November 29-December 3:

STANDARDS:
SDAP 1.1: Computer the range, mean, median and mode of data sets.
SDAP 1.2: Understand how additional data added to sets may affect computations of measures of central tendancy.
SDAP 1.3: Understand how the inclusion or exclusion of outliers affects measures of central tendancy.
MR 2.3: Estimate unknown quatities graphically and solve for them by using logical reasoning and arithmetic and algebraic techniques.
MR 2.4: Use a varety of methods, such as words, numbers, symbols, charts, graphs, tables, diagrams and models to explain mathematical reasoning.

HOMEWORK:
All Students - due Friday, December 10: Share your math portfolio with your family. Remember to explain how to do each of the 8 items in your folder. Have your parent fill out the survey regarding your portfolio.

WEB QUESTION: Be the first person in your class to show Ms. Trask your answer and your work and you could win a prize. The answer to the last week's question was the seventh grade (remember the trick for dividing by 3 - 1+2+3=6 and six is divisible by 3, so 123 is also divisble by 3). You could make 3 groups and each group would have 41 students.

QUESTION: The weather is sure getting colder. In Minnesota the temperature was -8 degrees fahrenheit on Saturday. This was 12 degrees less than the temperature in Indiana on the same day. What was the temperature in Indiana? Make sure you explain your answer.

Good Luck!

Periods 1, 2, 4, 6, 7 Homework for the week of November 22-26:

STANDARDS:

NS 2.4: Determine the least common multiples, greatest common divisor of whole numbers and ust them to solve problems with fractions.

HOMEWORK:
Monday, November 22:
Basic: Worksheet 33 Part A
Intermediate: Worksheet 33 Parts A & B
Advanced: Worksheet 33 Parts A, B & C

Tuesday, November 23:
Everyone: Get your portfolio in order

Wednesday, November 24:
Everyone: Take portfolios home to share with your families

WEB QUESTION: Be the first person in your class to show Ms. Trask your answer and your work and you could win a prize. The answer to the last week's question was 29 pages per day and it would take 15 days to read the book.

QUESTION: At the STEM Academy, there are 113 students in the eighth grade, 123 students in the seventh grade and 137 students in the sixth grade. In which grade can the students be evenly divided into more than one group? How many groups could you make and how many students in each group? Make sure you explain your answer.

Good Luck!

Period 5 Homework for the week of November 22-26:

STANDARDS:
AF 2.1: Convert one unit of measurement to another.
NS 2.1: Solve problems involving addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of positive fractions and explain why a particular operation was used for a given situation.

HOMEWORK:
Monday, November 22:
Intermediate: text p. 178 #16-26 even
Advanced: text p. 178 #26-48 even

Tuesday, November 23:
Intermediate: Practice worksheet 43
Advanced: Challenge worksheet 43

Wednesday, November 24:
All students: take portfolio home to share with families over the holiday.

WEB QUESTION: Be the first person in your class to show Ms. Trask your answer and your work and you could win a prize. The answer to the last week's question was 29 pages per day and it would take 15 days to read the book.

QUESTION: At the STEM Academy, there are 113 students in the eighth grade, 123 students in the seventh grade and 137 students in the sixth grade. In which grade can the students be evenly divided into more than one group? How many groups could you make and how many students in each group? Make sure you explain your answer.

Good Luck!

Period 1, 2, 4, 6, and 7 Homework for the week of November 15-19:

STANDARD:
NS 2.4: Determine the least common multiple and the greatest common divisor of whole numbers and use them to solve problems with fractions.

Quiz on GCD on Wednesday, November 17

HOMEWORK:
Monday, November 15:
Basic: page 133 #1
Intermediate: page 133 #1-2
Advanced: page 133 #1-3

Tuesday, November 16:
Everyone-review for quiz on GCD
Basic: text p. 134 #1-7 all
Intermediate: text p. 134 #8-20 even
Advanced: text p. 134 #22-38 even

Wednesday, November 17:
Basic: Review for Mastery Worksheet 32
Intermediate: Practice Worksheet 32
Advanced: Challenge Worksheet 32

Thursday, November 18:
Basic: text page 138 #1-7 all
Intermediate: text page 138 #8-20 even
Advanced: text page 138 #22-36 even

WEB QUESTION: Be the first person in your class to show Ms. Trask your answer and your work and you could win a prize. The answer to the last week's question was 34. You needed to find a pattern to solve this one.

QUESTION: You want to read a mystery that has 435 pages. If you read the same number of pages per day and the number is a prime number greater than 20, how many pages per day will you read? Make sure you explain your answer.

Good Luck!

Period 5 Homework for the week of November 15-19:

STANDARDS:
NS1.1: Compare and order positive and negative fractions, decimals, and mixed numbers and place them on a number line
NS2.4: Determine the least common multiple and the greatest common divisor of whole numbers; use them to solve problems with fractions.

Chapter 3 Test - Friday, November 19

HOMEWORK:
Monday, November 15:
Intermediate: Challenge 3-4
Advanced: Problem Solving 3-4

Tuesday, November 16:
Intermediate: p. 148 #14-34 even
Advanced: p. 148 #20-50 even

Wednesday, November 17:
Intermediate: p. 152 #2-30 even
Advanced: p. 152-3 #31-43 all

Thursday, November 18:
All Students Review for Chapter 3 Test
Intermediate: p. 167 #4-22 even
Advanced: p. 167 #10-32 even


WEB QUESTION: Be the first person in your class to show Ms. Trask your answer and your work and you could win a prize. The answer to the last week's question was 34. You needed to find a pattern to solve this one.

QUESTION: You want to read a mystery that has 435 pages. If you read the same number of pages per day and the number is a prime number greater than 20, how many pages per day will you read? Make sure you explain your answer.

Good Luck!

Periods 1, 2, 4, 6, and 7 Homework for the week of November 8-12:

STANDARDS:
NS 2.4: Determine the least common multiple and the greatest common divisor of whole numbers and use them to solve problems with fractions.

HOMEWORK:
Monday, November 8:
All groups finish Worksheet 31 Prime Factorization activity

Tuesday, November 9:
Basic: text p. 130 #1-8 all
Intermediate: text p. 130 #22-32 even
Advanced: text p. 130 #22-40 even

WEB QUESTION: Be the first person in your class to show Ms. Trask your answer and your work and you could win a prize. The answer to the last week's question was he didn't line up the decimals before adding. The correct answer was 2.824.

QUESTION: What number comes next in the pattern and how did you find this out?
0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, _____

Good Luck!

Period 5 Homework for the week of November 8-12:

STANDARDS:
NS2.4: Determine the least common multiple and the greatest common divisor of whole numbers; use them to solve problems with fractions.
NS1.1: Compare and order positive and negative fractions, decimals, and mixed numbers

HOMEWORK:
Monday, November 8:
Intermediate: p. 138 #10-20 even;
Advanced: p. 138 #22-40 even

Tuesday, November 9:
Intermediate: p. 144 #22-42 even;
Advanced: p. 144 #26-54 even

WEB QUESTION: Be the first person in your class to show Ms. Trask your answer and your work and you could win a prize. The answer to the last week's question was he didn't line up the decimals before he added the numbers. The correct answer to the problem was 2.824.

QUESTION: What number comes next in the pattern and how did you find this out?
0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, _____

Good Luck!