8th Grade Math Blog

Quadratic Chapter

2008-06-03T15:33:00.000-07:00

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

2008-05-30T13:04:00.000-07:00

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

2008-05-29T15:50:00.000-07:00

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

Square Roots and Square Roots of Products

2008-05-21T12:58:00.000-07:00

Set II ALL

Finish 12.1 and 12.2

Wrapping up Fractions/Starting Square Roots

2008-05-20T13:46:00.001-07:00

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

Multiplying and Dividing Algebraic Fractions

2008-05-19T15:17:00.001-07:00

11.6 and 11.7 SET II, last 3

Multiplying Algebraic Fractions

2008-05-16T12:15:00.001-07:00

Chapter 11, Lesson 5

Set II

Due Monday!

More Adding and Subtracting Fractions

2008-05-14T13:44:00.001-07:00

11.4 - SET II, last three

Adding Algebraic Fractions

2008-05-13T16:01:00.001-07:00

Complete 11.3 - SET II ALL

Fractions!

2008-05-12T15:17:00.000-07:00

11.1 and 11.2 - SET II

Last three in each problem. Due tomorrow (Wednesday)

Wrapping up Factoring

2008-05-09T10:09:00.001-07:00

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

2008-05-07T12:19:00.000-07:00

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

2008-05-06T14:35:00.001-07:00

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

2008-05-06T13:31:00.000-07:00

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

2008-04-23T12:19:00.001-07:00

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

2008-04-22T14:07:00.003-07:00

Algebra group - Complete 9.2 and 9.3

Geometry group - Complete 9.4 and 9.5

Ch 9.1, 9.2 and 9.3

2008-04-21T17:13:00.000-07:00

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

2008-04-21T10:17:00.001-07:00

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

2008-04-18T17:49:00.000-07:00

8.4 - correct Set II

8.5 - #4-7

Chapter 7 and 8 test

2008-04-15T13:33:00.000-07:00

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

2008-04-14T15:16:00.000-07:00

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

2008-04-09T17:06:00.000-07:00

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

Study for test!

7.1, 7.2, 7.5 Review

2008-04-08T13:00:00.000-07:00

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

Graph and 7.5

2008-03-27T12:54:00.000-07:00

1.) Finish graph from bouncing ball activity.

2.) 7.5 #11-13 in Set II

Graphing Simultaneous Equations

2008-03-26T12:19:00.000-07:00

Chapter 7, lesson 5
#5 and #7

Adding and Subtracting Simultaneous Equations

2008-03-24T12:28:00.002-07:00

7.1 - #7, 9, 11, 13

7.2 - #5-15 ODDS only

Adding and Subtracting Simultaneous Equations

2008-03-24T12:28:00.001-07:00

7.1 - #7, 9, 11, 13

7.2 - #5-15 ODDS only

Functions

2008-03-21T14:07:00.001-07:00

1.) Make an XY table that has a pattern.

2.) On the back of the sheet, write a rule or equation using variables. Graph the line.

3.) POW due Monday.

Pattern Growth and Equations

2008-03-20T17:11:00.000-07:00

1.) Go to : http://illuminations.nctm.org/ActivityDetail.aspx?ID=125

2.) Make a drawing or pattern that grows on the isometric drawing paper.

3.) Find a rule or equation that can be used for any given number in the pattern. (Use variables).

7.1

2008-03-18T13:11:00.000-07:00

Complete Set I and II.

Pow due on Monday

St. Patrick's Day POW

2008-03-17T16:02:00.001-07:00

Name ___________________ Date _____________

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

Option 1: Riley sees a rainbow with ends that appear to touch the ground 1 mile apart and reaches a maximum height of 0.5 miles above the ground. If the rainbow is an arc of a circle, how many degrees is the arc that Riley sees?

Option 2: Patti writes Saint Patrick’s Day on a strip of paper and cuts it so that each letter is on its own piece of paper. If she puts all of the letters in a hat what is the probability that she draws all five letters of her name in exactly five draws (without replacement)?

Option 3: While Patrick is driving his car, he notices that the odometer reads 13931 miles. The mileage is a palindrome, a number that reads the same forward as it does backward. Exactly 2 hours later, Patrick notices that the odometer displays a different palindrome. What is the most likely average speed at which the car has been traveling?

Simultaneous Equations

2008-03-14T12:50:00.001-07:00

Read Chapter 7.1 and take notes.

Do Set I.

Chapter 6 Review

2008-03-13T16:02:00.000-07:00

1.) DO Set II Review of Chapter 6

2.) Study for the test. You are allowed one page of notes that you can use on the test

3.) POW due tomorrow

Slope Intercept Form continued

2008-03-12T00:28:00.000-07:00

1.) Complete Set II of 6.6.

2.) Test on Chapter 6 is Friday.

3.) Pow due Friday

March 9 POW

2008-03-10T08:17:00.001-07:00

Option 1: Carolyn, Julie and Roberta share $77 in a ratio of 4:2:1, respectively. How many dollars did Carolyn receive?

Option 2: The arithmetic mean (or average) of A, B and C is 10. The value of A is six less than the value of B, and the value of C is three more than the value of B. What is the value of C?

Option 3: A ball bounces back up 2/3 of the height from which it falls. If the ball is dropped from a height of 243 cm, after how many bounces does the ball first rise less than 30 cm?

Slope-Intercept Form

2008-03-07T11:20:00.000-08:00

1.) Read Chapter 6 lesson 6 and take notes.

2.) Do #1-5 on page 273 and 274.

Slope

2008-03-04T16:29:00.001-08:00

Read Chapter 6, lesson 5

Complete #1-5

Intercepts

2008-02-27T12:32:00.001-08:00

Read Chapter 6, Lesson 4 and take notes

Do Set I

Pow (all 3)

Due Friday!

Graphing and Standard Form

2008-02-26T13:36:00.001-08:00

Complete Chapter 6, Lesson 3 ALL

Correct your mistakes from #4 and 5 and then work on #6-10.

Due tomorrow!

Graphing and Standard Form

2008-02-25T15:14:00.000-08:00

Chapter 6, Lesson 3 - #1-5 ALL

POW due on Friday

Formulas

2008-02-22T11:02:00.000-08:00

6.2 Set II

Formulas

2008-02-20T12:03:00.002-08:00

Chapter 6, Lesson 2 - Due Friday

1.) Read the lesson and take notes.

2.) Complete Set I.

Equations with 2 variables

2008-02-15T13:43:00.000-08:00

1.) Bring textbook from home

2.) Chapter 6, Lesson 1- Set II

3.) Test corrections (Must be on a separate piece of paper. Show all work.)

Equations with two variables

2008-02-13T13:58:00.000-08:00

For Friday:

1. Read Chapter 6, Lesson 1.

2. Do Set I.

3. POW due on Friday also!

Feb. 11 week's POW

2008-02-12T14:32:00.001-08:00

See assignment for today below

Name ________________________ Date ____________

Option 1: Super Tuesday (February 5, 2008 ) has passed and there is still no clear democratic leader in the race for the nomination. The county’s Super Tuesday 2008 turnout set a record with 50 percent of the 362,376 registered voters participating. Prior to 2008, the highest Super Tuesday turnout was in 1988 when 35 percent participated. If the population increased by 5 percent from 1988 to 2008, how many more voters voted in 2008 than in 1988?

Option 2: Once the primary votes are tallied, the states’ delegates are divided up based on the proportion of votes each of the “top” candidates received compared to the other “top” candidates. (“Top” candidates refers to candidates receiving at least 15% of the vote in that state.) In Arizona, Clinton had 51% of the vote and Obama had 42% of the vote. If Arizona has 56 delegates that are tied to the results of the primary, how many delegates did each candidate receive? Disregard any digits after the decimal, and express your answer as a whole number.

Option 3: How many whole numbers less than 1000 contain no 3s but at least one 2?

Study

2008-02-12T11:53:00.001-08:00

Finish the set I review and study for the Chapter 5 test.

Chapter 5 Review Review

2008-02-11T15:21:00.001-08:00

Chapter 5, Set I REVIEW

Test on Wednesday!

chapter 5 review continued

2008-02-06T17:09:00.000-08:00

Please complete the chapter 5 review thoroughly. Show all you work. When you're finished, check your answers in the back and correct any errors. I will be doing a check on Monday to see that this is completed in detail.

POW also due on Monday!

ch 5 review

2008-02-05T13:37:00.000-08:00

Chapter 5 -Set II review

This week's POW

2008-02-04T11:23:00.001-08:00

HAPPY GROUNDHOG'S DAY!

1. Every year on February 2nd in Punxsutawney, PA, Groundhog Phil is called upon to predict how much more winter there will be. If Phil sees his shadow there will be six more weeks of winter, but if he does not see his shadow spring is near. In 2006 Phil saw his shadow. If Phil’s shadow was 25 inches long (when he stands on his back legs) at the same time that a 12 foot tree cast a 15 foot shadow, how tall was Phil, in inches, in 2006?

2. Groundhog Phil’s cousin Henry lives in Moundsville with his family. At the beginning of 2006, Moundsville had a population of 2500 groundhogs but by the beginning of 2008 the population had grown to 3025 groundhogs. If the annual percentage of growth was the same in 2006 as it was in 2007, how many groundhogs lived in Moundsville at the beginning of 2007?

3. Groundhog Henry is digging a new tunnel in a flat field outside of his home. He starts by digging 3 ft straight down and then digs north 4 times the distance that he dug down. At this point Henry digs straight west for 17 ft before running into a boulder. Since he doesn’t know how big the boulder is, he backs up 1 ft and digs 3 ft straight up to the surface. How far is the end of Henry’s tunnel from the beginning of Henry’s tunnel?

Intro to Rate Problems

2008-01-30T13:51:00.000-08:00

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!

Review of Chapter 5

2008-01-29T13:57:00.000-08:00

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

2.) Chapter 5, Lesson 8 - Set I

Chapter 5, Lesson 7

2008-01-25T10:14:00.000-08:00

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

Length and Area

2008-01-22T11:15:00.000-08:00

Chapter 5, Lesson 6 - Length and Area

Complete Set I and II

Chapter 5, Lesson 5

2008-01-17T11:50:00.000-08:00

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.

Chapter 5, Lesson 4 continued

2008-01-15T16:25:00.000-08:00

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

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

Equivalent Equations

2008-01-08T15:37:00.001-08:00

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.

January 7 Problems of the Week

2008-01-06T15:56:00.001-08:00

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?

Equivalent Equations

2007-12-19T13:31:00.000-08:00

1.) Same assignment as yesterday - Chapter 5, Lesson 3.

Over the holidays:

2.) Complete all missing homework and pows (have parent sign the hw slip)

3.) Optional extra credit project - Book report. See entry below for details.

Holiday Extra Credit

2007-12-18T13:05:00.001-08:00

Holiday Extra Credit Opportunity

Here’s your chance to get some extra credit (up to 4% of your grade) over the holiday break. Pick one of the following books and read the entire book. Then, write a book report, explaining in detail each of the math concepts described. Provide examples whenever you can. Remember QUALITY is more important than QUANTITY, but your book report should be at least 2 pages so that you can cover the parts. See rubric for details.

Due: Tuesday January 8, 2008.

1.) The Number Devil, by Hans Magnus Enzenberger
One of my personal favorites. You will learn about many interesting mathematical concepts in this easy-to-read, comical dream world.

2.) The Man Who Counted: A Collection of Mathematical Adventures, by Malba Tahan, Patricia Reid Baquero
A beautifully written set of mathematical and philosophical adventures, sited by many as the book that turned them on to math.

3.) Flatland, by Edwin Abbott
A delightful classic written a long time ago which explores dimensionality: l-D, 2-D, 3-D, 4-D. It also has some outdated social commentary. Great if you like stretching your brain to think about really weird ideas. There are a large number of take-offs on Flatland, including Sphereland, Flatterland, and The Planiverse by various authors.

4.) The Boy Who Reversed Himself, by William Sleator
A novel (for kids) about worlds in 4 and more dimensions.

5.) In Code: A Mathematical Journey, by Sarah Flannery with David Flannery
An engaging autobiography about a young woman’s breakthrough discoveries in cryptography.

Equivalent Equations

2007-12-18T12:51:00.000-08:00

1. Chapter 5, Lesson 3. Set II and II - due tomorrow!

2. Bring your homework slip signed by your parents.

Inverse Operations Continued

2007-12-17T15:16:00.000-08:00

Set II page 189-190 Due tomorrow!

Inverse Operations

2007-12-14T11:07:00.000-08:00

We will continue this lesson on Monday.

Homework: Set 1 page 186

Equations

2007-12-12T13:30:00.000-08:00

Due Friday:

1.) Chapter 5, Lesson 1. Do Set I and II.

2.) POW

Finish Test

2007-12-10T17:24:00.000-08:00

1.) Finish Chapter 4 test and return to me by tomorrow

2.) Test Prep Packet - Complete pages 73-86 by Wednesday. Read each section and complete each drill.

3.) POW due Friday

This week's POW options

2007-12-10T10:48:00.001-08:00

Here are this week's POW options. Choose 1. Due Friday.

POW – due December 14

Option 1. When I was going to St Ives I met a man with seven wives. Each wife had seven sacks and each sack had seven cats. How many legs were there in the group of people and cats that I encountered on my trip to St. Ives? Assume that no one in the group is missing any limbs.

Option 2: When Cinderella’s fairy godmother sent her off to the ball to meet the prince, she had one stipulation: Cinderella had to leave by the stroke of midnight. By the time Cinderella got to the castle, moved through the crowd and met the prince, it was 10:30pm when she finally had her first dance with the prince. If each song lasted 3.5 minutes and they danced the rest of the evening, except for a 20-minute walk they took outside, how many songs did they dance to between 10:30pm and midnight?

Option 3: When the students in Harry Potter’s Spells class at Hogwarts started the year, they knew an average of 10 spells each. Hermione knew the most, 19, and Ron knew the least, 7. If Harry knew 12 spells, what was the average number of spells that each of Hermione, Ron and Harry’s 21 classmates knew at the start of the year? Express your answer as a decimal to the nearest hundredth.

Test Prep

2007-12-08T07:49:00.000-08:00

We will finish up the chapter 4 test on Monday.

Homework for the weekend - pages 73-78 in test prep packet. Read each section carefully and complete the drills.

Review and Study

2007-12-05T14:32:00.000-08:00

Chapter 4 Review and study:

Hw - Set II on page 178-179. Check answers after you finish to see what concepts you need to review.

Chapter 4 Test on Friday!

Graphing more functions

2007-12-04T12:28:00.000-08:00

1.) Complete chapter 4 Lesson 5 (page 172-173), set I and II.

2.) Study for the chapter 4 test.

Approximations

2007-11-29T10:20:00.001-08:00

Due Monday:

1. Chapter 4, lesson 4 - Read the lesson, take notes, and complete Set I and II.

2. POW

Have a good weekend :)

Approximations

2007-11-29T10:20:00.000-08:00

Due Monday:

1. Chapter 4, lesson 4 - Read the lesson, take notes, and complete Set I and II.

2. POW

Have a good weekend :)

Chapter 4, Lessons 2 and 3

2007-11-28T13:04:00.000-08:00

Due Friday

1. Absolute Value and Operations - pages 152 and 153 Set I and II AND pages 158-159, Set 1 and II

2. POW

MATH SEMINAR

2007-11-27T14:00:00.000-08:00

There is still time to join math seminar. We will have our second meeting tomorrow during lunch time. Bring your lunch to the math room. It's not too late to join!

Description:

Math Investigation Seminar Description

Who? Math Investigation Seminar is open to all students who would like to challenge themselves and explore new concepts of mathematics. Students should be prepared to take on high-level thinking and have fun with math!

What? Math Investigation Seminar is designed to supplement and extend the math curriculum, however, much of what we do in Seminar will look very different from what we do in math class. The topics in Math Seminar will revolve around reasoning, logic, and critical thinking skills as these are the building blocks of intellectual inquiry. The Seminar will focus on developing skills through problem solving, puzzles and exposure to a wide range of topics in mathematics. There will be about 30 minutes of homework weekly to be completed for the following seminar.

Where? We will meet in the BMS Middle School Math Room. Once in a while, we may meet after school or join a math circle at another school.

When? Once a week, during lunch/recess time

Why? To challenge yourself and have fun!

Rational Numbers

2007-11-26T15:23:00.000-08:00

1.) Complete Rational Numbers assignment - page 152 and 153 Set I and II

2.) Test Corrections and WHY you got it wrong

3.) Finish test prep packet

Intro to Rational Numbers

2007-11-20T14:46:00.000-08:00

Read Chapter 4, Lesson 1 - Take Notes

Do Set II on Page 152

Ana/Ivy POW due Monday.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Integers Test Tomorrow

2007-11-19T10:35:00.000-08:00

Due tomorrow:

1.) If you did not finish page 141, #5-9, do so for homework.

2.) Set II Review on page 147

3.) Study for the test!

Multiplication and Division of Integers

2007-11-16T13:05:00.001-08:00

1.) POW - many of you did not turn this in

2.) Multiplication - page 132 - 133, #6, 7, 9, 11

3.) Division - page 136, #4, 5, 8-9

Adding and Subtracting Integers

2007-11-14T14:25:00.000-08:00

Complete Chapter 3, lessons 3 and 4 on adding and subtracting integers.

Do only the assigned problems.

Pow due Friday

Integers and More on the Coordinate Graph

2007-11-13T15:21:00.000-08:00

Complete Chapter 3 lessons 1 and 2 for tomorrow. These are on pages 111-112 and 117-118. Check your answers in the back of the book.

Test Prep

2007-11-09T16:51:00.000-08:00

Your homework for the weekend is to read and do part of the test prep packet.

Complete each topic until page 62 and be ready to share your answers in class on Monday.

Study Study Study!

2007-11-07T13:04:00.000-08:00

Test on Friday!

1.) Do Set II of the Chapter 2 Review (Pages 106-107)

2.) POW

Inverse Variation Functions

2007-11-06T15:50:00.001-08:00

1.) HW – page 98-99 Set I and II, EVENS

2.) Study for test (on Friday)

3.) POWs

Linear Functions

2007-11-05T14:58:00.000-08:00

1.) Complete Chapter 2, lessons 3, 4 and 5. (More Functions, Direct Variation and Linear Functions)

2.) Chapter 2 Test on Functions is on Friday - STUDY!

3.) POWs

11/5/07
Lucy bought a pair of jeans and a sweatshirt, originally priced at $22, but on sale now for 15% off. How much was Lucy's total purchase? (Don't forget to add in sales tax at the end; 8.25%)

If you want to do the other POW, copy it from the math board in class!

Direct Variation

2007-10-30T10:50:00.000-07:00

Tonight's Assignment:

1.) Direct Variation - page 86-87 #1-10

2.) Complete the Halloween Horrors Story - A prize will be given to the winner. :)

Test Prep and Everyday Math

2007-10-19T14:43:00.000-07:00

1.) Work through math test prep packet. Go through examples and check your answers.

2.) Look at the diagnostic test you took and re-solve the problems you missed. Find your mistake, why you got it wrong, and correct those questions (showing your work).

3.) Think about math!

Test Prep and POW

2007-10-18T16:04:00.000-07:00

Your homework for Friday:

Diagnostic Test - math sections (I and III only)
Find a quiet space to work through these problems for 50 minutes. Do not spend more than 50 minutes (25 minutes each) on the sections.

POW Due Friday

More Functions

2007-10-17T10:42:00.000-07:00

Your Homework is pages 80 and 81 Set I and Set II ALL (Except #6). Due Thursday.

This week's pow: Due Friday

About how many pennies would have to be piled on top of one another to reach the ceiling of a room that is 8 feet high?

Hint: You can stack pennies on top of each other or side by side.

Weekend Homework

2007-10-11T18:50:00.000-07:00

Integers:

Pg 111, Set I, II and IV

Pow due on Monday!

Functions Continued

2007-10-10T13:35:00.001-07:00

No homework for most students.

Those that were absent or did not do the functions assignment, do that tonight. (Set II pages 68-69)

Make sure you submit test corrections for credit by tomorrow at the latest!

Intro to Functions

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Homework for tomorrow

1.) Set II pages 68-69

2.) Homework Organization and rubric (I will collect tomorrow!)

3.) This week's POW - (due next Tuesday Oct. 16):

October 9, 2007 – This week’s POW

On Monday, October 8th, 2007 we celebrated Indigenous Peoples Day. This is also the day that Columbus is credited with opening the doors for European expansion in the America’s when he mistakenly landed on San Salvador while trying to find an alternate route to Asia. Columbus hypothesized that instead of sailing south and then east around the tip of Africa, he could just sail southwest and get to Asia more easily. When Columbus was planning this voyage he packed provisions based on his calculations of the Earth’s size. Unfortunately, he did not realize that the map he was using was in an Arabic unit of measure and not in the Italian unit of measure he thought. As a result, he calculated the Earth’s circumference to be 25,255 km when it is really 40,008 km. By what percent was his calculation incorrect? Express your answer to the nearest whole number.

Long Weekend Homework

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Your homework is due Tuesday:

1.) Organize notebook - I will collect next week

2.) Fill out rubric, which will be used to assess your notebook

3.) POW - make sure you write your name and show your work!

This week's POW:
Carmen, Jordy, Mariah, and Ronnie each have less than $1.00 to spend at the snack bar. Altogether they have $3.26, all in coins, including 7 quarters, 1 penny, and the same number of dimes as nickels. Each person has 7 coins. They each have a different number of dimes.

Jordy has more dimes but fewer quarters than anyone else.
Ronnie has the most money, and Jordy has the least.
Mariah is the only one who has a penny.
Ronnie has the same number of nickels as Jordy, and Carmen has the same number as Mariah.
Ronnie has the same number of nickels as quarters, but more dimes than nickels.
What combination of coins, and how much money, does each person have?

Continue Parentheses

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We are continuing parentheses:

For Friday:

1.) Set II on Page 49
2.) POW

Parentheses

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Homework:

1.) Finish last night's assignment (if you have not already)

2.) Read pages 46-47

3.) Do set I on page 48

Remember homework should not take you more than 45 minutes to complete. If it does, reduce the assignment by only doing a, c, e, etc.

I will do a homework check tomorrow!

Several Operations

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Review PEMDAS.

Do Set II on pages 42 and 43.

Zero and One

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Weekend Homework:
Set II on page 35

Order of Operations

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Due Friday:

1.) Read pages 33-34
2.) Do Set I on page 35
3.) Revise your math autobiography (respond specifically to my questions)
4.) POW (use rubric)

Raising to a Power

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Due tomorrow:

Finish set I (p. 29)
Do Set II - ALL

Due Friday:

POW
Respond to my notes about your autobiography!

Review, Correct and Organize

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Tonight's homework is to go over Set I's and make sure you've shown your work. From now on, show your work on all written assignments. Remember to split your paper in half and use one column to show work and the other column to show the answer.

I highly recommend buying a binder and looseleaf for class. I do not want any more spiral notebook paper handed in.

This week's POW:
A palindrome is a number that is written the same forward and backward. Some examples include 11, 242, and 909. How many whole-number palindromes exist between 10 and 1,000?

Remember to show your thinking.

Division

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9/14/07

Division - pg 24-27

Set I - Odds
Set II - 11, 14, 15
Set III- 3, 19, 20, 23
Math Autobiography
Parent Responses to Blog

Multiplication

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9/12/07

Homework: Due Friday
Set I - All
Set II - 12, 13, 17
Set III - 21, 24
Set IV - Extra Credit

Problem of the Week (also due Friday)

Due Monday:
Autobiography
Blog Questions (for parents)