Webinars SET A - Grade 5-6 - Sunday@4:30-5:30pm EST - 10 MEETINGS-Recording 3

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The Math Kangaroo Level 5–6 webinar focused on <strong>algebraic thinking</strong>: finding unknown values using reasoning, patterns, drawings, and “fill-in-the-blank” equations. Students were reminded that contest questions can be solved in different ways, and that concise methods can reduce mistakes.

The instructor worked through several problems:
- A bridge with one-quarter of its length extending onto each riverbank is <strong>240 meters</strong> long.
- In a rabbit family that ate 73 carrots, the mother ate <strong>28</strong>.
- The combined weight of one apple and one orange is <strong>102 grams</strong>; adding the two given fruit-weight equations reveals five of each weigh 510 grams.
- Three kangaroo children need <strong>7 years</strong> to gain more combined votes than their father.
- Adding the same amount of water to two bowls so the smaller has one-third as much as the larger requires <strong>2.5 liters</strong> per bowl.
- Three students answered 30 contest problems. Comparing their total score with a perfect score shows they had 13 incorrect answers and <strong>17 correct answers altogether</strong>.

The session emphasized preserving equality by making the same changes to both sides of an equation, and using diagrams or trial-and-check when helpful. Students were encouraged to revisit the problems, try alternative solution methods, and practice with past contests and other resources.

Keywords

Math Kangaroo

algebraic thinking

unknown values

equations

patterns

reasoning

fill-in-the-blank

contest problems

same changes to both sides

diagrams