Learning Reflections- Week 5

Week 5

How many days in a week? Seven?! It feels like it must have been two or three! On Monday, there was the Inter-Intermediate Swimming Sports, and I went as a reporter. It was a day with unpredictable weather, with warm sunshine for the first hour or two and freezing rain and wind on and off for the rest of the day. We came home disappointed, placing sixth out of seven intermediates. Tuesday passed in such a breeze, I can't even remember many things we did. On Wednesday, we received the test results for all the testing we have been doing. I did pretty well, with Stanine nines in most areas. In writing, the explanation I handed in for the test was leveled at 6P,  which is great considering that I was only a level 4A at the end of last year. Seriously, you would think I would go down in levels over the summer holidays, but no, apparently not! Over the week in mathematics, I have learnt how to tell if a number is divisible by four, six and eleven. If the number formed by the last two digits is a multiple of four, the original number is divisible by four. If the number is divisible by two and three, it is also a multiple of six. For eleven, it is a little complicated. First, you add together the digits in even positions. For, say, 3492, you would add together the four and the two. Next, find the sum of the digits in odd positions, which would be 3+9=12. If the difference between the two answers is zero or a multiple of eleven, the original number is a multiple of eleven.