Finish Up the Test Neatly!

You also need to complete Lesson 6-3, Covering. I am impressed with your understanding of slope.

Similarity and Ratio

You may find this game fun. It gets you thinking about fractions and how to make an object larger or smaller using a ratio. You also need to use fraction concepts to figure how to find a fraction btween one that is too small and a second one that is too large.

Homework:

• Lesson 5-10, finish up the rest of the questions.
• You will receive a take-home test tomorrow. It will be due on Friday.

Probability without Counting

Finish up the few problems in Lesson 5-7. Remember the extra credit problem.

I found a website about ice if you are interested.

Enjoy the Snow...some more!

How is everybody? I wonder what the probability that we would not have school all week was last Friday when we had school?

I am having problems uploading the answers that I scanned. You need to check the answers to the odds in the back of the book. Ill give you the evens from Lesson 5-6 as best as I can type them in.

Lesson 5-6, Covering, answers:
2a. 1,996,415; 2b. about 4.8%; 2c. about 0.488; 2d. 0.5; 2e. answers vary depending on your family.
4a. 25; 4b. 4%; 4c. 48%; 4d. 52%; 4e. complementary
6a. AB-; 6b. O+
8. 25%
10. always
12. You were born on a weekend.

Let me know if you have questions.


Homework for today, Thursday:
Finish Lesson 5-6, Applying and Review. I'll post the answers tonight or tomorrow morning.

Homework for Friday:
Read Lesson 5-7. Pay very close attention to the meaning of percentile.
Answer Covering and Review.

No School!

There will be no school this week so we are going to try to finish up most of Chapter 5. I will email you the answers to Monday's and Tuesday's homework. It may take a while so check your email.

Oh, no! More Snow!

Surprisingly enough, my street was plowed this afternoon. Mass Ave is a mess near Little Flower. The two lanes headed toward downtown D.C. are blocked by huge snow bank.

I do not think we'll be enjoying a wonderful algebra class on Wednesday based on tonight's forecast so stay tuned for more homework.

Do any of you have any questions so far? I'll post some answers tomorrow.

Enjoying the Snow?

I started to shovel my walk this morning. Rosie was no help!

Homework:

1. Lesson 5.5, finish up Review. This is for Monday.
   
2. Lesson 5-6, Covering.

Ask questions. I'll check back later. I'll also post the answers so you can check them. Show all work.

Has anyone in class lost power? I did but only for a short time in the middle of the night. A tree in my back yard fell over but fortunately only damaged a fence.

Enjoy the Snow!

By now you should be ready to check your homework from last night. The answers are on the 7-8 math page.

Today's assignment is Review, Lesson 5-4. There are only ten problems.

I will collect your signed Chapter 4 test and test corrections tomorrow. Those are worth two homework grades.

Some of you are interested in raising your midterm grades. You may complete the following assignment, and pass it in tomorrow for a quiz grade. Write out all your work on lined paper making sure you put the proper heading, i.e. name, date, class, on the upper right hand side and writing Optional Algebra Quiz under the heading.

Optional Algebra Quiz: pp. 320-323, # 10, 22, 24, 28, 32. You must show all work!

One last thing...You MUST comment that you are doing this assignment. I will not accept the optional quiz unless you post a comment telling me you are working on it. Any questions?