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Friday, February 26, 2016

HOW TO MAKE A “ FEW WORDS” TALK




            This situation happens with such unfailing regularly that, although obviously you cannot be prepared for the specific occasion, you can give some thought to preparation in a general way.


YOUR SPEECH PLAN

1.      State a view point
2.      Support it
3.      Summarize and conclude

State a view point

            What could your view point be? Well, there are countless depending upon the particular circumstances and conditions surrounding the meeting.

Suggested points:

ü  Did you enjoy the warm welcome?
ü  The meal?
ü  The drinks?
ü  The entertainment?
ü  The new meeting place?
ü  The general planning?
ü  The presence of new member? Of old members?
ü  The efficacy of the master of ceremonies? Of the presiding officer?
ü  The fellowship

These are just suggestions, each of which can be broken down into a number of subheadings.

Support it

            Under this heading, offer some evidence to support the opinion you have just stated.

You may do this in a serious vein, if you wish, or in a humorous one, it you prefer.


Summarize and conclude:

Suggested conclusions:

·         Briefly review the point you have made
·         Close with a suitable question
·         Tell an appropriate story or anecdote


ILLUSTRATION


            OCCASION: Rotary Club Meeting

            SPEAKER: A Member

            Mr. President and gentlemen:

                        Viewpoint. This has been a most interesting meeting – until now.

                        I’m no speaker, nor can I produce any evidence that I ever claimed to be.

However, after participating in the Jaycees Effective Speaking Seminar sponsored by the local; Jaycees that gave me a very keen appreciation of those who do speak well, I’d  like to confine my brief remarks upon the speaking ability of our guests speaker as well as the members of our club.

Support. I really believe that tonight has been an outstanding night in the history of our organization.
We have listened to an instructive and inspiring address from our guests speaker and we have conducted the agenda of our meeting with efficiency and dispatch.

I noticed that some our new members were on their feet and that they took an active part in all proceedings. I should like to congratulate those younger members upon their initiative.

Conclusion. To me, Mr. president, this has been a wonderful evening because of a delightful address and the encouraging signs of interests displayed by our new members.

Let’s all give them a great, big round of applause.


SUGGESTIONS

1.      Keep your remarks brief.
2.      Do not antagonize anyone with the sentiments you express.
3.      Let your congratulations be your basic theme.

Source: Hands Out RBEC Seminar 2001

How to Make An Address of Welcome



            Here is another speech situation which occurs frequently.

            You may be called upon to deliver an address of welcome to a visitor or a group of visitors or to the whole audience.

            It makes it imperative for you, therefore, to master the following speech plan that will always come to your rescue and one you can readily employ.


YOUR SPEECH PLAN

1.      Refer to the occasion
2.      Express goodwill
3.      Mention the achievement of your guests
4.      Extend welcome


EXPLANATION

            Refer to the Occasion

                        Make your opening serve as a reference to the occasion for the meeting.

            Express Goodwill

                        Be sure to include a distinct expression of goodwill.

                        Make your guests feel at home. Make them feel glad they came.

                        Make them to come back again.


            Suggested points:

ü  Mention the name of your visitors as the case may be and the organization they represent.
ü  Express your pleasure for their presence
ü  Say that their attendance is indispensable for the success of your gathering.
ü  Express the hope that your visitors will enjoy the proceedings and the entertainment.
ü  Assure them that future visits of the group being welcomed will be most awaited by your organization.
ü  Mention that mutual benefits will accrue from the participation of the welcomed group in the program.
ü  Suggests that all members of the host organization are just too willing to answer questions and to serve in every way possible.
ü  If you are welcoming new members, say how fortunate you are to have them on your organization.
ü  Say that you value their help and admire their spirit of brotherhood
ü  Say that their talent and experience will immensely find expression in your organization.

Mention the achievements of your guests

            If necessary, secure all information about your visitors before they arrive. Include one or two achievements of your guests in this part of your talk.


Express welcome

            Formally welcome your guest or guests into your midst. A sentence or two will do.


ILLUSTRATION

OCCASION: Meeting of the Lions Club of Makati

SPEAKER: The president of the Club

Fellow Lions

            Occasion. This is one of the highlights of my year in office. Since becoming president of the Makati Lions, I have found out that such an office has many advantages. It provides numerous occasions on which a citizen can render service. It also furnished the setting for a delightful evening such as this.

            Goodwill. Dear five finalists from the Caltex Beauty contest: we, the Lions of Makati, are most fortunate at this chance to have a respite from our daily hectic grind to refresh ourselves by mingling with such a lovely bunch of vivacious feminine pulchritude.

            Your presences make us proud to behold the paragon of Filipino womanhood.

            Achievements. Frankly, the Makati Lions have looked forward to entertain guests this evening. You, Misses Caltex Finalists, can be sure that you spread cheer not only to the young swains who would have gladly kissed the very grounds you trod on during your nationwide campaign, but also to aging Lions like me.

            It is therefore with a young heart, and eyes a glow with admiration at your beauty that express our happiness to have you with us tonight as our guests.


SUGGESTIONS

            Try to express your thought in graceful language. Remember you are speaking to a group of guests on behalf of their hosts, and a good host will always be thoughtful considerate and kindly in his conversation with his guests.


Source: Hands Out RBEC Seminar 2001

How to Give the Opening Remarks



This is a very commons speech situation since nearly all formal gatherings where a program is prepared needs someone who will give the opening remarks.

Through apparently a simple assignment, its role is of considerable importance for in a large extent it sets the tone and atmosphere of the entire proceedings.
Here are the steps suggested for easy use.


YOUR SPEECH PLAN

1.      Refer to the occasion
2.      Express goodwill


EXPLANATION

Refer to the occasion
            Tell your audience the purpose of the gathering. What is its significance to the participants, to the audience and to the community? What interesting parts of the program await you listeners? What benefits will they derive from their attendance of participation in such an affair?

Express goodwill

            This second step to your opening remarks should be a pleasant one for you.

            Here you will praise the people who have come for the occasion.

By your words and locations make your audience feel glad they came. Make them realize the importance of their presence.

            You can also extend a word of welcome if you wish.


ILLUSTRATION

OCCASION: Voice of Democracy Contest Sponsored by the Malolos Jaycees.

SPEAKER: The voice of Democracy Committee Chairman

Honored guest, members of the board of judges, heads of schools and members of the faculties of the schools represented, beloved parents, dear students, ladies and gentlemen:

Occasion:Every year the Jaycees of Malolos conduct the Voice of Democracy Oratorical contest.

The VOD, as this contest is more popularly known, is a nationwide project of the Philippine Jaycees.

            Its main purpose is to encourage third year and fourth year high school students throughout the country to speak about the democratic way of life in an atmosphere of friendly competition.

            Thus, through VOD, the youth of the nation is afforded a chance to express this idea for which democracy stands and in the process their audience, both young and old, learns of their thoughts their hopes and frustrations, their dreams.

            As to who, among these contestant, will win the three gold medals and trophies for their respective schools – your guess is as good as mine or the person beside you.

            But this we know: the best orator this afternoon will represented Malolos in the regional finals next month in San Fernando, Pampanga. There he or she will vie with other local winners to represent Central Luzon at the Grand National Finals in December to be held at the prestigious Meralco Theater in Pasig, Rizal.

            Goodwill. How happy are we indeed to have with us ten contestants from the different high schools of our town. We appreciate, too, the big number of students, faculty members and even heads of their schools in our midst.

            Of course, we acknowledge the presence of the parents, relatives and friends of our contestant. Their presence will certainly lend moral support and make the competition a keenly contested once.

            We are particularly glad that all three members of the board of judges whom we have invited all expert in the field of effective speaking – have come all the way from Manila to lend us their time and talents.

            You will no doubt agree that all these indicate another interesting VOD Oratorical Contests in our Beloved town of Malolos.

            And so, to all our audience, the Malolos Jaycees say – welcome.
            To each of our youthful and talented orators we say – the best of luck.


Source: Hands Out RBEC Seminar 2001



                  
            

Sunday, January 24, 2016

DepEd – MTAP Math Challenge
GRADE V
1.      Write “four million, thirty four thousand, eighty” in Hindu-Arabic Numerals.
2.      What digit is in ten thousands place in 73 764 789?
3.      What is the smallest digit that can be placed in the blank to make 2_563>22562?
4.      How many times as great is the value of the underlined 7 than 7 which is not underlined in 97 856 754?
5.      How many times will you multiply 10 by itself to get 1 000 000?
6.      How many P500-bills are equal to P12 000.00?
7.      Round 45 872 871 to the nearest ten thousand.
8.      What number us 6 245 more than 34 657?
9.      What is the largest prime number lower than 10?
10.  What is the product of the prime numbers less than 10?
11.  Which of 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 is/are not factor/s of 1 260?
12.  What 5 x  + 7 x  + 9 x  + 7 in standard form.
13.  What is the GCF of 15 and 30?
14.  Write the LCM of 15 and 30 as product of its prime factors.
15.  How many multiples of 10 are there in numbers 1 to 328?
16.  What is the remainder when 5 439 is divided by 36?
17.  In 43 _32 what is the highest digit that can be placed in the blank to make the number divisible by 8?
18.  What digit can be placed in the blank that will make 8_4 – 357 = 517 a true sentence?
19.  If you have P150, how many apples that cost P8.50 each can you buy?
20.  A rectangular tank is 1.8m long, 1.4m wide and 1.2 high. What is its volume in letters?
21.  What is 14 x 30 ÷ 15?
22.  What is the value of  –
23.  The even number is 918 is twice what odd number?
24.  In three tests, Rod got 56, 48 and 76. What was his average score?
25.  Change 145/7 to a mixed number?
26.  How many 84ths are equal to 5/7?
27.  Reduce 156/221 to lowest terms.
28.  I multiplied 11111 x 11111, what us the largest even digit in the product?
29.  The ratio of Grade 4 to Grade 5 pupils is 3:5. The ratio of Grade 5 to Grade 6 pupils is 5:7, if there are 55 pupils in Grade V, how many Grade 6 are there?
30.  Marga has a few boxes of muffins. Each box contains 14 muffins and costs P73.00. If she sells each muffin for P8.50, how much is her profit for selling 5 boxes of muffins?
31.  A car tank is 3/5 full. After using 6 liters, it is only 9/20 full. How many liters does it hold when full?
32.  Thrity men can do a job in 6 days. How many men with equal ability are needed to finish the same job in four days?
33.  The sum of five consecutive counting numbers is 185, what is the sum of all the digits of these numbers?
34.  Fourty-five percent of the teachers in Grade V are females, what is the ration of male teachers to the female teachers in Grade V?
35.  When the clock reads 103:30, what kind of angle is formed by the hands of the clock?
36.  Michael left his office and drove 45 minutes to a meeting that lasted 2 hours and 20 minutes. He drove another 20 minutes before arriving home at 5:00 p.m. What time did he leave his office?
37.  An aquarium is 40 x 30 x 50. If it contains 48 000 cubic cm of water, what percent of its capacity is not filled with water?
38.  In a pyramid with square base, how many triangular faces are there?
39.  A rectangular field is 25 meter by 30 meter. If Miko runs around it 3.5 times and he runs for 50 meters per minute. How long will it take him to complete 5 rounds
40.  The vertex angle of an isosceles triangle is  more than the base angle. Find the measurement of each angle.
41.  The perimeter of a square is twice the perimeter of an equilateral triangle. How long is the side of a square if the side of an equilateral triangle is 20cm?
42.  Jose has a rectangular block of wood that measures 30cm x 15cm x 45 cm. if he wants to cut it in cubes that measures 5cm x 5cm x 5cm, how many smaller cubes would there be?
43.  The perimeter of a garden measures 34 meters. If the width is 7 cm shorter than the length, what is the area of the garden?
44.  A rectangle is 12cm long and 5cm wide. What is its diagonal?
45.  A board measuring 216 square dm is to be cut into 3 pieces in the ratio of 2:4:3, what is the smallest size of board that can be cut from it?
46.  A rectangle is 3 cm by 12 cm. If a minimum number of such rectangles are placed side by side to form a square, what is the area of the square?
47.  What is the area of a lot with the length of 15  m and width of 8m?
48.  A family uses a circle graph to represent its monthly expenses. If 45% is spent on food, how many degrees is the sector in the circle graph for food?
49.  There are bicycles and tricycles parked along a road. There are 29 wheel and 11 vehicles. How many bicycles are there?
50.  The marked price P240.00 of a dress includes a 20% gain. What is its buying price?
METROBANK-MTAP-DEPED MATH CHALLENGE DISTRICT ELIMINATION
GRADE VI
1.      Supply the missing number: 3, 8, 15, 24, __, __, 63.
2.      Complete the following pattern: 1, 8, 27, 64, __, 216.
3.      The sum of five times a number and twelve is 32. Find the number.
4.      The sum of two numbers is 50 and their difference is 12. What are the two numbers?
5.      The average of 10 numbers is 12. If one number is removed, the average is 11. What number is removed?
6.      Find the result of the following : 4 +{8 –[V5 +( 8 – 3 – 4)]} = ______
7.      Write the correct value on the blank: 3 +10 ÷ 5 x 2 + 4 – (4 + 3 x 2) = _____
8.      Write the correct operation sign ( +, -, x, ÷ ) to get the indicated results. Use a sign once in every number: 5 ___ 7 ___ 10 ___ 1 ___ 5 = 40
9.      How many 25 cents are there in a thousand?
10.  IF an apple cost P25.00 per 3 pieces, an orange P5.00 each and a pear P10.00 per 3 pieces, how much will Sally pay if she wants to buy a dozen of each?
11.  Timmy saw a 30% shoe sale in a supermarket. The discounted price of the shoes is 840 pesos. How much is the original price of the shoes?
12.  If the area of rectangle is 52  and the length is twice the width increased by five. What is the length and width of the rectangle?
13.  A paint mixture contains yellow, blue and red in a 3 : 2 : 1 ration respectively. If the mixture contains twelve pints are there altogether?
14.  The number of telephones in Pasig City is 48, 000. If there are 375 phones per 00 people, what is the total population of Pasig City?
15.  The average grade of 10 students on a test is 74%. What should be the grade of the eleventh students to bring new class average to 75%?
16.  One – twelfth of the product of 8, 3 and 2 is ____.
17.  Arrange the following fractions from least to greatest: 
18.  Dividing by 2 is the same as multiply by a decimal number _______
19.  On a test of 50 questions, Randy answered 47 correctly. How many percent did he answer incorrectly?
20.  A trader raises the price of a P100 – item by 20%. After finding that he cannot sell the item at the higher price; he discounts it by 20%. What is the final price of the item?
21.  15% of 500 is equal to 7.5% of _____.
22.  In planning for an outing, the group purchases enough hotdogs to allow each of the 30 expected persons who will join 5 hotdogs. If 5 fewer actually joined, how much more hotdogs will each one get?
23.  10 sacks of palay need 4 days to dry under the sun. How many days are needed to dry 100 sacks of palay under the same condition in another place?
24.  A 140 cm stick is cut so that one part is  of the other. How long is the shorter segment?
25.  There are 570 students in school. If the ratio of the female to male is 7:12. How many male students are there?
26.  Find the average of all numbers from 1 to 100 that end in 8.
27.  A shirt costs a man P488.00 after he received a 20% discount. What is the original cost of the shirt?
28.  Instead of multiplying the number by 17, Jose divided it by 17. If the answer he obtained was 1, what should have been the correct answer?
29.  Is the ratio of the circumference to the diameter of all circles always the same?
30.  How many ’s are there in ?
31.  What will be the effect in volume of a rectangular prism if each of its dimensions is doubled?
32.  The area of a rectangular lot is 414 and the perimeter is 82 ft. what are the dimensions of the rectangular lot?
33.  In a bag of marbles, the ration of the number of green marbles to the number of blue marbles is 4 to 5. If there are 48 marbles, how many blue marbles are in the bag?
34.  A certain factory employs 60 workers. If 4 out of every 5 workers are married, how many married workers are employed by factory?
35.  Which of the following: 48, 36, 18, 54, 72 Is divisible by 2, 3, and 6 but not by 18?
36.  How many factors do 18 and 24 have in common?
37.  A group of six members gathered for a special meeting. Each member has to shake hands with all the other members. Find the total number of handshakes made?
38.  A student has 4 different books. In how many ways can he arrange them in bookshelf?
39.  A card is drawn from a deck. What is the probability that the card drawn is an ace?
40.  A basket of 20 apples, three of which are rotten. If an apple is selected, what is the probability that it is good?
41.  Joshua studied for 19.25 hours over a period of 4.05 days. On the average, how much did he study each day?
42.  A vendor delivered 12.3 kg, 7.0kg, 19.65kg, 2.34kg, 0.235 kg and 19kg of mange fruits to different fruit stores. How many kg in all did he deliver?
43.  Ronald is buying a mobile phone. He will save P650.00 if he gets 20%. What is the original price of the phone?
44.  A triangle has a perimeter of 180 cm. the lengths of three sides are in the ratio of
5 : 7 : 8. What is the length of the longest side?
45.  The rice field land preparation can be completed by 8 farmers in 25 days. If 7 more farmers join the team 5 days after starting work on the job, how many more days are needed to complete the job?
46.  It takes 85 identical rectangular prism/ solid to fill  of a cube. If each rectangular prism has a volume 7 . What is the volume of the box?
47.  If the length of a rectangle is increased by 30% and its width is increased by 60%, by what percentage is the area increased?
48.  The measures of the angles of a triangle are in the ratio 3 : 7 : 8. What is the measure of the second to largest angle?
49.  If two angles are complementary and one measure 73.4, what is the measure of the other angle?
50.  What is the sum of -15, -38, + 45 and +12?
















District Mathematics Competition
Team Competition (pupil Category)


Easy:
1.      What is the 78/10 in mixed form in lowest term?
2.      How many eights are there in 5?
3.      What number multiplied by itself will have the same product as 4 and 9?
4.      What is the Greatest Common Factor of 12, 18, and 36?
5.      The product of two numbers is 1 if one number is 2/3, what is the other number?
6.      Write in Roman Numerals the number that is 1 greater than 49.
7.      Subtract 360 from the sum of 345 and 365.
8.      A streamer is 3.5 m long. How long is it in centimetres?
9.      If you change 320 pesos in 5 peso coins, how many coins will you have?
10.  How much more is the product of 4x4 than the sum of 4 and 4?


Average:

1.      The total length of all the edges of a cubes is 72 cm, what is its volume?
2.      In a grocery store apple cost P 18 each. If I buy a dozen at a vendor outside, the apple cost P185 a dozen. How much would I save If I buy outside?
3.      Give three fractions between ½ and ¾?
4.      The product of two number is 78. Their sum is 19. What is their difference?
5.      What is the largest number that rounds to 4500?

Difficult:

1.      Carlo is 2/3 as old as Gina. The Difference of their age is 5. How old is Gina?
2.      What is the product of the prime numbers less than 10?
3.      The product of two factors is 15 5/6 and one of the factor is 3 1/3, what is the other factor?
4.      Ester’s weekly allowance is 500 pesos. Her daily expenses for food are: P 50 for lunch and P25 for snacks. She does not go to school during Saturdays and Sundays. How much is left with Ester each week for her savings and other expenses?
5.      A meter of cloth cost P78.50. How much will 2,5 m cost?


Clincher:

1.      How many 2/3 are there in 6/9?
2.      An apple cost P11.00, how much do I dozen apple cost?
3.      There are 16 glasses on the table. Seven of them are small. What fraction of the glasses are big?
Answers: Grade V



1.      IVXXXIVLXXX
2.      6
3.      2
4.      10,000 times  
5.      6 times
6.      24
7.      458 70000
8.      40902
9.      47
10.  210
11.  8
12.  507, 907
13.  15
14.  2x3x5=30
15.  32
16.  3
17.  8
18.  7
19.  17
20.  3024L
21.  28
22.  37
23.  459
24.  60
25.  20 5/7
26.  60
27.  12/17
28.  5
29.  77
30.  230
31.  40L
32.  45
33.  50
34.  9:13
35.  Obtuse angles
36.  1:35 pm
37.  20%
38.  4
39.  11 mins.
40.  , ,
41.  30 cm.
42.  162
43.  0.721275
44.  13 cm
45.  48
46.  144
47.  136 ½
48. 
49. 
50.  200

GRADE VI

1.      35, 48
2.      125
3.      4
4.      31, 19
5.      21
6.      6
7.      1
8.      -, +, /, x
9.      4,000
10.  200
11.  1200
12.  13, 4
13.  BONUS
14.  128,000
15.  85
16.  4
17.  4/9,  ½, 8/15
18.  0.5
19.  6%
20.  96
21.  1000
22.  1
23.  40
24.  60 CM
25.  360
26.  53
27.  610
28.  289
29.  YES
30.  8/9
31.  8 TIMES
32.  23ft, 18 ft
33.  25
34.  48
35.  48
36.  4
37.  15
38.  24
39.  `1/13
40.  17/20
41.  4.75309
42.  70.852
43.  3250
44.  72cm
45.  19.6   10 2/3
46.  1785m
47.  208%
48. 
49. 
50. 

TEAM COMPETITION

Easy:
1.      7 4/5
2.      40
3.      6
4.      6
5.      1 ½
6.      L
7.      350
8.      350 CM
9.      64
10.  8

Average;
1.      216
2.      31.00
3.      9/16, 10/16, and 11/16
4.      7
5.      4,999