Monday, October 22, 2012

Standard Form OF Equation - page 314 HW answers

Remember:

A, B and C must be integers (no fractions or decimals)
A must be positive  [A > 0 ]
Order must be :  Ax +By = C

Page 314 homework answers:

11) x - y = -5
13) 2x + y = 5
15) 3x + 2y = -20
17) 2x + 3y = -4
19) 4x - 3y = 3
21) x - 2y = -2

23 - 27 answers are in text


Wednesday, September 19, 2012


Rearranging Formulas/Equations - VIDEO HOMEWORK


Click HERE to view Khan Academy Video on Rearranging Formulas/Equations


While viewing please answer these questions to turn in for homework:

1) What formula did he start with?

2) Which variable did he solve for?

3) What step followed multiplying both sides by 2 and simplifying?

4) How many times did you view this video?

5) Did viewing this video improve your understanding of the topic?

Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Property Foldable Directions & Pictures


PROPERTY FOLDABLE   - this is not an art project

Fan four sheets of paper to about ½” apart(vertically), fold hidden fan over to show eight folds, staple couple times near fold.

Top flap reads:  PROPERTIES
Second flap is divided into two titles:
         Addition
         Multiplication
Third flap: Commutative properties
Fourth flap: Associative Properties
Fifth flap: Identity Properties
Sixth flap: is divided into two titles:
           Inverse Property of addition
           Multiplication Property of Zero
Seventh flap: Property of -1
Eighth flap: Distributive property of Multiplication over Addition

Under each flap goes a brief description of the property and two examples, one numeric, the other algebraic.

Most information for addition side is found on page 75 of text
Most information for multiplication side is found on page 89 of text
Much of Distributive Property information is found on page 96 of text