Know Your "Place" Value
To Tell The Truth
Divisibility Rules
Mr. Mahoney's Toys
Fractions are my Friend!
DA Mission and Honor Chart
Where in the World is Mr. Mahoney?
200
In the number 245, the 4 is in this place value. 

What is the tens place?

200

Skydived, lived in Singapore, lived in Kuwait.  This one is NOT TRUE

What is Lived in Singapore

200

This is the divisibility Rule for 2. 

What is an even number?

200

He played this sport through highschool and part of college. Sometimes, he even got to throw the pigskin around with his friends. 

What is football?  What is basketball?

200
The decimal is .50

What is one-half? 

200

Telling an untruth; not telling the whole truth

What is lying? 

200

Mr. Mahoney lives here now with his wife and 10 year old son. 

Where is Chapel Hill, NC? 
400

The third place value to the RIGHT of the decimal point  in Base 10. 

What is the Thousandths place? 

400

Won the lottery, spoke French first before English, Cruised across the Atlantic.  This one is TRUE

What is, Spoke French first before English?

400

The number 39 is divisible and these two numbers after 1 and 39.  

What is 3 and 13? 

400

The "key" to Mr. Mahoney's family vacations was to "Key" in into this Florida city for some Deep Sea Fishing.  The "key" to success was to stay in this "Key" town or "Key" location in South Florida.

What is Key West?

What is Florida Keys?

400

This is the kind of fraction that has the numerator larger than the denominator. 

What is an Improper Fraction? 

400

The taking of ideas without crediting the source.

What is plagurizing? 

400

Mr. Mahoney's small colonial hometown is the place where the start of the American Revolution happened in 1776.  It is often called the place where, "The shot heard round the world." 

Where is Old North Bridge or Concord? 

600

The answer to 67 + 56 in Base 8.  

What is 145? 

   67

+ 56

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1  4  5  

600

I work with students as far away as Wyoming and Oregon, I work with students local to this area, I work with students in Florida. Which one is NOT TRUE?

Whst is, "Work with students in Florida? 

600

The number 100 is divisible by each of these numbers between 2 and 10. 

What is 2, 4, 5 and 10
600

His favorite race car driver is this North Carolina family man with a legendary career in NASCAR. His life ended tragically in a race car crash back in 2002.  His son still continues the family tradition of being some of the best NASCAR drivers in this history of this sport.  

Who is Dale Earnheardt?
600

It is the sum of  3/3 + 4/4 + 5/5 + 6/6

What is 4 ? 

600
These are the characteristics that helps each Durham Academy student develop the the important character trait of Morality.  (Name at least 3) 

What is: 

Empathy 

Kindness 

Integrity 

Responsibility

Courage. 

600
Mr. Mahoney used to live near the Grand Place where the flower festival is one of the best in Europe.  He often ate some of the world's best chocolate here while speaking both French and Flemish. 

Where is Brussels or Where is Belgium? 

800

The fourth place value to the left of the decimal point in base 10. 

What is the thousands?

800

Had my gallbladder removed, had a liver transplant, broke my leg.  This one is NOT TRUE. 

What is Broke my leg?

800

This is the only even prime number.

What is two? 

800

Mr. Mahoney loved to do this in the Ocean so he can see fish and sharks.  

Double points to state the word each letter represents. 

What is SCUBA diving?  

Self

Contained

Underwater

Breathing

Apparatus

800
The fraction 5/ 12 is best friends with 35/60 for this reason. 
What is, that they are both the same value. 
800

Using or taking someone else’s possessions without permission.

What is stealing? 

800

Mr. Mahoney lived in this state before moving to North Carolina.  Double points for the name of the town AND the state. 

Where is California?  Where is San Carlos, California? 

1000

This place value is found in base 10 as well as in base 6, base 7, and base 5. 

What is the Ones? 

1000

Grew up in Massachusetts, Grew up in Virginia, Grew up in California.   Which one is TRUE?

What is Grew up in Massachusetts?
1000

If a number is divisible by 9, it is also divisible by this number. 

What is 3?

1000

Mr. Mahoney helps these athletes at Duke improve academically as their learning specialist.  

What are Duke Football players or Duke Basketball players?
1000

This is the number I multiply by to create an equiavalent fraction.   I multiply 2/3 by this number to get 12/18. 

What is 1? 

1000
A Durham Academy Student is moral, happy and this. 

What is Productive? 

1000

Mr. Mahoney would often spend summers in this country where he would visit with friends while going on different safaris around the country.  Often, at the end of the summer, he would head out to the port city of Mombassa for some SCUBA diving in the Indian Ocean. 

Where is Nairobi?  Where is Kenya?  

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