BMS Math 8-2

Number Sequences

2008-06-03T15:32:00.000-07:00

17.1 Set II #5, 8

17.2 Set II, #4, 11

17.3 #6, 12

Also, please bring $10 for textbook replacements tomorrow!

Fractional Equations HW

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

Due Tuesday:

15.1 - #5 e-h, 6 i and j, 7 ALL

15.2 - #4 a-e, and #6 g and h

15.3 - #4 and #5 ALL

15.4 - #4 and #7 ALL

15.5 - #4, #5 (b, d, f) and #8

Real Numbers

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14.1 - #4, 9 and 12

14.2 #5, 6, and 9

14.3 #6, 9 and 10

14.4 #4 and 8

14.5 # 5 and 9

Memorial Day Assignment

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7 P

1. Finish on page 2 of packet
2. Know and be able to give examples of the Properties we learned (Commutative, Associative, Identity, Zero and Distributive). There will be a short quiz next week

7 Q

Complete 2.3 (2.1 and 2.2 should have been finished in class!)

Enjoy the holiday!

Projects

2008-05-21T13:00:00.000-07:00

End of year projects...

By Tuesday, you should have completed 5 problems from each lesson of your chapter. Also, I need lesson plans for your part of the presentation including MATERIALS.

Presentations start Wednesday!

End of Year Project

2008-05-20T13:47:00.000-07:00

Finish the first 2 lessons of your assigned chapter. Continue researching and thinking about your presentation. Tomorrow will be spent working on your lesson plan within your group. Come prepared to discuss your chapter and work!

Work on End of Year Project

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End of Year Algebra Project

Featuring:

• The Real Numbers

• Fractional Equations

• Number Sequences

Goals:
They say that to really learn something really well, you must be able to teach it. The plan for this project is for you to learn and master one of the three remaining chapters and then be able to provide appropriate lessons to teach your peers what you have learned. Included in this should be a lesson with visual aids, activities that extend the work, a real world application (ie a word problem that your students can solve) and finally, an assignment of 10 meaningful problems that you will give for homework.

What to do each day – all to be done as a group:

1) Read each lesson from the chapter and do at least 5 Set II problems from each lesson. Ask if something is unclear.
2) Research other books’ methods to teaching the same topic. Look for applications and extensions. (You may use the teachers’ editions of the different books for different ideas of how to teach the topic AND the Internet for real world application). You must have at least 3 different sources for this project (only one of which can be a website).
3) Design a lesson plan with activities, visual aids and a problem set as homework.

The Lesson Plan should include the following headings:
Title:
Objective:
Materials:
Step-by-Step Procedures:
Assignment:

Inequalities

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16.1 and 16.2 - SET II for both.

Wrapping up Quadratics

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Because of ERB week, we will not have an in-class chapter 13 test. Instead, you will be turning in your SET I review homework which will count in lieu of the chapter 13 test. You may skip #3. I expect to see all work shown on your paper.

Chapter 13, Set I Review is due on Wednesday at the beginning of class.

Quadratic Formula and the Discriminant

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1.) 13.7 - #4-6 ALL and #7-10 last two (ie C and D if the problem has A-D)

2.) 13.8 - READ Pages 647 and 648 and do #4-10 - last three

3.) Memorize the Quadratic Formula

Completing the Square

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Chapter 13, Lessons 1 - 6

Make sure you complete all set II. We will work on Quadratic Formula on Friday!

May 6 pow

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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).

Solving by completing the square

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Finish all lessons until 13.6

Remember to solve quadratics, there are 5 methods:

1.) Graphing
2.) Square Roots
3.) Factoring
4.) Completing the square
5.) Quadratic Formula

You should know 4 out of the 5 by tomorrow!

Solving Quadratics by factoring and square root methods

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1.) Chapter 13, lessons 4 and 5 - Complete Set II for each.

2.) Also, complete any test corrections!

3.) Pow

13.3

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Set II

Graphing Quadratics

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Chapter 13, lesson 2 Set II for tomorrow!

April 21 POW

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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?

Beginning Quadratics

2008-04-18T17:50:00.000-07:00

Read Chapter 13, complete set II for Monday!

Radical Equations

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Read 12.7 - Complete Set II for Wednesday

In class Wednesday, go over Set II from 12.7. Then, complete Set II review.

Your chapter test will be on Friday. POW is also due on Friday!

Dividing Square Roots

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

1.) 12.6 - Set II

2.) Catch up with all work. Test is Wednesday.

3.) POW this week - POW – April 14 Due Friday 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.

Multiplying Square Roots

2008-04-11T14:39:00.000-07:00

Though I have not yet taught it, I would like you to complete 12.5 - Set II for Monday. It is self-explanatory. Read the lesson and look at the examples carefully.

12.5 Due Monday!

12.4

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Set II

Chapter 12, Lesson 3

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Read the lesson and Do set II.

Chapter 12, lesson 2

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Set II

Intro to Square Roots

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1.) Complete Chapter 12, Lesson 1 - Set I

2.) Read Chapter 12, Lesson 2

3.) Learn the first 15 Squares!

Review and Study

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For the Chapter 11 test.

Review and Study

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Find the concepts most difficult for you and study those areas. Re-work problems that were troubling for you. Set II Review is optional.

Test on Monday!
POW due Monday!

Complex Fractions

2008-03-20T17:10:00.000-07:00

1. Finish Set II of 11.8.
2. Test next week.
3. POW due Monday

St. Patrick's Day POW

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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?

11.6 and 11.7

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Set II of both Lessons.

Pow - due on Friday!

Multiplying Fractions

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11.5 - Set I and II

11.6 - Read and take notes. Do Set I.

11.4

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Complete set I and II of 11.4

Pow due tomorrow

Algebraic Fractions

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11.2 and 11.3 -- SET II only

Pow due on Friday

March 9 POW

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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?

Intro to Fractions

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1.) Read Chapter 11.1 and take notes

2.) Do Set I and II

Study Factoring

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1.) Take notes on chapter 10

2.) Complete Chapter 10 Review Set II

10.7

2008-02-27T12:30:00.000-08:00

More Factoring!

10.7 Set I and II

AND

POW (All 3)

Due Friday!

Trinomials

2008-02-26T13:37:00.001-08:00

Chapter 10, Lesson 6 - Set I and II ALL

Factoring 2nd degree polynomials

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Chapter 10, lessons 4 and 5

Do only SET II (Last 4 in each problem - For example: e, f, g, h or i, j, k, l)
No Set I

Due tomorrow

POW due on Friday

Factoring Polynomials

2008-02-22T11:02:00.001-08:00

10.3

Set I and II

More Factoring

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1.) Read Chapter 10, lesson 2 and take notes.

2.) Complete Set I and II. I will do a homework check on Friday for both assignments.

3.) Bring textbook number if you have not already.

4.) See me if you need to retake the test. This must be done before Friday!

Study for test and begin factoring

2008-02-15T13:46:00.000-08:00

1.) Bring textbook from home for inventory.

2.) Chapter 9 Review - SET II. Check answers and use this to study for your test, which is on Wednesday.

3.) Chapter 10, lesson 1 - Set I and II.

Dividing Polynomials

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Chapter 9, Lesson 7
Set I and II

+

POW

=

Assignments to be completed by Friday!

Feb. 11 week's POW

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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?

Squaring binomials

2008-02-12T11:52:00.000-08:00

Chapter 9, lesson 6 - Set I and II

Multiplying Polynomials

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Chapter 9, Lesson 4 - Set I - #3 and Set II - #6-7

Chapter 9, Lesson 5 - Set I - #1 and #3 and Set II- ALL

adding and subtracting polynomials

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

Chapter 9, lesson 2 (set I and II) and lesson 3 (set II only)

POW

Polynomials

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ch 9 lesson 1 set I and II

This week's POW

2008-02-04T11:24:00.001-08:00

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?

Exponential Functions

2008-01-30T13:54:00.001-08:00

Chapter 8, lesson 7 - Read the intro, and complete Set I and #4-7 in Set II.

Test is on MONDAY!

Properties of Exponents

2008-01-25T10:15:00.000-08:00

Read Chapter 8, Lessons 3 AND 4.

DO:
8.3 - Set I and II
8.4 - Set II

Intro to Exponents

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Chapter 8, Lesson 1

Read the lesson, Do Set I and Set II.

Mixture Problems and Review for Test

2008-01-17T11:53:00.000-08:00

1.) Mixture Problems, chapter 7, lesson 7 - Set I and II

2.) Review for test - Set II

The Chapter 7 Test is on Tuesday

3.) POW - Pick one option

Option 1: 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.

Option 2: 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.

Option 3: 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.

7.5 and 7.6

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1. Inconsistent and Equivalent Equations - Set II

2. Solving by substitution - Set I and Set II (minus a few problems if you demonstrated understanding in class)

3. POW

All due Thursday! See me tomorrow if something is unclear

More Simultaneous Equations

2008-01-08T15:39:00.000-08:00

Chapter 7, Lesson 3

1.) Set I - #1 A and C only; Set II - All

2.) Complete all missing homework by Thursday for credit this quarter

3.) Extra Credit assignment is due Thursday for credit this quarter OR in 2 weeks for credit next quarter.

January 7 Problems of the Week

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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?

Continue Simultaneous Equations

2007-12-19T13:27:00.000-08:00

Chapter 7, Lesson 1 and 2. Finish these before Friday so you do not have homework over the holiday.

The extra credit project is due on Tuesday, January 8, 2008. See entry below for details.

Holiday Extra Credit

2007-12-18T13:06:00.001-08:00

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.

Simultaneous Equations

2007-12-18T13:03:00.001-08:00

1. Chapter 7, Lesson 1 - Set I, II, and IV (EC)

2. Bring missing hw slip signed by a parent.

Chapter 6 Review

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Test tomorrow!

Slope-Intercept Form

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Chapter 6, Lesson 6 - Set I, II, and IV - Please hand your notebook to me on Monday morning before school, so I can grade your assignments and hand them back to you in Math Class.

If you were absent, download Slope and Slope-Intercept Powerpoints.

http://edweb.tusd.k12.az.us/bowmang/Alg1PwrPnt.htm

http://edweb.tusd.k12.az.us/bowmang/IntAlgPwrPnt.html

Intercepts and Slopes

2007-12-12T13:32:00.000-08:00

Due Friday:

1.) Chapter 6, Lesson 4 and 5 - Set I, II and IV

2.) POW

Chapter 6, Lesson 3

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Complete Chapter 6, Lesson 3 for Wednesday. Set I, II and IV (EC).

POW due Friday.

This week's POW options

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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.

Formulas

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Due Monday:

Chapter 6, Lesson 2 - Set I, II and IV (if you wish).

Chapter 6

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Read, take notes and complete Set I and II of Chapter 6 Lesson 1.

This is due Friday!

Chapter 5 Test

2007-12-04T12:26:00.000-08:00

To study for the test, which is tomorrow:

1. Read the review and Complete Set II of the problem set on pages 231-235. Then check the answers and review the concepts that are difficult for you.

2. Complete the worksheet and work on speed in solving equations.

Equations Test tomorrow!

Rate Problems

2007-11-29T10:23:00.000-08:00

I will be in Monterrey for a math conference on Friday. Dee will be your sub. You will work on Rate problems (chapter 5, lesson 8). Read the lesson, take notes, and complete Set II and III. (NOT Set I) Set IV is extra credit. This is due Monday.

Your chapter 5 test is Tuesday.

Your POW is due Monday.

Have a good weekend!

Area and DRT

2007-11-28T13:03:00.001-08:00

1. Chapter 5, Lessons 6 and 7 (Length and Area AND Distance, Rate, Time Lessons) - Set I, II, and IV (E.C.)

2. POW

3. Chapter 5 Test on Tuesday

MATH SEMINAR

2007-11-27T14:03:00.000-08:00

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!

Test Prep

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1.) Finish Test prep packet. Time yourself on each drill.

2.) Worksheet - Parts 1 and 3

3.) POW

More Equations

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Due Monday

1. Finish up test prep packet - p 77 - 86

2. Chapter 5, Lessons 4 and 5 - Set I, II and IV (E.C.)

3. Ana or Ivy's Pow

Happy Thanksgiving!

Test Prep

2007-11-19T11:00:00.000-08:00

Work on the SSAT/ISEE test prep packet (p 77-86), timing yourself on each drill. We will go over these and discuss them tomorrow. Read each section carefully before doing the drills. It's good for you!

Your chapter 5, lessons 4 and 5 are due after the holiday.

Equations and Inverse Operations

2007-11-16T13:07:00.000-08:00

1.)Page 189, Set II #7-9

2.) Read pages 193-195, Do #5-10

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

4.) Test corrections - with the right answer and WHY you got it wrong.

DUE MONDAY!

Equations with one variable

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Due Friday:

Read Chapter 5, Lesson 1 and take notes - Do Set I, II and IV (Extra credit)

Pow

Review and Study

2007-11-13T15:23:00.000-08:00

1. Review and study for the Chapter 4 Rational Numbers exam. This is not an easy one so take the review seriously. Complete pages 178 and 179 (Set II) and check your answers in the back.

Buena suerte!

2. Remember the POW is due on Friday.

More Graphing (yippie!)

2007-11-09T16:53:00.003-08:00

For Monday:

Complete Chapter 4, Lesson 5 (graphing with rational numbers). Set I, II and IV.

Approximations

2007-11-07T13:03:00.000-08:00

HW: Due Friday

1.) Chapter 4, Lesson 4 - Set I, II, and IV (E.C)

2.) Decimals Test Prep - Don't use calculators!

3.) POW

Absolute Value and More Rational Numbers

2007-11-06T15:51:00.001-08:00

1.) Chapter 4 Lesson 2 and 3. Set I, II and IV. Do each number but skip letters (ie. Do a, c, e, g…)

2.) POW

Introduction to Rational Numbers

2007-11-05T15:05:00.001-08:00

Read pages 150 - 152 on Rational Numbers.

Take Notes. In your notes, you must include:

-A definition of rational numbers.

-Copy down example 1 into your notes.

Homework:

Chapter 4, Lesson 1 (Set I, II, and IV)

This week's POWs (Due Friday):

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!

Wrapping up Integers

2007-10-30T10:54:00.001-07:00

You will have a test on INTEGERS tomorrow!!

Homework:
1.) Finish 3.7 (Several Operations) if you have not already.

2.) Complete Set II page 147

3.) Complete the Halloween Horrors story! A prize will be given to the winner. :)

Work on Integers

2007-10-19T14:22:00.000-07:00

Homework for next week:

1.) Continue test prep - work through the examples in the packet.

2.) Work on the Integers chapter of the book - 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7. Be prepared to take a test on 10/30.

3.) Think about math everyday while you're on your trips!

Test Prep and POW

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

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

For Monday (10/29):
In chapter 3, do Set I, II and IV for Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication and Division.

You will have a test on chapter 3 on 10/30.

More on the Coordinate Graph

2007-10-17T10:45:00.000-07:00

Homework Due Thurs:

Page 117 and 118 - Set I, II, and IV (Extra Credit)

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.

Coordinate Graph

2007-10-11T18:49:00.000-07:00

Set II page 75 EVENS

Tomorrow you will have a sub. Be on your best behavior.

Test tomorrow

2007-10-10T13:37:00.001-07:00

Review and study!

Buena suerte :)

Inverse Variations

2007-10-09T15:50:00.001-07:00

Homework:

1) Set I, II, and IV (extra credit) for Inverse Variation

2) Study for Chapter 2 exam, which is on Thursday

3.) Organize your notebook and complete rubric (collecting on Thurs)

4.) This week's POW (Due 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

2007-10-03T14:37:00.000-07:00

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.) Linear Functions - Set II and Set IV (extra credit)

4.) 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?

The Coordinate Graph

2007-09-26T14:23:00.001-07:00

1.) Coordinate Graph - Do Set I, II, and IV

2.) Test corrections

3.) POW

ALL DUE FRIDAY!

Intro to functions

2007-09-25T11:20:00.000-07:00

Homework for tonight:

Read pages 66-67
Do set I and II on pages 67-69 (Set IV is extra credit)

Work on POW

Summarize and Review

2007-09-24T21:46:00.000-07:00

Quiz tomorrow!

Read p59 and do set II on page 62.

Good luck!

The Distributive Property

2007-09-21T12:55:00.000-07:00

Weekend Homework:

Set I and Set II (Odds) on page 55
Set IV is extra credit

Review and Study for your first QUIZ!

Parentheses

2007-09-19T12:03:00.000-07:00

Due Friday:

Parentheses - page 48: Set I and Set II (Set IV is Extra Credit)

Revise your math autobiography!

POW (use rubric)

First Quiz: Tuesday!

Zero/One & Several Operations

2007-09-18T12:48:00.000-07:00

Due tomorrow:
Zero and One : (page 35-38) Set I and Set II All, Set IV - Extra Credit

Several Operations: (pages 42-43) Set I and Set II All, Set IV - Extra Credit

Due Friday:
POW
Response to autobio

Review, Correct and Organize

2007-09-17T17:16:00.000-07:00

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. See rubric for method of assessment.

Raising to a Power

2007-09-14T14:32:00.000-07:00

9/14/07

Set II - All
Set IV - Extra Credit
Make a graph of the paper folding activity (number of folds and number of layers)
Math Autobiography
Parent Responses to Blog Questions

Multiplication and Division

2007-09-12T14:49:00.002-07:00

Multiplication (begins on p. 19)
Set I - ODD
Set II - 13, 17
Set III - 24
Set IV - ALL

Division (begins on p. 23)
Set I - ODD
Set II - 14, 15
Set III - 20, 23
Set IV - Extra Credit

Addition and Subtraction Homework

2007-09-12T14:49:00.001-07:00

9/11/07

Tonight's Homework:
Addition – p. 8 -11
Set I – All
Set II – 11, 13, 16
Set III – 21
Set IV – Finish Number puzzle

Subtraction – p 13 -16
Set I – All
Set II – 15, 17
Set III- 19, 24

Continue:
POW (problem of the week)
Autobiography
Blog questions (for parents). Email them to Skanchwala@bmsonline.org

First Week Assignment

2007-09-12T14:48:00.001-07:00

Your homework for this week is as follows:

1. Visit the blogspot with a parent and have them read the introduction and answer the questions about you. They can email me the answers at Skanchwala@bmsonline.org or you can print out a copy and turn it in to me.

2. Write your math autobiography (Due Sept. 17). Including your goals for the year. Here are some guiding questions:
How do you feel about math, and why?
What topics come easy to you and what do you find difficult?
What do you want others to learn about you as a learner of mathematics?
What supports your math learning?
What gets in the way of learning math?

3. Number Tricks

Getting to know your student

2007-09-12T14:47:00.000-07:00

Dear Parent,

I’d like to get to know your student as quickly as possible this year. Would you please answer the following questions and send them back to school with your child tomorrow?

Thank you.
Sheila Kanchwala

About My Student

My child’s name (please print) _____________________________

My name ________________________________________________

1.) What is important for me to know about your child?

2.) How does your child feel about math?

3.) What do you feel is the most important aspect about teaching and/or learning math?