Friday, December 2, 2011

Homework due Dec. 6

page 108, questions 1 - 16
Ratio booklet

Thursday, December 1, 2011

Exam Outline

Grade 8 Midterm Math Exam Topics

1) Rational Numbers (includes fractions and positive and negative decimals) :
· all operations (adding, subtracting, multiplying, dividing)
· Word problems


2) Percent
· Changing fractions to decimals and percent
· Changing percent to fractions and decimals
· Changing decimals to fractions and percent
· Calculate sales tax, sale price, discount, commission, simple interest

3) Ratio and rate

· Equivalent ratios
· Reducing to lowest terms
· Calculating rate
· Problem solving

4) Square root
Calculate square root
Problem solving

Homework due Dec. 2

page 91, questions 1 -6, 9-12, 14-17, 19-21

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Homework due Nov. 18

Please find out what you can on how to build an amusement park. Write me a message on Edmodo or send me an email about what you have discovered. Also decide which aspect of the amusement park you would like to work on in class.

Homework due Nov. 16

page 121, questions 1 and 3

Monday, November 14, 2011

Homework due Nov. 22

Page 120, question 11. You can use pictures from the internet or from magazines/the newspaper. Please make a chart to show the price of each item.

Homework due Nov. 15

page 120, questions 5 - 10 (please make a chart)

Friday, November 4, 2011

Homework due November 7

page 119, questions 1 - 11 under Problems and applications.
page 120 questions 1 - 4

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Homework due Oct. 27

Textbook page 65, questions 4,5,7,8,9,12,13,15, 19-21, 24

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Homework due Oct. 18

page 16, questions 37 - 46

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Homework due Oct. 7

Worksheets on multiplying and dividing fractions.

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Homework Due Oct. 3

page 57, questions 14, 17,20, 23,25, 26-33, 37

Happy New Year!

Friday, September 23, 2011

Homework due Sept. 27

Page 57, questions 4 -12.

Thursday, September 22, 2011

Homework

Due Sept. 23:
Textbook p. 51,questions 16-20 and 29
Due Sept. 27:
Worksheets on fractions.

Monday, September 19, 2011

Homework due Sept. 21

Page 49, questions 8-13 and 18-21

Thursday, September 15, 2011

Homework due Sept. 19

Textbook p. 49, questions 4-7, 14 - 17
p. 51, 1 -4, 11 - 14
Fraction worksheet

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Website

Try going to Khan Academy for lots of videos in many different subject areas.

Friday, September 9, 2011

Homework due Sept. 13

Worksheet 1.11 square root

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Homework Due Sept. 9

page 31, questions 1 - 8 and 21-26

Thursday, May 19, 2011

Exam Outline

Grade eight math June exam outline:

Fractions – 10%
Percent - 10%
Geometry – 35%
Pythagorean Theorem
Surface area (prisms and cylinders)
Volume (prisms and cylinders)
Area and perimeter of composite figures
Algebra – 35%
Solving for x in a two step equation
Combining like terms
Simplifying (distributive property)
Problem solving (Let x = )
Graphing on coordinate plane – 10%
Complete the pattern (t-chart)
Graph the equation


Format:

Questions will be multiple choice and short answer.

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Homework Due May 12

Page 254, questions 1 - 4 for hand in.

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Homework due May 6

Text page 253, questions 1 - 6, 12, 13
Worksheet 8.2: #2 is optional
Worksheet 8.3: leave out 6,7, 8
Worksheet on surface area of triangles (answers are on the back... don't look!)

Monday, May 2, 2011

Homework Due May 3

page 249, questions 3, 5 and 6
Surface Area of triangular prisms.

Date Change

The test on Pythagorean Theorem has been changed to May 5.

Thursday, April 28, 2011

Homework Due May 2

Page 249, questions 1, 2, 4, 7 (a)

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Dream Room

This project is optional, worth a total of 25 bonus marks if you complete it. It is due June 1.

Monday, April 25, 2011

Homework Due April 15

Worksheets 7.9 and 7.11
Text page 231, questions 1-6, and 8-10

Monday, April 11, 2011

Homework due April 13

page 229, questions 1 - 9, 11 - 17

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Homework Due March 31

Worksheet 7.5 Text page 221, questions 4 -12, 14, 16 #15 is for hand in.

Friday, March 25, 2011

Homework Due March 29

Textbook page 213, questions 1 - 15, 17, 20

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Homework Due March 17

Worksheet 7.1 is due March 17. Please hand it in even though we don't have a class tomorrow!

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Test March 14

There will be a test on algebra on March 14. All of the topics for algebra will be covered: making substitutions, combining and expanding, solving equations, writing equations in words and problem solving using algebra.

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Homework due March 3

Worksheet 6.8. Questions 21 - 28 are optional.

Thursday, February 24, 2011

Homework due Feb. 25

Worksheet 6.6/6.7 Combining Like Terms and The Distributive Property

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Homework Due Feb. 24

Page 187, questions 1 - 25

Thursday, February 17, 2011

Homework due Feb. 18

page 196, questions 28 -33

Friday, January 28, 2011

Homework due Feb.1

page 182, questions 1 - 32, 34 - 37
page 183, questions 1 - 25

Homework Due January 28

page 181, questions 13 - 46

Monday, January 24, 2011

Homework due Jan. 25

Page 175,questions 9 - 26.

Friday, January 21, 2011

Homework Due Jan. 24

Worksheet 5.6 (and 5.5 for anyone who still hasn't handed it in!)

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Homework Due Jan. 20

Worksheet 5.5
Question 3B can be omitted.
Question 4B will not count for marks but you should still do the question.

Friday, January 14, 2011

Homework Due January 17

page 153, questions 10 - 60 even

Thursday, January 13, 2011

Homework due Jan. 14

page 157: questions 1 -4
For each question: complete the table using the given equation. Write the ordered pairs from the t-chart. Graph each equation on a separate graph.

Questions 5, 6 : follow the instructions in the text.

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Homework Due Jan. 13

Worksheet 3.12: questions 1 - 9, 15 - 20, 23 and 24
Worksheet 4.7, questions 1 - 30.