February 28 RECAP

“Pure mathematics is, in its way, the poetry of logical ideas.”

Albert Einstein

Like I mentioned in class today, your assignment is to read this quote from Albert Einstein and write a 2 page paper over what you think it means. Be sure to include examples of why you believe what it means. The paper must be in the APA format. (Times New Roman 12pt font, double spaced, title, header with page numbers and title, etc) 

Also, remember that there will be a test on Friday. We will review Wednesday and Thursday.

Tuesday Feb 22 Snow Day Assignment

Since we did not have class today I decided to give an online assignment that is due by Friday. You each must find any ten cities in Ohio and create a graph of the snowfall in inches for each city. It must be a bar graph and it has to be done on graph paper. Make sure you label the X axis, Y axis, and a title. When you are finished with the graph, find the average (mean) snowfall for the ten cities. Then, find the median and mode. Remember that the mode is the number that appears the most. A good site to use is this link. If you need help with finding the mean, median, or mode then click here. Good luck and make sure you bring your final assignment to class on Friday. Be creative, use a ruler, and make sure your data is accurate.

Group PROJECT day

For today, I will split the class into five different groups. We will be working on a group project together and then presenting it to the class. The assignment is to create a PowerPoint that you will have to use to teach to the class. Each group will be assigned a chapter in the book where they have to share the information to the rest of the class. Your presentation should last for the entire class period. You are required to also make an assignment for the class to complete after your presentation is completed. It can be a worksheet or educational game. Good luck and have fun. I will be walking around to help if needed

February 16 Add and Subtract with negative numbers

Adding and Subtracting positive numbers with negative numbers. 

Example: 5+(-7)

for this example, since the + cancels out by the -, you would solve this problem like 5-7 while ignoring the addition sign.

Example 2: 8-(-4)

since it is subtracting a negative number, you will instead act as if its a positive and add so it would be 8+4

I have posted a quiz. Take the quiz and it will be due by the end of the class. Post your  results onto your blog account so I can take a look at it.

February 15 Negative and Positive numbers

Daddy, people think really small numbers are easy to work with, but they are not, because really small numbers are really big negative numbers" (Eamonn Ryan, age 4, self-proclaimed mathematician).

Good afternoon class. Today is all about negative and positive numbers. As you all know, positive numbers are infinite. Well, negative numbers are also infinite but they are negatively infinite.

The assignment for today will be to create a graph with the temperatures of any city in Alaska for the entire month of February so far. Keep in mind that there are negative and positive numbers involved. You can find this information at weather.com.

Wednesday February 2

“Arithmetic is being able to count up to twenty without taking off your shoes”

"Plato"

Good afternoon class. We do not want to be an underdog like Plato so we will be working on mental math today without using our fingers and toes. I will pass out a piece of paper and you will have 50 questions involving only mental math. NO CALCULATORS! This will include a little bit of addition and subtraction as well as a lot of multiplication and division. This assignment will be worth 20 points and it is due at the end of the class. Good luck