Here is the Math question for this week:
Gabriel has a special pair of dice: On each die, one face is labeled tail and the other five faces are labeled head. If Gabriel tosses the pair of dice, what is the probability that he will get exactly one head and one tail?
Remember, the first person to submit the correct answer will win a Chick-Fil-A biscuit on Friday. Answers must be submitted by 6:00 p.m on Thursday, March 27, 2008. Good luck!
Attached are your weekly guidelines for this week. Please note that some of your homework assignments will be in your WorkText workbooks. Please let your WorkText workbooks at home and just carefully tear out the pages that have been assigned for homework and bring them to school. Also, many of you are coming to class without pencils, paper, books, etc. Please, please, please be prepared! Thanks!
Attached are the weekly guidelines for March 24-28
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Congratulations to Devin Brown! He was the first person to correctly answer the math question of the week. Here is the question with the correct solution:
Most Pizza for the Money Which pizza gives you more for your money, a 12-inch-diameter round pizza for $10.95 or an 8-inch-square pizza for $7.49?
Solution
The 12-inch pizza. You end up paying $0.097 per square inch for the round pizza, instead of $0.117 as for the square pizza, or roughly $0.10 versus $0.12.
Here is the math problem for the week. Remember, the first person to post the correct answer will win a Chick-Fil-A biscuit on Friday, March 21. Answers must be submitted no later than Thursday, March 20 @ 5:00 p.m. Good luck!
Which pizza gives you more for your money, a 12-inch-diameter round pizza for $10.95 or an 8-inch-square pizza for $7.49?
The National Mathematics Advisory Panel has released a draft of its forthcoming report on the status of math performance of U.S. students. It is a lengthy report but it is well worth reading. Click on the link below to download the article. Feel free to share your comments/opinions about the report or on math education in general.
I hope the Easter Bunny brings you lots of goodies!
Here are your Weekly Guidelines for this week. We will be using our Algebra I textbooks this week. Also, please come to class prepared each day!
Happy St. Patrick's Day! Here are your weekly guidelines for this week. Also attached is the Letter to Parents for Unit 6. Please remember to bring your textbook, pencils, and papers to class. This is our last 9-weeks of school--make it the best ever!
Attached are the weekly guidelines for this week (3/10-14). Please note that you have homework on Wednesday this week. I normally do not give Wednesday homework, but we're behind. Sorry.
Also attached is the performance task "Straight from the Horse's Mouth" We will begin working on this task later in the week.
Finally, we will review Inverse Variation this week in order to prepare us for our lessons on Horizontal and Vertical Asymptotes. Please try to watch the lesson tutorial videos for Lesson 12-1 on the Holt website in order to expedite the review of Inverse Variation. Please let me know if you have lost your log-in info. http://go.hrw.com
I forgot to attach the vocabulary word list for this unit. You should make flashcards for these word. Put the word on the front of the card and the definition and picture (when possible) on the back of the card. The vocabulary quiz over these words will be on Monday, March 10, 2008. You should turn in your flashcards for a grade before the quiz. You can use your textbook and the following website to find definitions for these words.
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