7th grade Math

Using shadows to figure out heights

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ACE

Option 1:

page 64 - #2-4, 8 and 10

Option 2:

page 65 - #4, 6, 8, 10, and 16

Due Wednesday

Weekend HW

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ACE

page 33-34 - #2-5

page 24-25 - #9 and 12

POW

Similarity some more

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1.) Page 24-25, #9 and #12

2.) Page 33-34 #2-6

3.) POW

Summer

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Think about MATH! Learn your math facts!

Have fun!

Last HW Assignment

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7 P
1.) Work on the SKUNK analysis worksheet

2.) ALL MISSING WORK DUE THURSDAY!

7 Q
1.) Work on worksheet - use http://www.rcdb.com/rhr.htm

2.) ALL MISSING WORK DUE THURSDAY!

Math Sem party tomorrow :)

Due Wednesday

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Sorry about the late post, 7th graders. This is due tomorrow!

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!
Posted by Sheila at 3:29 PM

Counting Down

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7 P

1.) Make up any missing work.

2.) #33 on page 73

7 Q
1.) Dealing Down Report

Distribution and Order of Operations

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7 P-

1.) Finish 4.3 (I will be doing a homework check on the last 3 assignments tomorrow)
2.) Page 70, #5-7

7 Q-

1.) Make Test Corrections (Due Tomorrow)
2.) Work on Dealing Down Project (Due Thursday)

Distributive Property!

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7P

Page 67 - A through E

7Q

Dealing Down Report due Thursday

Weekend HW

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7P
#3,4, 30 - page 69-70

7Q
Quiz and Math Reflection 4 due Monday

Wrappin up Accentuate the Negative

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Make sure parents sign missing work reports!

7P -

4.2 A-D
#4 page 69 is optional

7Q -
#33-35, 45, 46

More Integers!

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7P -

Worksheet on Integers

7Q -
Page 70, #5-7

optional extra credit:

1.7(2x + 5) = 3(x - 8.1)

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).

Catch up HW

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If you did not complete the homework assigned before trip week, do so before tomorrow.

7P - #2, #8-29 on pages 69-70

7Q - #3-4 and #30-32 and #44 on pages 64-71

BOTH GROUPS:
#36-43 page 74

DUE TOMORROW!

Homework

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7P
#2, #8-29 - page 69-70

7Q
Finish 4.2
#3-4 and #30-32 and #44 on pages 69-72

Take home quiz

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For tomorrow:

1.) Complete the take home quizzes. You may use notes, but no calculators. I'm looking for evidence of your understanding (aka SHOW YOUR WORK!)

2.) POW

Order of Operations

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1. Finish 4.1

2. Study for Quiz

If you're in 7Q, p 74, #36-40.

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?

Math Reflection

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7P and 7Q

Due Tuesday- Math Reflection on page 59.

Study for Quiz (Tuesday).

7th Grade

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Since I will not be here tomorrow and Thursday, here is what you should work on:

7P

Wednesday - Play the Integer Product Game during class. HW - Work on the Fraction and Decimal Packet.

Thursday - Finish playing the Integer Product game. Then, work on 3.4 with your partner.

Due Friday - 3.4 and POW and Fraction/Decimal Packet

7Q

Wednesday - Work on Partner Project during class. Present them at the end of class, if there is time.

Thursday - Play the Integer Product Game. Then, work on 3.4 with your partner.

Due Friday: Project Poster, 3.4, and POW.

There will be a quiz on multiplication and division of integers and rational numbers next week!

Dividing Integers and Rational Numbers

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7P and 7Q

1.) Read page 47 and do 3.3 on page 48 - B Only, not A.

Assignment for 7P - Page 50, #4-6

Assignment for 7Q - Page 50, #5, 6, 8, 28, 31-33

Due Monday!

3.2

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Complete investigation 3.2 at home.

Math Reflection

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7- P and 7 -Q

Finish Math Reflection on page 41.

Fact Families

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7 P
1.) Finish 2.4
2.) Page 35 #17-22

The +/- connection

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7P - #10 and #11 page 34

7Q - #11, 33, 40 Pages 34-38

Subtracting Integers

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1.) Finish 2.2

2.) #6 and 7 on page 33.

3.) POW due Monday!

Adding Integers

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7-P

1.) Finish 2.1

2.) #3 on page 32

7-Q

1.) Finish 2.1

2.) #1, #3, #30 on pages 32 - 35

Change and Integers

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7 P
1.) Finish 1.3 and 1.4
2.) #20-29 AND #36-37 on pages 17 and 18

7 Q
1.) Finish 1.3 and 1.4
2.) #32-38 and #52-54 on pages 18-20
3.) Math Reflection on page 21

St. Patrick's Day POW

2008-03-17T15:57:00.001-07:00

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?

Integers

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7-P

Finish 1.2 and do page 16-17 #9-19

7-Q

Finish 1.2 and do page 17-18, #25 - 31 and page 19, #42 and #43

Intro to Integers

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7-P - Page 16, #1-8

7-Q - Page 16-17, #9-19 and Page 19-20, #44-51

POW Due Friday

Integers and Rational Numbers

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1.) Re-write the problems that use Integers and Rational numbers so that you can switch with someone.

2.) POW due on Friday

If you are in 7-Q please complete:
#6-8 and #39 and #48 (starts on page 16)

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?

Integers and Rational Numbers

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1.) Review notes

2.) Write 3 real-world problems that use Integers and 3 real-world problems that use Rational Numbers (namely decimals).

Pre-Assessment

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Please complete Pre-Assessment. Due Friday.

POW

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This week's POW due Wednesday!

Review and Study

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1.) Complete 2nd page of first packet.

2.) Complete the new worksheet (front and back).

3.) Study for Test. (Monday)

Study

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1. Study for the test

2. First sheet of the worksheet

3. POW (all 3) Due Tuesday

Developing Strategies to Solve Proportions

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Complete 4.3 - A, B, C NOT D

and

#6-14 on page 56

4.2

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1.) Complete 4.2

2.) Page 55 #3-5, 25, and 26

Continuing Proportions

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1.) All missing work from the past two weeks is due tomorrow!

2.) Finish worksheet - This will be collected.

3.) New Missing work slip must be signed by a parent.

4.) Extra credit due in one week.

Corrections

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1. Please complete any homework that you did not do over the weekend. Remember missing work reports go out tomorrow!

2. Quiz corrections also due tomorrow!

Setting up Proportions

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Finish 4.1

Option 1: Page 55, #1, 2, 15-17

Option 2: Page 55, #2, 15-17, 23

Proportions

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1. Read pages 48 and 49 and try to answer the proportion questions. Be ready to complete problem 4.1 tomorrow.

2. POW due tomorrow.

Math Reflection

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1. Complete the Math Reflection on page 47.

2. Study study study for the Quiz (on rates).

3. POW due 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?

What does dividing tell you?

2008-02-12T14:05:00.000-08:00

1.) Finish Problem 3.4

2.) #12 and #27-29

3.) POW due Friday

Study for QUIZ!

Unit Rates

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1.) Finish 3.3

2.) POW due Tuesday

3.) Option 1: page 42 #10-12
Option 2: page 42 #11, page 44 #24-26

quiz on Wednesday!

Distance, Rate, Time

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Option 1: #4-8 pg 41

Option 2: #5-8 pg 41 and 43

This week's POW

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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?

weekend hw

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Option 1: #1-3 pg 40

Option 2: #3 and #33 pg 46

Worksheet

POW

Computing with Fractions and Decimals

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Complete #13-18 on page 43

This week's POW

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Option 1: A pizza restaurant offers circular pepperoni and green pepper pizzas in 3 sizes. The small pizza has diameter 10 inches and sells for $15.20. The medium pizza has diameter 12 inches and sells for $18.85. The large pizza has diameter 14 inches and sells for $22.70. What is the cost per square inch for each size pizza? Express your answer in cents to the nearest whole number.

Option 2: The box for the circular large pizza is a rectangular prism whose length and width are one-half inch greater than the diameter of the circular large pizza and whose height is 1 inch. What is the surface area in square inches of the outside of the box for the circular large pizza?

Option 3: One of the circular large pizzas is placed in the box for a large circular pizza. How many square inches greater is the area of the bottom of the box than the area of the circular large pizza? Express your answer to the nearest whole number.

Option 4: Mr. Reynolds says he will use less material to make a pizza box if he makes a rectangular pizza instead of a circular pizza. He plans to make a rectangular large pizza whose area is equivalent to the area of the circular large pizza in square inches to the nearest whole number. The sides of the rectangular large pizza will be of integer lengths and have the least possible perimeter. The length and width of the bottom and the top of the box will be one-half inch greater than the length and width of the pizza. The sides of the box will be 1 inch high. What is the surface area in square inches of the outside of the box for the rectangular large pizza?

What percent less material will Mr. Reynolds use to make a rectangular large pizza box if he changes from a circular large pizza to a rectangular large pizza of equal area? Express your answer to the nearest whole number.

Study Study Study

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1.) Quiz on Tuesday

Be able to write math comparison statements using ratios, percents, fractions and differences.

2.) Option 1: Page 28, #19
Option 2: Page 28, #19 and #23

Scaling Ratios

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1.) Finish 2.3

2.) Chapter 2 - Math Reflection page 32

3.) Option 1 - Page 25, #6-8
Option 2 - Page 25, #6, 7, 21, and 24

QUIZ on Tuesday!

Scaling Ratios

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1.) Finish 2.3

2.) Chapter 2 - Math Reflection page 32

3.) Option 1 - Page 25, #6-8

Sharing Pizza

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If you're in 7-1:

Read page 20, Do #14-18 on pages 27-28

If you're in 7-2:

Finish 2.2 (Sharing Pizza), Do #14-18 on pages 27-28

AND

complete POW (see below)

Comparing with Ratios, Fractions and Percents

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Due Tuesday:

1.) Starts on page 24, #1-3 and #9-13

2.) Pows- Please pick 2 options. One will count for this week and one for next week.

In the 17th century, Christian Goldbach developed an idea about prime numbers. He stated that every even integer greater than 2 can be written as the sum of two prime numbers. He had strong evidence to support his idea but he was unable to prove that his idea is true. Today this idea is known as Goldbach’s conjecture and still remains to be proven even though there have been many attempts to do so.

OPTION 1: What is the greatest positive difference between two prime numbers whose sum is 18?

OPTION 2: Which two-digit even whole number can be expressed as the sum of two prime numbers whose positive difference is the greatest?

OPTION 3: Another conjecture called the “Weak conjecture” stated by Goldback says that any odd integer greater than 5 can be expressed as the sum of 3 prime numbers. In how many ways can 21 be expressed as the sum of 3 prime numbers?

OPTION 4: In the 18th century Leonhard Euler stated a formula to generate prime numbers. The formula is : P(x) = x2 + x + 17, where x is a whole number. What is the least whole number n such that P(n) is not prime?

Making Comparisons

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Option 1:
starts on page 12 - #8-10 and #36-38

Option 2:
starts on page 12 - #8-10 and #36-41

MISSING WORK DUE TOMORROW!

Ratios, Fractions, Percents Continued

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Option 1: Page 11, #4, 5, 7, 22, 25-30

Option 2: Page 11, #4, 5, 7, 17-21, 30-33

MISSING HOMEWORK DUE TOMORROW!

Comparing and Scaling

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Option 1: Starts on Page 10 - #1, 2, 13, 34

Option 2: Starts on Page 10 - #2, 13-16, 34

Pow is due Monday, January 14.
Extra Credit is due Monday, January 21.
All missing work is due on Thursday!

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?

Fractions Packet

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1.) So that you do not have homework over the holiday, please complete the fractions packet for tomorrow.

2.) Bring a cartoon or comic. We will use them in class on Thursday.

3.) Bring your stretching and shrinking book. These must be returned before the holidays.

4.) Turn in your credit card project. The project is worth 30 points and if you do not turn it in, it is a 0 out of 30.

Holiday Extra Credit

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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.

Study Study Study

2007-12-18T13:04:00.001-08:00

1. Study for Stretching and Shrinking Unit Test!

2. Bring missing hw slip signed by a parent.

3. Bring a cartoon or comic for Thursday

Finding Heights Using Shadows

2007-12-14T10:59:00.000-08:00

Forgot to post yesterday. Here is the assignment that was due today:

Level 1: page 57 #24-28
OR
Level 2: pages 56-57 #23-28

Homework due TUESDAY:
Level 1: pages 64-65 #1-4
OR
Level 2: pages 64-66 #2, 3, 7, 13

Credit Card Project due Tuesday

Stretching and Shrinking Test on Wednesday

Map Scales

2007-12-11T13:37:00.000-08:00

1.) Finish problem 4.4, page 46 (complete C and D) Due Thurs.

2.) You have to complete one of the following:

Level 1: #10-14 Pages 51-53 Due Thurs.

Level 2: #12-14 AND #21-22 Pages 51-55 Due Thurs.

3.) POW due Friday

This week's POW options

2007-12-10T10:46:00.000-08:00

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.

Spend Spend Spend

2007-12-08T07:47:00.000-08:00

Due Tuesday:

1. Credit Card Project - Spend, Spend, Spend - Part II

2. Next three pages on percents in packet

If you have any questions about either of these items, Monday would be a good day to seek me out to ask. That way, you can have everything completed for Tuesday (our next class).

Scaling Up

2007-12-05T14:35:00.000-08:00

Two levels:

Option 1 (easier) - Starts page 47; #1-4, #6, #15-19

Option 2 (more of a challenge) Starts page 48; #4-9, #15-20

Due Thursday

Using math to solve mysteries!

2007-12-04T12:24:00.000-08:00

Due Wednesday:

1.) 4.1 page 42 - Answer all of the questions in your math notebook.

2.) Complete the quiz, which is now a homework assignment.

3.) Start credit card project. (Part 1 is due Friday)

Subdividing to find Rep-tiles

2007-11-29T10:32:00.000-08:00

Homework due Friday:

1. Page 35 #9; Page 37 #15, Page 38 #17 - #20.

2. Vocabulary Sheet (can be used when taking your quiz)

3. Quiz on Friday - Dee will be the sub.

Due Monday:

Questions Please POW

Rep-tiles

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1.) Determine which figures are rep-tiles. Trace and cut out at least 5 shapes and determine if the figures are rep-tiles. This is 3.2 on page 30 and you can cut out shapes from the sheet I handed out.

2.) Page 33-35, #1-7 ACE questions

NOTE: Math Seminar will meet tomorrow during lunch.

Finish the Wump Hats

2007-11-20T14:43:00.000-08:00

Due in one week on Tuesday.

1.) Finish Wump Hats on the grids

2.) Page 23-24 #6-10 (#14 page 26 is optional)

3.) Ana or Ivy's POW

4.) Test Corrections/Make up test

Happy Thanksgiving!

Wump Hats

2007-11-16T13:03:00.000-08:00

1.) Draw Hat 1 on the blank grid - page 21 in the book

2.) #2, 4, and 5 on pages 22 and 23 (Challenge #14 on page 26)

3.) Finish table if you have not already (page 20) in your notebook

Wump Family

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For tomorrow:

1. Finish drawing the WUMP family (and label the points on the table

2. POW

Stretching and Shrinking

2007-11-14T14:26:00.000-08:00

Your homework for tomorrow is the following:

1.) Business Plan Due, presentations in class

2.) Also write a paragraph describing your efforts toward the project and then rate each of your team members and write a sentence about what they contributed to the project.

3.) Do #1-4, pages 9 and 10 in your new book, Stretching and Shrinking

Finish test

2007-11-13T15:17:00.000-08:00

1.) Please complete test corrections and finish the test at home. I will collect it tomorrow.

2.) Your business plan project and presentation will be due on Thursday.

3.) Complete the pow from last week and this week.

Self Assessment and POW

2007-11-09T16:54:00.000-08:00

1.) Complete 1 of the 2 pows on the board. Here is 1 option:

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!

2.) Complete the Self-Assessment. Turn in on Monday!

Wrapping up Variables and Patterns

2007-11-08T11:06:00.001-08:00

1.) Everyone Finish #13-20

Then do either Level 1 homework or Level 2 homework:

Level 1 - #38-42

OR

Level 2 - #48-49

2.) Self- Assessment - Do this first as it will help you prepare for the test which is on Tables, Graphs and Equations (Chapters 1, 2 and 3)

3.) Make sure your Math Reflection is completed in your notebook. (see page 63 in book)

4.) POW

Work on Business Plans and STUDY!

2007-11-07T13:05:00.000-08:00

Your assignment for tonight is to work on your business plans with your group. Use the template from 3.3 as an example to calculate profit, revenue and expense.

Study for the test, which is Friday!

More Equations (multiple operations)

2007-11-06T15:49:00.000-08:00

Everyone must finish 3.2 (excluding #5)

Homework Options:

Level 1: #9-12

Level 2: #28-37

Level 3: #44-47

You must do one of the above. If you're not sure which one you should do, pick a problem or two from each level.

Variables and Patterns Test is on Friday.

Business Plan presentations next Tuesday!

Equations

2007-10-31T15:40:00.000-07:00

1.) Finish 3.1 D and E (if you did not do so in class)

And

Option 1: #2, 3, 6, 7 (after page 56) - This assignment applies what we've done in class.

OR

Option 2: #25-27, 43, 6, 7 - This assignment applies and extends what we've done in class.

Choose the one that you feel is at your level. If you understand the material and feel it's easy for you, do Option 2. If you find the material to be challenging, do Option 1.

Work on the business plan with your group!!!!

Business Plan Groups

2007-10-30T11:12:00.000-07:00

Communicate with each other and meet outside of class! There is a lot of work to be done and you will have to complete by next week. Inform members who are absent what was missed.

Writing Equations

2007-10-29T18:04:00.000-07:00

1.) Begin working on business plan group project.

2.) page 55 #1 and page 56 #4-5

Everyday Math

2007-10-19T14:45:00.000-07:00

I will not see you al ofl next week :( So please, make it a point to keep thinking about how math shows up all around you in your everyday life.

HW: Your only homework is to think about mathematics everyday while you're on your Sequoia or Mural trips. Type up a challenging math problem that you solved during the week and bring it in on Monday, October 29.

Have a wonderful week!

What's the Story?

2007-10-17T16:25:00.000-07:00

Homework for Friday:

1.) 2.3 pages 33-34

2.) Quiz on Friday - Content will be from 2.1 and 2.2

3.) 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.

Bicycle Tour Operation

2007-10-15T15:54:00.000-07:00

1.) Homework for Wednesday:

#6 page 38
#22 page 46
#23 page 46 and 47

2.) POW (Due on Friday, Oct. 19):
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?

3.) Quiz on Friday

Weekend Homework

2007-10-11T18:51:00.000-07:00

Finish problem 2.2 if you did not do so in class.

Pow is due on Tuesday!

Renting Bicycles

2007-10-10T13:31:00.000-07:00

Finish 2.1 on page 31 if you did not do so in class.

Homework:

#3-4 pages 36-37
#15-16 page 42

Optional: #20-21

This week's POW: Due Monday!

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.

Weekend Assignment

2007-10-04T16:34:00.000-07:00

Due Tuesday!

1.) POW

2.) #10-12 on pages 21 and 22, #25 on page 25

3.) Optional problems - #29 and #30 on page 28

Light Assignment

2007-10-03T14:33:00.000-07:00

October 2, 2007

Work on POW (due Tuesday):

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?

Looking at Price and Profit

2007-09-27T17:54:00.000-07:00

Tonight's assignment: Due Friday

1.) Finish 1.4 (if you have not already)

2.) #28 on page 27 - How does the price of sweatshirts relate to the profit?

3.) POW

On Tuesday, you will have a check-up quiz, so be studying the math concepts and vocabulary. Also remember to complete your notebook assessment rubric for Tuesday!

Graphing Galore

2007-09-26T14:19:00.000-07:00

Light assignment tonight:

Page 27, #27

Remember to work on the POW, which is due Friday.

Interpreting graphs

2007-09-25T11:16:00.000-07:00

Tonight's homework is to:

1. Finish the weekend homework assignment (#4, #5, and #26)

2. Do #6-9 on pages 19-21

3. Begin working on the POW

We will finish problem 1.3 (pages 10-11) tomorrow in class.

Weekend Homework

2007-09-21T12:49:00.000-07:00

We're going to contiue working on making coordinate graphs. You assignment is:
#4 on page 17
#5 on page 18
#26 on page 26

Also be sure to share the links that I've added under "For Parents" with your parents!

Have a wonderful weekend!

Making Tables and Graphs

2007-09-20T17:39:00.001-07:00

Homework for tomorrow:

1.) POW

2.) Revised autobiography

3.) pages 15-16, #1-3 and page 24 #18-20

Connections

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

Due tomorrow:

1.) Page 23- 13-17

Variables and Patterns

2007-09-18T12:42:00.000-07:00

We are starting a new unit - Variables and Patterns. Please remember to bring your book home and to class everyday.

Your homework for tonight is:

1.) Look through your new book

2) Read pages 2-5

3.) Copy down the questions on page 4 into your math notebook. Please keep 3 spaces between each question so you can answer them later.

Due Friday:

1.) POW

Final Rafting Project

2007-09-14T14:37:00.000-07:00

The rafting project is due on Monday! For those students who did not measure the dimensions of the main room, use the following:

Length - 33 feet
Width - 24 feet
Height - 10 feet

The cfs for the day was 1,466.

Finish Math Autobiography
Parents Responses to blog questions

Have a great weekend!