1/8/2008 Pre Algebra - Rational Numbers

Students took notes regarding rational numbers.  We defined them and then wrote various numbers (whole numbers, mixed numbers & decimals) as rational numbers.  Students did an in class assignment that we turned in before class was over.

In Class Assignment:

pages 222-223 #'s 20-42 even, 50-60 even

1/8/2008 Algebra 1 - Chapter 6 Refresher

Today we reviewed all that we had previously learned in Chapter 6 up to this point. Students took some notes over some example problems (solving one-step inequalities, flipping the inequality symbol, solving multi-step inequalities, solving compound inequalities) and then practiced on some problems from the book. Students will be taking a quiz over these sections on Wednesday, which will be taken as an in-class grade.

Homework:

Review for Wednesday's quiz

1/8/2008 Applied Geometry - Ratio & Proportion

Welcome back! Today we began Chapter 7 which focuses on Similar Triangles. First we reviewed ratio & proportions, which will be used in the second section for similar triangles. Ratios compares 2 numbers by division & a proportion is an equation stating two ratios are equal. We went through our vocabulary and example problems on the board. Additional example problems for this section can be found at the following links ( section 1 & section 2 ).

Homework:

pages 457-458 #'s 3-10, 13, 22-24, 26, 35-36

worksheet will be due Thursday

paper is due by Friday @ the end of the day