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)