The “Mathlete Show”– Winter Olympics
Welcome to another episode of the Mathlete Show. Your hosts this week, “Arnold Schwarzenegger” and “Blaze” talk about the gold medal performance by Shaun White in the 2010 winter Olympics. They also...
View ArticleMathlete Show – Baseball Statistics
Welcome to another episode of the Mathlete Show. Your hosts this week, “Abraham Lincoln” and “Gwen Stefani” talk about the baseball season and using statistics to keep track of how players are doing....
View ArticleMathlete Show – Graphing The World Cup
Mr. Salsich’s class has caught “World Cup Fever.” We have been reading about the event, following the results online, and using graphs to compare the different teams. 2010 World Cup logo Here is...
View ArticleThe Mathlete Show – Numberline Subtraction
Here is this year’s first episode of The Mathlete Show. It is about numberline subtraction, and the hosts are Pepperoni, Pizza, and Guacamole & Chips. It is sometimes easier to count up when...
View ArticleMathlete Show – Using Subtraction to Compare Athletes
We live right on the border of one of the greatest rivalries in American sports – baseball’s Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees. On the border of Yankees and Red Sox territory We thought it would be...
View ArticleMathlete Show – Adding and Subtracting American Football
In math, we have been learning about different ways to add and subtract 2 and 3-digit numbers. We learned how to find the sum of two numbers by adding by place (or “sweeping”), adding with place value...
View ArticleMathlete Show – Multiplying Touchdowns
We have been learning about multiplication and skip counting in math. It has been a lot of fun solving the questions people have left in our comments on the Groups of Things post! Another thing that...
View ArticleMathlete Show –“Graphing Data”
Last month we studied data and graphing in math. Data just means pieces of information. People use data a lot in life to understand things better, to answer questions and to make decisions. Graphs help...
View ArticleMathlete Show – Comparing Quarterbacks
In math we have been learning how to compare large numbers and find the difference between them. This is helpful when comparing statistics or data. It can also be used when subtracting large numbers....
View ArticleThe Mathlete Show: “Who is Better – Messi or Ronaldo?”
A few weeks ago, our classmate Ivy wrote a fantastic guest post about soccer. That got us talking a lot about who is the best soccer player (footballer) in the world - Cristiano Ronaldo or Lionel...
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