ELIZABETH PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Elizabeth, New Jersey
2016-2017 SUMMER PROJECT IN MATHEMATICS
Dear Parent/Guardian:
Your student has been assigned a mathematics summer project for the 2016-2017 school year, which
will be due on the first day of school in September 2017. This summer project was created and approved by
middle and high school teachers in order to provide students with a smooth transition in mathematics
between grade levels. The project exposes the students to various aspects of how math is used in everyday
life. Each activity focuses on different mathematical applications as well as their connections to the content
knowledge.
The mathematics summer project is to be brought with your child on the first day of school. This
project will be graded as a component of the first marking period grade. It will be graded based upon
the following point system:
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50 points = 100%
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40 points = 90%
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30 points = 80%
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20 points = 70%
Have fun completing the project and enjoy your summer!
Sincerely,
Samuel Etienne
Mathematics Supervisor (6-12)
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*Your signature indicates your awareness of this Mathematics requirement
1a.
Find three things in the kitchen that you can measure the height of with inches. 1pt
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1b.
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Find three things in the corner store that you can measure the cost of with dollars and/or
cents. 1pt
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1h.
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Find three things in the kitchen that you can measure the temperature of with degrees. 1pt
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1g.
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Find three things in a kitchen that you can measure the time of in minutes. 1pt
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1f.
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Find three things in the bathroom that you can measure the weight of with pounds. 1pt
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1e.
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Find three things in a shower that you can measure the volume of with fluid ounces. 1pt
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1d.
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Find three things in any room that you can measure the area of with square feet. 1pt
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1c.
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Find three things in the park that you can show the angle of rotation with degrees. 1pt
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2a.
Guess how many jumping jacks you can do in one minute.
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Ask three friends/family members to also guess how many they think you can do. Order
your guesses from least to greatest. 1pt.
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Have a friend time you as you do jumping jacks for one minute. Whose guess was closest?
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2b.
Gather six different crayons, markers, pens and/or pencils. Ask three friends/family
members to guess the length of each object. Order them from shortest to longest. 1pt.
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Using a ruler, measure them and record your answers. 1pt.
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Whose guesses were closest? _________________________________
2c.
Estimate the area of three flat surfaces in your living room, such as the coffee table top and
the TV screen. Ask three friends to also estimate the area of each. Order your estimates from
largest to smallest. 1pt.
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Measure and calculate the actual area of each object. 1pt.
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Whose estimates were the farthest off? _________________ The closest? __________________ 1pt.
2d.
Pick your favorite box of cereal and ask three friends/family members to guess the volume
of the box. Order their guesses from least to greatest. 1pt.
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Calculate the volume. _________________ 1pt.
How close was each person? The person who was closest wins. Who wins? ________________
2e.
Find a cylindrical object from within the kitchen cabinet. Ask three friends/family members
to guess the weight of the cylinder.
Order their guesses from greatest to least. 1pt.
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Measure the weight with a scale. Who was closest?
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2f.
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Estimate how many seconds it would take you to walk from your front door to the far wall
of your bedroom. Ask three friends/family members to also guess how long it would take.
Order your guesses from quickest to slowest. 1pt.
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Have a friend time you as you actually walk. Whose estimate was closest? ______________
2g.
Guess what the temperature outside will be at 10am, noon, 2pm and 5pm. Ask three
friends/family members to also guess the temperature. Order your guesses from lowest to
highest. 1pt.
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At exactly 10am, noon, 2pm and 5pm, check the actual temperature outside. Whose guesses
were farthest off? __________________
Whose were closest? __________________
How much did the temperature increase or decrease overall? ____________________ 1pt.
2h.
Just before your next trip to the grocery store, guess what you think the cost of a gallon of
milk will be. ___________________
Ask at least two other family members to also guess the cost. Order your guesses from the
lowest to the highest. What was the actual cost? Whose guess was closest? 1pt.
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2i.
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Estimate the widest angle that your refrigerator door will open to. Ask three friends/family
members to also estimate. Order your guesses from smallest to largest. 1pt.
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Measure the number of degrees. The person who was closest wins. Who wins? 1pt.
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Can you identify if the angle is acute, obtuse, right or straight? 1pt.
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3a.
Find as many different sized plates as you can in the kitchen.
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How many did you find? ___________
Calculate the area and order them by the smallest to the largest area.
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Calculate the circumference and order them by the smallest to the largest
circumference. _______________________ _____________________ ______________________ 1pt.
Calculate the difference between the smallest and largest area of the plates.
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3b.
Calculate the difference between the smallest and largest circumference of the
plates.
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Find 5 objects in your bedroom. What are the 5 objects you chose?
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Order the objects by height from shortest to tallest. 1pt.
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Using the same 5 objects, order them by weight. You can either weigh the objects or
estimate the weight of each object. 1pt.
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Calculate the difference between the shortest and tallest item.
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Calculate the difference between the heaviest and the lightest item. _________________ 1pt.
3c.
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Find 5 objects in your home. What are the 5 objects you chose?
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Calculate the area of one face of each object and order the areas from largest to smallest.
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Using the same 5 objects, calculate the perimeter of each object and order them from largest
to smallest.
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Calculate the difference between the smallest and largest area of the object.
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Calculate the difference between the smallest and largest circumference of the object.
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3d.
Find 5 three dimensional objects in your kitchen that are rectangular prisms. List the 5
items that your chose.
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Calculate the volume of each object and put the volumes in order from least to greatest.
1pt.
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Using the same 5 objects calculate the surface area of each object and put them in order
from least to greatest. 1pt.
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Calculate the difference between the smallest and largest surface area.
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Calculate the difference between the smallest and largest volume.
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3e.
Find the high and low temperature for one day in Elizabeth, NJ. Calculate the range of the
two temperatures. 1pt.
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Low:
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Take a trip to the grocery store and write down the prices of 5 different food items that are
not priced in whole numbers. What are the items and what do they cost? 1pt.
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COST: ___________________
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Put the items in order from greatest to least cost. 1pt.
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Calculate the difference between the most expensive item and the least expensive item.
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3g.
What time does one of your family members leave for work in the morning on a given day?
Write down the time to the nearest minute. ______________
What times does that same family member return from work in the evening?
Write down that time to the nearest minute. _____________
How long was your family member away from the house to the nearest minute? ____________
1pt.
Repeat the above procedure for a second day and write down the results.
What times does that same family member return from work in the evening?
Write down that time to the nearest minute. _____________
How long was your family member away from the house to the nearest minute? ____________
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3h.
What is the difference between the amount of time your family member was away from the
house on the two days? Record your results to the nearest minute. _______________ 1pt.
Find 5 objects in your bathroom that contain fluid ounces. What are these objects?
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Weigh each object and put them in order from greatest to least. 1pt.
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Find the difference between the heaviest and the lightest object to the nearest ounce.
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3i.
Open your refrigerator door. Look for at what point the light comes on when you open the
door. Estimate the size of the angle at which the light comes on using the hinge as the vertex
of the angle. ____________ 1pt.
Start to close your refrigerator door. Look for when the light goes off when you are closing
the door. Estimate the size of the angle at which the light goes off, using the hinge as the
vertex of the angle. ____________ 1pt.
Are the angle measurements the same or different? ___________
If they are different, what is the difference between the two angle measurements. ___________
1pt.
SAMPLE OBJECTS YOU MAY CHOOSE! Remember there are tons of items in your home and
community you can use to count and measure! These are simply picture representations of
items you can find around your own home and neighborhood.