Periods 1, 2, 4, 6, 7 Homework for the week of March 21-25:

STANDARDS:
NS 1.3 Use proportions to solve problems. 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.

HOMEWORK:
Monday, March 21:
Basic: p. 260 #1-4 all; Intermediate: p. 260 #5-8 all; Advanced: p. 260-261 #9-15 all

Tuesday, March 22:
Basic: p. 261 #11-12 all; Intermediate: p. 261 #13-15 all; Advanced: p. 261 #16-20 all
Wednesday, March 23:
Basic: p. 264 #1-3 all; Intermediate: p. 264 #5-7 all; Advanced: p. 265 #9-11 all and Also, Portfolios go home with parent letter / evaluation.

Thursday, March 24:
All levels: read over the project list for “If You Hopped Like A Frog”, each student should write down their choice to work on over the spring break.

Friday, March 25:
All levels: work on proportion poster project – due April 18, 2011.

Web Question: Be the first one in your class to give Ms. Trask your work and your answer to the web question and you could win a prize. The answer to last week's question was 7.5 hours. Congratulations to those of you who figured it out.

Question: An 8 foot flagpole casts a shadow that is 6 feet long at the same time as a nearby tree casts a shadow that is 21 feet long. How tall is the tree?

Good Luck!