Decimal Introduction

View the following videos:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gaBpdEj8oM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPdBey0qcPg

Grade 5:  Today's challenge is to search around the classroom and the on-line Spectator for interesting and challenging decimals (ie. pi = 3.14159265358979).  In your math notebook, neatly record 10 of your decimal discoveries.  Please include what the decimal represents (ie. dollars, population, degrees).  Remember to date and title your work so that it is readily accessible for tomorrow's challenge.

Grade 6:  Today's challenge is to go on line to the Toronto Stock Exchange http://www.tmx.com/ and look for interesting decimals.  Record fifteen of the most intereresting decimals that you discover on the Stock Market.  Be sure to record them neatly in your notebook including title and date.  Also, please include what the decimal represents so that we can easily follow up with this information tomorrow.