Monday, October 10, 2011

Moving on in Pre-Algebra

Today we finished up our benchmarks and we will be checking them together in class on Tuesday/Wednesday.  Starting on Thursday we will be covering Ratios and Equivalent Fractions.  I will not be in class on Thursday and this will be an investigative lesson so that students are working in partners together to discover the material.

I have found some videos below that cover the new topics.  Remember a 3-2-1 response left on the blog is worth an extra 10 points.  To receive the extra credit, you must respond by Friday, October 14th.  All comments left after that day will not be considered for extra credit.

Simplifying Rates and Ratios
Introduction to Ratios
Ratio Problem with Basic Algebra
Writing Proportions

Please continue to work on your number operations (fractions, decimals, percents, ordering numbers, basic operations with decimals, etc.) at home.  These are crucial and we are still seeing a lot of weakness in this area.




2 comments:

  1. Cheyenne Busby *8th period*October 12, 2011 at 4:52 PM

    92 cans of soda
    --------------
    28 ppl

    2*2*[23 cans of soda
    ----[----------------
    2*2*[7 people

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  2. Cheyenne Busby *8th period*October 12, 2011 at 5:09 PM

    55students Ratio boys:girls
    4:7
    how many girls do i need to add for the ratio to become 1:2
    Boy:girls
    for every 11 students there are 4boys an 7girls
    4:7
    55students
    ----------- = 5groups of 11 students
    11 students per groups
    5*4=20boys 5*6=35girls
    20 1
    ---- ---
    35+g 2

    35+g=40
    g=5

    20boys 40girls

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