Sunday, December 12, 2010

Periods 1, 2, 4, 6, & 7 Homework for the week of December 13-17:

STANDARD:
NS 1.1: Compare and order positive and negative fractions, decimals, and mixed numbers and place them on a number line.

HOMEWORK:
Monday, December 13:
All groups: finish dividing the grids into fourths, eighths, and sixteenths

Tuesday, December 14:
Basic: p. 159 #40-56 even
Intermediate: p. 159 #41-57 odd
Advanced: p. 159 #40-57 all

Wednesday, December 15:
Basic: p. 160 #58-68 even
Intermediate: p. 160 #59-69 odd
Advanced: p. 160 #58-70 all

Thursday, December 16:
Basic: p. 160 #72-84 even
Intermediate: p. 161 #20-32 even
Advanced: p. 161 #14-34 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 10 bicycles and 11 tricycles. Congratulations to everyone who solved it!

Question: You go to a shop that sells tricycles. There are 18 wheels in the Wheel Shop. How many tricycles are in the shop? Explain how you know.

Good Luck!

Period 5: Homework for the week of December 13-17:

STANDARD:
MR 2.4:
Use a variety of methods, such as words, numbers, symbols, charts, graphs, tables, diagrams, and models, to explain mathematical reasoning.

HOMEWORK:
Monday, December 13: survey and graph activity

Tuesday, December 14: survey and graph activity

Wednesday, December 15: survey and graph activity

Thursday, December 16: survey and graph activity

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 10 bicycles and 11 tricycles. Congratulations to everyone who solved it!

Question: You go to a shop that sells tricycles. There are 18 wheels in the Wheel Shop. How many tricycles are in the shop? Explain how you know.

Good Luck!

Sunday, December 5, 2010

Periods 1, 2, 4, 6, and 7 Homework for the week of December 6-10:

STANDARD:
NS 1.1:
Compare and order positive and negative fractions, decimals, and mixed numbers and place them on a number line.

Reminder: Portfolio evaluations are due this Friday, December 10.

HOMEWORK:
Monday, December 6:

All groups: Design your new portfolio folder.

Tuesday, December 7:
Basic: page 148 #2-12 even
Intermediate: page 148 #10-24 even
Advanced: page 148 #14-34 even

Wednesday, December 8:
Basic: page 152 #1-10 all
Intermediate: page 152 #12-30 even
Advanced: pages 152-153 #32-44 even

Thursday, December 9:
All groups: finish page 154 Are You Ready to Go On? #1-28 all

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 4 degrees fahrenheit. Congratulations to everyone who solved it!

QUESTION: The holidays are here and as I was driving my parents around we came across a Wheel Shop. They sell tricycles, bicycles and go-carts. The bicycles and go-carts are kept in a separate room from the tricycles. Each bicycle has only one seat and each go-cart has only one seat. There are a total of 21 seats and 54 wheels in this particular part of the shop. How many bicycles and how many go-carts are in the room?

Good Luck!

Period 5 Homework for the week of December 6-10:

STANDARDS:
NS 1.2 (7th grade):
Add, subtract, multiply and divide rational numbers (integers, fractins, and terminating decimals) and take positiverational numbers to whole-number powers.
NS 1.3: Use proportions to solve problems (e.g. determine the value of N if 4/7 = N/21, find the length of a side of a polygon similar to a known polygon). Use cross-multiplication as a method for solving such problems, understanding it as the multiplication of both sides of an equation by a multiplicative inverse.

Reminder: Portfolio evaluations are due this Friday, December 10.

HOMEWORK:
Monday, December 6:
Intermediate: page 204 #10-28 even
Advanced: page 204 #28-40 even

Tuesday, December 7:
Intermediate: Practice Worksheet 48
Advanced: Problem Solving Worksheet 48

Wednesday, December 8:
Intermediate: page 216 #10-24 even
Advanced: page 216 #22-46 even

Thursday, December 9:
Intermediate: page 229 #1-16 all
Advanced: page 229 #2-36 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 4 degrees fahrenheit. Congratulations to everyone who solved it!

QUESTION: The holidays are here and as I was driving my parents around we came across a Wheel Shop. They sell tricycles, bicycles and go-carts. The bicycles and go-carts are kept in a separate room from the tricycles. Each bicycle has only one seat and each go-cart has only one seat. There are a total of 21 seats and 54 wheels in this particular part of the shop. How many bicycles and how many go-carts are in the room?

Good Luck!