8th Grade Math Blog

Quadratic Chapter

noreply@blogger.com (Sheila) — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 22:33:00 +0000

Finish Ch 12 review - this will count in lieu of your ch 12 test.

Read 13.1, 13.2 and 13.4
13.1 - #4 and 7
13.2 - #3 and 7
13.4 - #4, 5, and 6

Please bring $10 for math books!

Dividing and Rationalizing Square Roots

noreply@blogger.com (Sheila) — Fri, 30 May 2008 20:04:00 +0000

1.) Finish 12.6 Set II - last 4 in each.

2.) Next week, we will be discussing quadratics so start previewing chapter 13 this weekend!

Square Roots

noreply@blogger.com (Sheila) — Thu, 29 May 2008 22:50:00 +0000

Finish Set IIs of 12.4 and do last 4 of each for 12.5

Square Roots and Square Roots of Products

noreply@blogger.com (Sheila) — Wed, 21 May 2008 19:58:00 +0000

Set II ALL

Finish 12.1 and 12.2

Wrapping up Fractions/Starting Square Roots

noreply@blogger.com (Sheila) — Tue, 20 May 2008 20:46:00 +0000

1.) Finish #2-11 on the Chapter 11 Set II Review
2.) 12.1 Set II ALL

Multiplying and Dividing Algebraic Fractions

noreply@blogger.com (Sheila) — Mon, 19 May 2008 22:17:00 +0000

11.6 and 11.7 SET II, last 3

Multiplying Algebraic Fractions

noreply@blogger.com (Sheila) — Fri, 16 May 2008 19:15:00 +0000

Chapter 11, Lesson 5

Set II

Due Monday!

More Adding and Subtracting Fractions

noreply@blogger.com (Sheila) — Wed, 14 May 2008 20:44:00 +0000

11.4 - SET II, last three

Adding Algebraic Fractions

noreply@blogger.com (Sheila) — Tue, 13 May 2008 23:01:00 +0000

Complete 11.3 - SET II ALL

Fractions!

noreply@blogger.com (Sheila) — Mon, 12 May 2008 22:17:00 +0000

11.1 and 11.2 - SET II

Last three in each problem. Due tomorrow (Wednesday)

Wrapping up Factoring

noreply@blogger.com (Sheila) — Fri, 09 May 2008 17:09:00 +0000

1.) 10.5 and 10.6 Set II - last three

2.) Chapter 10 Set II Review #2-7

10.1, 10.2, and 10.3

noreply@blogger.com (Sheila) — Wed, 07 May 2008 19:19:00 +0000

Complete Set II of 10.1, 10.2, and 10. 3 and

10.4 #4-6

AND

Complete the Chapter 9 test

All this is due on Friday!

May 6 pow

noreply@blogger.com (Sheila) — Tue, 06 May 2008 21:35:00 +0000

May 6, 2008 POW Name __________________

Option 1: you are standing in line to see a movie. Five more people are ahead of you in line than are behind you. Four times as many people are in line as the number of people who are behind you. How many people are ahead of you in line?

Option 2: What is the mean (average) of the first 300 terms in the following sequence:

1, -2, 3, -4, 5, -6, 7, …

Option 3: Using all the digits 0 through 9 once and only once, create multiples of 4 that will sum to the smallest number possible. Example: 1472 + 956 + 308 = 2736 (This sum is not the smallest number that is possible).

Factoring

noreply@blogger.com (Sheila) — Tue, 06 May 2008 20:31:00 +0000

Chapter 10, lessons 1, 2 and 3

10.1 - #5-9 (last 4)

10.2 -#4-9 (last 3)

10.3 - only #4

Wrapping up Polynomials

noreply@blogger.com (Sheila) — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 19:19:00 +0000

For tomorrow:

1. Finish Set II of 9.6 and 9.7.

2. POW

For after Mexico:

1. Finish the chapter 9 take home test.

Multiplying Fractions

noreply@blogger.com (Sheila) — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 21:07:00 +0000

Algebra group - Complete 9.2 and 9.3

Geometry group - Complete 9.4 and 9.5

Ch 9.1, 9.2 and 9.3

noreply@blogger.com (Sheila) — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:13:00 +0000

We're on a roll!!!

If you are in the faster paced group for the remainder of the year, your assignment is the following:

9.1 #4-9 - last three in each problem

9.2 #4-10 - last three in each problem

9.3 #4-9 - last three in each problem

Otherwise, you are only expected to complete 9.1 and 9.2.

April 21 POW

noreply@blogger.com (Sheila) — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:17:00 +0000

POW – April 21, 2008 Name ________________________

Option 1: The numbers 1 and 9 are two of five counting numbers that produce a sum of 25. Those same five numbers, when multiplied, give a product of 945. What are the other three numbers?

Option 2: A new operation symbol has been created in mathematics. Your task is to determine how the @ operation works. Based on the equations below, what would 7 @ 8 equal?

1 @ 2 = 5
3 @ 4 = 25
4 @ 5 = 41
5 @ 6 = 61
7 @ 8 = ____

Option 3: In 1980, a typical telephone number in the United States contained seven digits. Several areas of the country now must use ten-digit telephone numbers. If the entire country follows, exactly how many different ten-digit telephone numbers are available such that the first digit cannot be a 0 or 1 and the fourth cannot be a 0?

Wrapping up Large Numbers

noreply@blogger.com (Sheila) — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 00:49:00 +0000

8.4 - correct Set II

8.5 - #4-7

Chapter 7 and 8 test

noreply@blogger.com (Sheila) — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 20:33:00 +0000

Due Tomorrow:
1.) Page 385 - #1-4
2.) Chapter 7 Review - Page 289, #15-16
3.) Page 295, #24-25
4.) Page 309, #13-14
5.) Page 317, #22-23

I will not be in school tomorrow (Wednesday). Here is what you will be expected to do while I am away:

Wednesday - Chapter 7 and 8 Test

HW - Read 8.4 and complete Set II. Since you don't have math on Thursday, this will be due on Friday, along with the POW.

Exponents

noreply@blogger.com (Sheila) — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 22:16:00 +0000

1.) Read 8.1, 8.2 and 8.3

2.) Page 343 #4-8, Page 348 #4-8, Page 355 #4-6

POW – April 14, 2008 Name ________________________

Option 1: Arranging heights

Consider these three facts:
a) Jay is shorter than Carrie.
b) Ashley is taller than Duane.
c) If Jay is the tallest, then Ashley is shorter than Ben; otherwise, Jay is the second shortest and Ashley is not the tallest.

Using those three facts, list the four people (Ashley, Jay, Carrie, and Duane) in order from shortest to tallest.

Option 2: Taking Stock Problem

A farmer had 19 animals on his farm—some chickens and some cows. He also knew that there were a total of 62 legs on the animals on the farm. How many of each kind of animal did he have? Use a visual form of representation to solve this problem.

Review

noreply@blogger.com (Sheila) — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 00:06:00 +0000

Set II Review - #1-6, and #10-11

Study for test!

7.1, 7.2, 7.5 Review

noreply@blogger.com (Sheila) — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 20:00:00 +0000

Chapter 7 Review - Set I page 336, #1-6

Graph and 7.5

noreply@blogger.com (Sheila) — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 19:54:00 +0000

1.) Finish graph from bouncing ball activity.

2.) 7.5 #11-13 in Set II

Graphing Simultaneous Equations

noreply@blogger.com (Sheila) — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 19:19:00 +0000

Chapter 7, lesson 5
#5 and #7