February 17, 2015

Prep for Test 5

New England Mathematics League conducts a Contest every year. It is administered on two dates throughout New England (Tuesday, Feb 17 or Tuesday, Feb 24). This is to accommodate for the different vacation weeks in our states.Students are allowed scrap paper and the use of calculators. All students are given 30 minutes to complete as many questions as possible. Recognitions will take place in June after all results are examined.

Afterwards, we reviewed for Test 5. This will be substantially shorter than those in the past. The topics are computing with fractions, prime factorization, determining divisibility, and simplifying fractions.

Notes on how to use Prime Factorization to determine GCF and simplify fractions to lowest term.