Gettin' D=rty!

No, your eyes have not failed you! That's d=rt up there! (pronounced "dirt")

Today we used our extended block time in second period to introduce and play around with d=rt problems (that's distance = rate * time). d=rt is an incredibly powerful formula and can help us solve a great many word problems.

You can take a look at the types of examples below from the board. I love these problems because we get to play pretend a bit... in one we hopped a bus from CFS and headed for the beach, in another Ida and Leon were on a hunt for a hamburger. The sky's the limit!

Tonight the kids have two d=rt problems for homework which can be found at http://cfsmatthew.wikispaces.com/classdocs

We're moving right along!