Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Test Info

Test Friday. We will do two practice tests in class before it. Be sure to come to me with questions. If there's something you don't get and you don't tell me, I can't help you. 

1st and 2nd 


See yesterday's post for help with 11.4


3rd-7th

Finish your pre-test. We will check this in class tomorrow.

Pre-Test FAQ

What will the test be like?


2 Questions about Parallel or Perpendicular equations
One substitution word problem
One graphing word problem
2 graphing problems where you are given the equations
2 solving systems where you are given just the equations

How do I find the slope and y-intercept?

The equations you need to do this for are in slope-intercept form. 

Tuesday, April 29, 2014

11.4 Hints

How to get the equations

Number 1:

Relate the prices of the seats.
Relate how much they make for selling all the seats to how much they need to make.
You don't need the total number of seats.

Number 2:

How many points each kind of question is worth=total points
The test has 2 kind of questions for a total of 20 questions

Number 3:

One question is John's order, the other is Serena's order.

Number 4:

The first 2 pictures are equations. Solve them using substitution then figure out the third picture

How to substitute


Solve one of the equations for one variable. The side of this equations are the same, this is always true of equations and is called the Reflexive Property of Equality. Because this variable is the same thing as the other side of the equal sign, you can put the expression in place of the variable.

Turn the variable you solved for in equation 1 to empty parentheses in equation 2. Put the expression that is the same as the variable in those parentheses.

How to solve


The equation you get is just like many that we have solved this year, last year, and in middle school. You use the same old rules. The order of operations, the integer rules, the distributive property, inverse operations, and everything still apply.


I still don't get it

Here's the steps according to PurpleMath
Here's another example
And another

Story to Equations from PurpleMath

Thursday, April 17, 2014

Systems again

Objective

Solve systems of equations by graphing

Agenda

Homework Quiz
Cellphone problem
Start Homework

Homework help/I'm lost


How do I graph the lines?  (or this one)

Khan's Graphing Systems


Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Systems Day 3

Objective

Solve Systems of Equations

Agenda

Homework Questions
Problem 2
Questions
Quiz (if time allows)

I am lost

Try out this video to see a different example. They do the same type of problem but the situation is different and they

Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Systems day 2

Objective

Solve systems of equations by graphing

Agenda

Talk about homework
Quiz (6th only)
Get a new chapter from the book
Start Problem 1 in 11.1

Homework

Finish Problem 1


Monday, April 14, 2014

I Can Do Systems of Equations

Objective

Start Systems of Equations

Agenda

Bellwork (Brainbox)
Classwork
Start Homework

Classwork





Homework

Worksheet

Friday, April 4, 2014

Benchmark FAQ

What is a scatterplot?



From: http://www.mathsisfun.com/data/scatter-xy-plots.html

How do I find GCF when there are letters?

Factor both numbers, treating the variables like prime numbers. List any numbers/variables that both share, then multiply those numbers. Your answer is your GCF.
A different explanation can be found here.

How do I do the views thing?

You are trying to draw the side the question is asking about like you are looking at that side and drawing what you see like it is flat. The activity here makes more sense than just talking about it.

What is f(x)? 

f(x) is a way of writing y that includes the number that you plug in for x.

f(x)=x+2    
f(3)=3+2                    
f(x)=5

What is a parabola?

The graph formed from an equation like y equals x squared. It is shaped like a u.              

How do I do percent change?

Find the change between the 2 amounts.

Plug this in as the part in the percent proportion.

Solve

What is the  ________________________ property?

Here's a link to the properties you should be familiar with. 

(43 askers) How are a square and a rectangle different? (40 askers) How is a square a rhombus?

Check out the definitions on MathIsFun.