Results and Crocodiles

Here is one possible solution to last week's proportional reasoning open response question.  Is it possible to solve this using ratios too?  Congratulations to all of the students who completed this on time and earned one or more Good News tickets (four students had to stay in for recess to complete it).  Please take the time to notice how clear your solutions need to be.  You must explain what you are doing and why you are doing it so that is it clear for someone else to understand it.

Here is the next question.  Please complete it on a lined piece of binder paper and place it in the IN BOX on or before Monday May 4.

At the zoo, there were two long-term resident crocodiles that have affectionately been named Prickles and Tiny.  When they arrived at the zoo, Prickles was 4 metres long and Tiny was 5 metres long.  Five years later, both crocodiles were fully grown.  Prickles was 7 metres long and Tiny was 8 metres long.  Did Prickles and Tiny grow by the same amount?  Justify your thinking.


Note:  An information letter was sent home on Tuesday providing information about the EQAO testing that will take place at the end of May.  Please make sure to read it and clear your child's calendar so that they do not miss any testing days.  Thank you very much in advance!