room 7 was making up fun games to play with the younger kids. We were all in groups of 4 or 3, and my group made up a really fun game that the children LOVED!  Here are the rules of our game, Rock Paper Scissors Round...

Rock Paper Scissors Round

WALT - Work together as a team

Equipment - Listening Ears, Cones for obstacles, cones for objects to protect

How to play the game -

• Equal amount of teammates
• 2 teams
• Object to protect
• Everyone lining up in a single file
• When I say GO the first person from each team will run towards each other
• When they meet, they do a round of Rock Paper Scissors
• Winner carries on trying to get to the other team’s object
• Keep on doing rounds of Rock Paper Scissors
• Winner keeps on carrying on
• If someone reaches the object, their whole team switches sides
• This time, instead of trying to get to the other team’s side, they try to get back to their side, with the object in hand
• If the person carrying the object loses to the other team, they hand it over
• Team that gets the other team’s object back to their base wins

Infographic - Earthworms

I made an infographic to show facts about earthworms. I also included photos to make the infographic more interesting. These are only a little bit of facts about earthworms. I think that there are more, but these are the facts about Earthworms that I know...

Treasure Quest Multiplication

Today for maths, I played around with a treasure hunting multiplication game on a site called Maths Playground. I had a target, which was a number, and then I had a multiplication chart. I had to find my target as many times as the game had asked me to. For example, if my target was 9, and there was a little 3 on the top left side above the 9, I would have to find 9, 3 times. This game was really fun and I would love to play it again!

Basic Facts - Fact Monster

Today for Basic Facts, I used a site called Fact Monster. It is a maths site you can use to practise all types of maths strategies.  I chose to practise my tables, and I clicked on Level 7, the highest and hardest level. I answered 8 questions correctly in 2 minutes…

Basic Facts on Integers

Today I did some maths on Maths Playground. The rules of the game were that, there were two numbers under every one number, which meant that the two numbers totaled up to the number on top of it. It was pretty difficult to understand, but I now know how to play the game. I also solved the whole pyramid in under 2 minutes!

Order Of Operations

Today I played an Order of Operations game where I had an unfinished equation at the bottom of my screen. I had to use the numbers on top of the equation to solve it, but I had to use them wisely. It was a fun game to play, and I really enjoyed it, so I think that maybe I’ll play it again someday.

Adding Integers

Number Conundrum Integers

Today I did a maths activity on Number conundrum Integers. At first I didn’t understand how to play,
but I got used to it and found out how the game worked. There was a pyramid shape, and a few
numbers in some of the boxes. The rules were that every number (besides the bottom ones) had
2 numbers beneath it that added up to itself. I completed 2 pyramids and took screenshots.

My Pepeha Presentation

Today I used screencastify to record my pepeha presentation. I really enjoyed mucking around with this recording tool and I might be using it often during my learning time.

Why people travel or visit different places

I have made a powtoon showing different reasons people might want to go to other places. I had lots of fun making this animation, and I hope you enjoy watching it!

A Fun Story About Electricity

Side Portraits

Today for art we drew and painted side portraits of ourselves. I am happy with how mine came out.

Earbud Art

Technique: I took 5 earbuds and stuck them together, then I dipped them in paint to make dots for the leaves.

Colour: I mixed the colours together to make the different coloured leaves. From the branch out, the colour goes from dark to light, as it is the start of Autumn and the end of Summer.

Success: All the things that were good in my art were....

The way the colour faded from one season to another.

The shape of my tree (it looks like a windy day).

The silhouette tree trunk.

The highlights.

What I need to work on: I think the main thing I need to work on is the way I place my branches, because some of them were just too close to each other.

Cooking With Room 7 & Writing a descriptive paragraph!

WALT write a descriptive paragraph about a muffin

Today in our class, Group 1 (All girls and 1 boy) got to bake muffins with Mrs. Tulumi. We are learning to describe the muffins using our 5 senses, and one paragraph...

Smell - When I was helping to stir the muffins with the electric whisk, I could smell the sweet sensation of cocoa powder, sugar, milk and eggs. It smelt sweet and pleasant

See - The mixture was brown, of course, and it looked creamy and very rich. I could see that the mixture was good looking and attractive.

Taste - Above is a picture (1st one) of my friend Temu and I tasting the mixture. It was sensational! The mixture tasted so scrumptious. And it was very moist and soft as well.

Feel - When the muffins were baked, and we pulled them out, I could feel that the crust was crunchy. The muffins themselves were fluffy and puffy at the same time!

Hear - When the muffins were finished baking, I heard the alarm warning us, so I scurried along to the oven with a bunch of friends and we carefully hoisted the muffin trays out. Outside of the school kitchen, I heard kids running around playing. It was an enjoyable day.

Summer Learning Journey Day 4 Week 1

Summer Learning Journey

Day 4

Activity 1 - Use Google to research traditional Māori Waiata. Listen to a number of Waiata and read the lyrics. On your blog tell us which one of the waiata you found you like the most. Why do you like it?

My favourite maori waiata is E Ihoa. It is the national anthem for the Maori. I like this song because it is sung in English as well as Maori!

Activity 2 - Choose one game, and on your blog, tell us the (i) name of the game, (ii) the goal or purpose of the game, and (iii) two rules.

I chose Poi Rakau.

The game was for warriors to train. It was a warrior training game.

1 rule is that the putahi (the person in the middle) has to throw with one of either of their arms. The second rule is that, the person the putahi throws it to, has to catch it with the opposite arm! E.g. I am the putahi. I throw with my left hand and another person catches it with their left!

Bonus Activity - Watch these three clips from previous Te Matatini festivals.

Tamatea Arikinui

Te Iti Kahurangi

Te Puku o Te Ika

On your blog, rank the performances from your favourite (#1) to least favourite (#3) and tell us why you gave them the ranking that you did.

#1 - Tamatea Arikinui.

#2 - Te Puku o Te Ika.

#3 - Te Iti Kahurangi

I chose Tamatea as first because I felt that the lyrics were sung beautifully. And the kapahaka group singing it co-operated a lot!

I chose Te Puku o te Ika second because it was a beautifully sung song. I liked this song because it sounded awfully wonderful!

And I chose Te Iti Kahurangi last, probably because it was a bit TOO loud for me. Even though I liked the effort put into the performance!

Note - I was supposed to post this yesterday, but I accidentally saved it as a draft, so sorry for the inconvenience.

Summer Learning Journey Day 2 Week 1

Summer Learning Journey
Day 2



Activity 1 - In the 1800s, most Māori lived in villages called pa. Each village had many buildings – kauta where people cooked, pataka where they stored goods and wharepuni where the Māori slept. A traditional wharepuni had a thatched roof and walls made of timber, fern, rushes and bark. Look at the picture below of a traditional wharepuni. Does it look like your house? On your blog, compare the wharepuni to your own home. What are two similarities and two differences between a wharepuni and your house?

Similarities:
Differences: x

1 - People sleep in them
2 - It was made from bark, or wood (It was made from trees)

1 - They used rushes and fern
2 - The roof was thatched

Activity 2 - What is your dream job? Draw a picture of yourself doing your dream job and post it on your blog. You could be a doctor, an actor or even a zookeeper! I have drawn myself taking a picture of a beautiful castle in Poland because I would love to become a travel blogger and photographer one day.

Bonus Activity - On your blog, post a picture of your favourite meal. Be sure to tell us what it is and why it is your favourite. You could also include the recipe if you have it so that we can all try it!

My favourite food is Butter chicken and Rice with Naan. It is delicious as well as spicy, if you make it spicy. I think that this meal is most appealing to me because....... I like to taste all three things together, which makes a sensational combination, because it just tastes so amazing!

Summer Learning Journey Day 1 Week 1

Summer Learning Journey

Day 1

Actvity 1- Name 3 things you found out about Maui

1: He fished up the North island of New Zealand

2: He was a Demi-God

3: He slowed down the sun

Activity 2 - On your blog, write a short letter to a friend telling them about your voyage to New Zealand. In the letter be sure to tell them how you feel about moving to a new country. If it was me, I would have felt really nervous…

Dear Friend.
Whilst on our way to New Zealand, we experienced high, rough seas and extremely overwhelming weather! Our waka rocked but did not tip over. Instead, it swayed with the waves and not against them. We witnessed dozens of wildlife, managing to capture a few ika on our journey. And now, we are finally here!

Bonus Activity - Watch this short video of a Waka Ama race. On your blog tell us whether you would like to be in a Waka Ama race one day. Why or why not?

I would love to be in a Waka Ama race one day. I have many reasons why....

First of all, I think it would help me to build up my muscle, from rowing the waka. Secondly, I'd meet new people I could develop a friendship with. And last of all, I could have plenty of fun.

Christmas Tree Personification

Today we had to personify 5 items that can be on a christmas tree. I am very proud of mine! Maybe you should try this, it's fun!

Learning On Tinkercad

Learning on Tinkercad

Today I went onto Tinkercad to learn about making 3D shapes.

I had to do some missions, to help me make my 3D shapes. I must say that it was a bit challenging making the die, because I couldn’t get the 6 on top just right!

But it was fun learning on tinkercad. I enjoyed the experience.