Weekend Homework for November 14 and 15

Hello my students. I hope your weekend is going well. Here is the assigned work from class today for the weekend.

First everyone should get into Lumosity.com you can jump off on this page to Brain Power Games. You can also try Shodor (jump off this page) to fraction quiz.

As well everyone should read page 63 and do the Reflect and Check work and then read pages 64-66 and do all Show You Know's. 9-05 please fix posts that need fixing and comment on at least three others questions if you haven't done so. 9-06 read 9-05 posts and comment on their questions.

We will discuss addition and subtraction of fractions on Monday.

November 10 Homework Post

9-06 See post below about what do you know about fractions (in Journal), and do self-evaluation 2.2 "after" and 2.3 "before."

9-05 See post below for what I know about fractions(in Journal), and do self-evaluation 2.2 "after" and 2.3 "before."

See you all on Thursday. Only 4 weeks before the Winter break.

9-06 Homework for Monday Night

9-06 your homework is to complete the extra practice 2.2 sheets. The answers are posted later in this blog. Test tomorrow morning at 9:00 AM Good luck to all. Study hard!!

What Do You Know About Fractions?

9-05 You asked me to post the homework for you today and here it is:
What do you remember about fractions? How do you add, subtract, divide and multiply fractions? What are the parts of a fraction? What is a fraction? Can you name different types of fractions?

Answer Key For Extra Practice 2.2

BLM 2–7 Section 2.2 Extra Practice
1. a) i) Example: 1 + (–3) = –2 ii) –2.58
b) i) Example: –7 + –8 = – 15 ii) –14.92
c) i) Example: 8 – 5 = 3 ii) 2.45
d) i) Example: –3 + 4 = 1 ii) 1.38
e) i) Example: –1 + 2 = 1 ii) 1.241
f) i) Example: 0.5 + 0.1 = 0.6 ii) 0.675
2. a) i) Example: –4 × 7 = –28 ii) –27.3
b) i) Example: –5 × (–9) = 45 ii) 47.43
c) i) Example: –2 ÷ (–1) = 2 ii) 1.2
d) i) Example: 36 ÷ (–4) = –9 ii) –8.5
e) i) Example: 3 × (–4) = –12 ii) –11.34
f) i) Example: –9 ÷ (–0.3) = 30 ii) 26.758
g) i) Example: –6 ÷ 20 = –0.3 ii) –0.273
h) i) Example: –0.3 × (–0.9) = 0.27 ii) 0.264
3. a) i) Example: –6 + (–1) ÷ (–1 + 0) = –5
ii) –5.4
b) i) Example: –2 × (–3) + (–1) × 2 = 4
ii) 5.016
c) i) Example: –6 × (–4) – 1 ÷ 0.5 = 22
ii) 24.04
4. a) 135.25 + (–159.15) = –23.90
b) Camille’s account balance is –$23.90.
5. a) (–12) + (+4) + (–11) + (+9) + (–3) = –13 b) The temperature on Friday was –13 °C.
6. a) 126(2.00) – (130)(1.45) = 63.50
b) The student council earned $63.50 on their birthday card sale.
7. a) 45 – (–63) = 108
b) The difference between the hottest day and coldest day in Canada is 108 °C.
8. a) i) 5.8 – (–8.1) = 13.9 ii) –8.1, –3.2, –0.5, 0.6, 1.8, 2.5, 5.8; median: 0.6 iii) –8.1 + (–3.2) + (–0.5) + 0.6 + 1.8 + 2.5 + 5.8 = –1.1; –1.1 ÷

7 ≈ – 0.16 b) i) 14.2 – (–13.7) = 27.9
ii) –13.7, –7.3, 0, 4.1, 9.1, 12.3, 14.2; median: 4.1 iii) –13.7 + (–7.3) + 0 + 4.1 + 9.1 + 12.3 + 14.2 = 18.7; 18.7 ÷ 7 ≈ 2.67

Hope everyone's weekend is going well. See you all tomorrow.

Have You Travelled the World Lately?

Hello 9-05 and 9-06. I hope you are all busy getting ready for the test next week. I have just completed two copies of the test as you will be writing on seperate days.

For 9-06 your homework is to complete all Apply and Extend questions for Monday pages 60-62 I believe. You also need to check 9-05 blog to see how they have completed the work if you are having difficulty.

For 9-05, first spend some time on Feedjit and see all the places you have travelled since you have started blogging. It is truly amazing the corners of the world you have touched. Enjoy the trip.

Then, Blog post your question. Complete all Apply and Extend and if you are having a hard time give me a shout. I am also in the building tomorrow if you need help.

I also want you to try to complete the workbook section 2.2 and Extra practice 2.2. I will post answers to extra practice tomorrow or Saturday. (This is extra practice and I will not check to see if you have completed the work. Unless you fail the test.)

Homework for 9-05 November 3

All students must complete all questions from Apply and Extend, pages 60 -62. All questions in the apply should have a picture with it and you should also post your picture for the question you will be responsible for. As well you must post your assigned question to the blog. You will label it Rational Numbers, Decimals, and Homework.

Homework For November 2, 2009

9-05 Practice questions #4 or 5, 6 or 7 and 8, 9, 10, 11 on page 60
Continue to fill in the space for adding, subtracting (we need to talk about this) multiplying and dividing decimal numbers.

9-06 Read page 56 and do Show You Know on top of page 57. Finish sentences.