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ALGEBRA
EQUATIONS
RATIO, RATE & PROPORTION
CIRCLES
STATISTICS & GRAPHING
POLYGONS
PROBABILITY
SURFACE AREA OF SOLIDS
END OF YEAR EVALUATIONS

Sep. 3 -- Review fractions, order of operations (BEDMAS) & exponents

- Create "dividing fractions" tutorial

- Sign the course outline

ALGEBRA

Sep. 4 -- Turning words into polynomials

p. 80 #1, 3, 4

Sep. 9 -- Multiplying & Dividing Monomials

p. 79 #23

#25 a - f

p. 77 #18

Sep. 11 -- Distribution w/ multiplication

p. 85 #9 b,d

p. 87 #1 a - d

#3 a, c, e

#11

Sept. 12 -- Distribution w/ division & QUIZ

p. 88 #2, 5, 14, 15

Sep. 16 -- Online Algebra Tiles

p. 92 #5

Sep. 17 -- Algebra & Geometry

p. 90/91 #25, 21, 19, 31

Sep. 23 -- Justification Practice

p. 86 #18a,c

p. 93 #12

Sep. 24 -- Quiz on Algebra

Sep. 26 -- Substitution & Evaluation

click here for the homework

Sep. 29 -- Graphing Points & Interpreting Graphs

p. 21 #1 - 6

Oct. 1 -- Producing Graphs

Complete the graph we started in class.

Female data: http://www.halls.md/chart/GirlsHeightWhite.gif

and http://z.about.com/d/babyparenting/1/0/v/5/growth2.jpg

EQUATIONS

Oct. 2 -- Equality & Solutions

p. 101 #1, 2

Oct. 6 -- Solving Equations: x + b = c, x - b = c, ax = c, x/a = c

p. 104 #6, 7

Oct. 7 -- Word Problems w/ 1-step Equations

p. 109 #1, 2, 4, 9

Oct. 9 -- Graphing

Finish both handouts

Oct. 10 -- Quiz

Need some extra practice solving equations?

Try this: http://www.mathsnet.net/algebra/l1_equation.html

(level 1 is the easiest)

Oct. 15 -- Finding the rule y=ax and Solving Equations: 2-step (y=ax+b)

p. 16 activity 1

p. 17 #1

p. 105 #8 a-d,h #9 e,f #12 a

Oct. 16 -- Word Problems w/ 2-step Equations

p. 110 #7, 8, 10, 18

Oct. 20 -- Finding the rule y = ax + b

p. 17 #2, 3, 4, 5

Oct. 21 -- Finding the rule y = c/x

handout: Finding the rule - all 3

Oct. 23 -- Review: Term 1

memory aid

Oct. 27 -- Review: Term 1

Oct. 29 -- Summative Exam - part 1

Oct. 30 -- Summative Exam - part 2

Nov. 3 -- Word Problems: Age

p. 107 #15 a - d

p. 111 #24, 25, 28

Nov. 4 -- Word Problems: Consecutive Numbers

p. 107 #16

p. 110 #13, 14, 26

Nov. 10 -- Word Problems: Tickets & Coins

p. 107 #18 ab

p. 111 #21, 37, 38

Nov. 11 -- Word Problem Review

p. 115 #14

Nov. 13 -- Test: Word Problem

Nov. 14 -- Basic Algebra Skills Review

p. 119 #2 - 7, 32, 34

Practice solving equations:

Online: http://www.mathsnet.net/algebra/l1_equation.html (Start at level 1 and then work your way up)

Print your own worksheets (w/ answers): http://www.math.com/students/worksheet/algebra_sp.htm

A review of some useful algebra definitions: http://www.mathsisfun.com/algebra/definitions.html

RATIO, RATE & PROPORTION

Nov. 18 -- Ratio, rate & proportionality

p. 32 #2, 10, 11, 13a, 14a, 15

Nov. 19 -- Comparing Ratios

p. 36 #2, 5, 7ab, 8, 9, 10, 12 13, 16, 11*

Nov. 25 -- Checking Proportionality & Finding Missing Terms

p. 46 #7

p. 51 #2, 3

Nov. 26 -- Recipe Conversions & Exchange Rates

p. 55 #19 + the following problem:

On Amazon.com (an American website) the paperback version of the Twilight book costs US$6.04.

On Amazon.ca (a Canadian website) the same book costs CDN$10.79.

On Nov. 25th, the exchange rate was US$1 = CDN$1.2250 OR CDN$1 = US$0.8163

Assuming shipping charges will be equal from both sites, which website offers the best deal for buying Twilight?

Extra practice with: recipe conversions & exchange rates (answers are on this site's answer page)

Nov. 28 -- Math Games

Dec. 1 -- Maps & Scales

p. 52 #9

p. 54 #16

Do each problem using the 5-steps of word problems.

Extra information about converting units of measurement: http://oakroadsystems.com/math/convert.htm#Intro

Dec. 2 -- Scale Drawings

Complete "scale drawings" handout (for #17 - 21 do step 1, 3, & 5 of word problems)

Dec. 4 -- Making Scale Drawings

p. 146 #11, p. 139 #14

Dec. 9 -- Quiz

The homework is #2 & 4 from this page: RecipeConversionsAndExchangeRates

Dec. 11 -- Practice Situational Problem & Memory Aid

Find the width, length and area of the Park in the practice situational problem,

& work on memory aid.

Dec. 12 -- Practice Situational Problem & Memory Aid

Find the width, length and area of your Parking Lot in the practice situational problem,

& work on memory aid.

Dec. 16 -- Practice Situational Problem & Memory Aid

Dec. 17 -- Exam: C2 & C3 Application Problems

Dec. 19 -- Exam: C2 & C3 Application Problems

Jan. 6 -- Producing Line Graphs

Jan. 8 -- Exam: C1 Situational Problem

Jan. 9 -- Exam: C1 Situational Problem

Jan. 13 -- Exam: C1 Situational Problem

Jan. 14 -- Similar Figures

"Similar Figures" handout #6, 15, 11, 13, 14, 16

Jan. 16 -- Windchill

For a fixed temperature of -25 degrees Celsius make a table of values of the windchill factor during the following wind speeds (in km/hr):0, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100. (Use the formula given in class - also found in the link provided above).

Make a graph to display the points in your table of values (with wind speed on the horizontal x axis and windchill on the vertical y axis).

Jan. 19 -- Review: Transformations (Click here to experiment with different transformations)

Finish package of handouts

Jan. 21 -- Dilatations - scale factor

p. 131 #3, 5, 9

Jan. 22 -- Enlargements & Reductions

p. 144 #2 - 6 (on looseleaf - you will need to trace questions #2 & 3 onto your looseleaf)

Jan. 26 -- Review term 2 exam

CIRCLES

Jan. 27 -- Circles & Circle Vocabulary

p. 166 #1, p. 169 #6, 7, 8

Jan. 29 -- Circumference

p. 173 #1, 3, 4, 10

Jan. 30 -- Perimeter of Composite Figures

p. 175 #19ab, 15, 18

Feb. 3 -- Arc Length

p. 173 #5, 12, 14

Feb. 4 -- Using the Arc Length Formula

p. 173 #6, 7, 13, 16

Feb. 10 -- Area of a Circle

(click here for an explanation of the formula for area of a circle)

p. 177 #1, 2, 3, 12, 15

Feb. 11 -- Test

Feb. 13 -- Gauss Math Contest Practice

Feb. 16 -- Area of a Sector

p. 178 #9, 14, 16def

Feb. 19 -- Using the Area of a Sector Formula

p. 181 #4

Feb. 23 -- Homework Catch-up

STATISTICS & GRAPHING

Feb. 24 -- Table of Values & T-Shirt Project

Feb. 26 -- Graphing

Finish the graphing handout & memory aid

Feb. 27 -- Test

Mar. 10 -- Distance-Time Graphs

Prepare your t-shirt project survey for next class

Mar. 11 -- Broken Line Graphs (this link allows you to play the game for 5 minutes per day free of charge, after which you have to empty your computer's cache to get another 5 minutes of playing time. Click on the green stopwatch button to start the runners)

Print the following 2 pages of handouts: http://web.dexter.k12.mi.us/~grant/Science/sciunit3/distance%20vs%20time%20practice.doc

Do everything on both pages EXCEPT questions #2 and #3.

Mar. 13 -- School Survey

HW: Do the 2007 gr. 8 Gauss contest: http://cemc.uwaterloo.ca/contests/past_contests/2007/2007Gauss8Contest.pdf

Mar. 16 -- T-shirt Project: Data Collection

Create a table of values and a graph for the data collected by your t-shirt group.

Mar. 18 -- Mean, Median, Mode, and Range

Make your term 3 memory aid

Mar. 19 -- Hosting the CRHS Math & Science Olympiad

Complete handout "mean, median, mode, and range"

Mar. 23 -- Test (focus on stats & graphs)

p. 181 #5, 6ac, 7, 8, 9

Mar. 24 -- Situational Problem (focus on circles)

Mar. 26 -- Situational Problem (focus on circles)

Mar. 27 -- Situational Problem (focus on circles) + T-Shirt Project Due

POLYGONS

Mar. 31 -- Polygons, Interior Angles & Exterior Angles

p. 153 #5, 6

Apr. 1 -- Each Interior Angle of a Polygon

challenges from handouts & p. 153 #7, 8

Apr. 3 -- Constructing Polygons & Axes of Symmetry

p. 157 #1, 2

Apr. 6 -- Perimeter of Polygons

p. 158 #5 to 10, p. 159 #1

Apr. 8 -- Area of Polygons

p. 160 #6, 7, 8, 11

Apr. 9 -- Review Polygons

Create a memory aid for the upcoming test

(HINT: include information about the angle properties learned in gr. 7 last year).

Apr. 15 -- Test

Apr. 16 -- Gauss Practice

PROBABILITY

Play with a spinner to explore probability :

http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_186_g_3_t_5.html?open=activities&from=topic_t_5.html

Apr. 20 -- Probability of an Outcome

p. 244 #1 - 7

deck of cards

Apr. 21 -- Tree Diagrams (+practice) & Counting Rule (+practice)

p. 238 #4, 7 + p. 240 #10, 11, 13, 14, 15

Apr. 24 -- Probability of an Outcomes w/ Independent Multiple Steps (WITH replacement)

p. 247 #11, 13a

Apr. 27 -- Probability of an Outcome w/ Dependent Multiple Steps (withOUT replacement)

p. 246 #9, 13b

Apr. 29 -- Probability of Events

p. 249 #5, p. 254 #3, p. 262 #15

Apr. 30 -- Equal Probability & Review

(Not homework, but good practice: p. 255 #6, 7, 8, p. 262 #10, p. 259 #17)

HW: make a memory aid for test

May 4 -- Test

SURFACE AREA OF SOLIDS

May 5 -- Solids and their Nets

p. 109 #5, 6, 7, 8

May 7 -- The Big Show

May 8 -- Prisms

p. 191 #9c, 10ab, 14, 15

May 12 -- Cylinders

p. 199 #2b, 3b, 4, p. 200 #6, p. 209#3

May 13 -- Gauss Mathematics Competition

May 19 -- Pyramids

p. 195 #5, 8, p. 208 #1, p. 210 #7

May 20 -- Review

Memory aid - surface area