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!
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.
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!
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.
Download unit_5_vocabulary.doc
Monday, Feb. 18th was a federal holiday to celebrate President's day--the birthdays of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. This is a picture of George Washington. The story has always been told that George Washington had wooden teeth. That is probably not true, but now historians think that he may have had animal teeth as his false teeth. That sounds gross to me; I think I would rather have wooden teeth. We should be thankful that we have access to good dental care in this day and age so that hopefully we won't have to worry about false teeth!
Here are your weekly guidelines. We will be in the computer lab on Thursday, Feb 21 and will work on the Binomial Distribution powerpoint project that is linked below.
February 22nd is George Washington's Birthday, our First President.
Here are the assignments for Math 8 for Feb. 21-23. Also, we will be in the computer lab on Thursday, Feb 22, so Lab assignments are also linked.
Download february_2123math_8_weekly_guidelines.doc
Download slope_introduction_lab.doc
Math 8 Students! Did you blow off the Movies and Set Theory Project?? We did not receive very many projects, but the ones we did receive were mostly very well done. If you did not turn in the project, we will give you another opportunity to turn it in and receive partial credit. Right now, if you didn't turn it in, you have a zero entered in the gradebook. Since this was entered as a project grade, it was worth 35% of your grade, so receiving a zero will seriously impact your progress report grade. If you decide to turn in the project, it must be turned in by Thursday, Feb 21, 2008. After that time, we cannot accept any last projects. Ask Mr. Wilcox or me about the project if you have any questions.
