Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Intro to Rate Problems

Read chapter 5, lesson pages 225-227.

Do Set I on page 228 AND #4 and #5 in Set II.

Chapter 5 test will be next WEDNESDAY!

Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Review of Chapter 5

1.) Finish review worksheet - I will collect tomorrow.

2.) Chapter 5, Lesson 8 - Set I

Friday, January 25, 2008

Chapter 5, Lesson 7

Continue working on Distance, Rate and Time. Chapter 5, Lesson 7 - Set III.

Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Length and Area

Chapter 5, Lesson 6 - Length and Area

Complete Set I and II

Thursday, January 17, 2008

Chapter 5, Lesson 5

1. More on Solving Equations

Do Set I and II

2. POW - Pick one

Martin Luther King Jr. was born on January 15, 1929. His birthday is celebrated each year as a national holiday on the third Monday of January. What is the earliest date in January the nation can celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday? What is the latest date in January the nation can celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday? What is the probability Martin Luther King Jr.’s actual birth date falls on the third Monday in January? Express your answer as a common fraction.

On August 28, 1963 Martin Luther King Jr. led a march of approximately 250,000 people from the nation’s Capitol to the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. His speech at the Lincoln Memorial included increasing the minimum wage from $1.15 per hour to $2.00 per hour. Congress increased the federal minimum wage from $1.15 to $1.25 per hour in 1963. The federal minimum wage did not reach $2.00 per hour until 1974. What is the positive difference between the percent increase in the minimum wage passed by congress in 1963 and the percent increase requested by Martin Luther King Jr. in his speech? Express your answer to the nearest tenth.

Assume the federal minimum wage was $1.15 per hour on September 1, 1963 and $2.00 per hour on September 1, 1974. Assume the federal minimum wage increased annually on September 1 by r percent of the previous year’s wage for each of the years during this time period. What is the value of r? Express your answer as a decimal to the nearest tenth.

Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Chapter 5, Lesson 4 continued

Complete sets I, II and III of chapter 5 lesson 4.

Be able to identify the properties: commutative, distributive and associative.

Tuesday, January 8, 2008

Equivalent Equations

Chapter 5, Lesson 4 -

1.) Read pages 200-203. Look over each example in detail.

2.) Do Set I only

3.) Complete all missing homework before Thursday

4.) Extra credit due Thursday, if you want it to count on this quarter's grade. Otherwise, it is due in 2 weeks.

Sunday, January 6, 2008

January 7 Problems of the Week

Option 1: Tokyo is 9 hours ahead of London and London is 7 hours ahead of Denver. If Denver is 2 hours behind Washington DC, what time is it in Washington DC at the moment 2008 begins in Tokyo?


Option 2: During Jillian’s New Year’s Eve party she wants to have several candles lit. Each candle she plans to use burns at a rate of 5 mL of wax per 15 minutes. One of these candles has a diameter of 8 centimeters and a height of 15 cm. How long will it take the candle to burn down completely? Express your answer to the nearest whole number. (Note: 1 mL = 1 cm3)


Option 3: Mike and Barbara and going to a New Year’s Eve gala and Barbara needs a new dress. She found a dress that is perfect and it is on sale for 20% off. After the discount and a 5% sales tax, the total cost of the dress was $117.60. What was the original price of the dress?