Math 8 and 9

Mid-Year Exams ran in all Math 8 and 9 classes today.

Math 8 and 9 Exams

Mid-Year Exams ran in all Math 8 and 9 classes today.

Math 8

Review for Mid-Year Exam.

Math 9

Review for Mid-Year Exam.

Math 8 Review of Material to Date

Filled out Plus/Minus Action Plan for Mid-Year.

Illustrated questions for Equations and Pythagorean's Theorem.

Assigned review of these topics.

Math 9

Returned and reviewed tests.

Assigned page 174 - 175 for Chapter 1 - 4 review.

Math 8

Measurement Test.

Math 9

Chapter 5 Test.

Math 8--Measurement

Questions from yesterday’s work.

Assigned review of material for tomorrow’s test.

Review Pythagorean's Theorem.

Math 9 Review of Chapter 5

Questions from yesterday’s work.

Reminder: Attention to detail on signs and distributive property!

Assigned page 212 - 213 # 1 - 99

Math 8 Working with Perimeter and Area

Reviewed Perimeter and Area in word problem format.

Assigned 7.11 sheet.

Test Wednesday on Measurement (includes Pythagorean Theorem).

Math 9 Rational Expressions

Reviewed operations with rational expressions. Emphasised to watch out for distributive property situations.

Assigned page 208 # 1 - 42

Assigned 5.11 sheet

Test Wednesday on Chapter 5

Math 8 Composite Figures

Worked on Composite Figures.

Reminder: Diagrams should take up half a sheet of paper. Do calculations on the diagram itself. Circle subtotals and calculate total outside of the diagram with final answer circled.

Assigned 7.10 to be finished.

Math 9 Rational Expressions.

Reviewed Special Products: Perfect Squares and Products of Polynomials.

Introduced Operations with Rational Expressions.

Remember: Strategy is the exact same as for simple fractions. Use the same strategies and watch the details, particularly distributive property in subtractions.

Assigned page 208 # 1 - 22.

Math 8 Composite Figures

Continued working on the 7.10 sheet. Not for Homework.

Study for mid-year exam.

Math 9 Products of Polynomials

Questions from yesterday's work.

Assigned 5.10 sheet.

Math 8 Composite Figures.

Introduced lesson 7.10.

Cut the irregular shape into regular shapes, and then label all the dimensions before starting to calculate.

Worked on Sheet 7.10 in class but not for homework.

Study for mid-year exam.

Math 9 Products of Polynomials

5.10 Products of Polynomials page 204.

Reminder: t this is a Distributive Property situation whereby each term in the first expression is multiplied by each term in the second expression.

Pay close attention to Like Terms versus Exponent Rules situations.

Assigned page 205 # 1 - 41.

Math 8 Area of Trianlges and Circles

Reviewed Area of Triangles.

Assigned 7.8 Sheet.

Introduced Area of a Circle.

Assigned 7.9 Sheet.

Reminder: Memorize Formulas.

Math 9 Special Products Perfect Squares

Assigned page 203 # 1 - 50.

Assigned 5.9 Sheet.

Math 8 Area of a Triangle

Questions from yesterday’s work.

Introduced lesson 7.8 Area of a Triangle.

Assigned 7.8 sheet. Not for homework.

Study for your mid-year exam.

Math 9 Special Products

Introduced Lesson 5.9 Special Products: Perfect Squares on page 203.

Remember that an exponent of 2 indicates the entire base is multiplied by itself twice.

Assigned page 203 # 1 - 50. Not for homework.

Study for your mid-year exam.

Math 8 Area

Quiz on Perimeter, Circumference, Area.

Questions from yesterday’s work.

Notes on Area of a Parallelogram.

Assigned 7.7 Sheet.

Math 9 Special Products and Fractions

No questions from yesterday’s work.

Assigned 5.7 Sheet on Special Products.

Organized Math Binders to Review for Mid-year Exam.

Extra time used to work on review of fractions.

Math 8 Mid-Year Exam Review

Integers

Order of Operations

Fractions
2.2 Adding Fractions
2.3 Subtracting Fractions
2.5 Multiplying Fractions
2.6 Dividing Fractions
2.7 Multiplying Rational Numbers
2.8 Dividing Rational Numbers
2.9 Adding and Subtracting Rational Numbers

Equations
6.1 Writing Equations
6.2 Solving Equations
6.3 Solving Equations by Addition
6.4 Solving Equations by Division
6.5 Solving Equations by Multiplication
6.6 Like Terms
6.7 The Distributive Property
6.8 Solving Equations in More Than One Step
6.10 Equations with Rational Solutions

Linear Relationships/Table of Values
5.4 Graphing Ordered Pairs
5.5 Graphing on the Coordinate Plane
5.6 Graphing Relations

Pythagorean Theorem
7.1 Pythagorean Theorem
7.2 Using Pythagorean Theorem

Surface Area and formulas

7.3 Perimeter
7.4 Perimeter of Polygons
7.5 Circumference of a Circle
7.6 Area of a Rectangle and Square
7.7 Area of a Parallelogram
7.8 Area of a Triangle
7.9 Area of a Circle
7.10 Areas of Composite Figures
7.11 Working with Perimeter and Area

Study Notes:
In your binder, you have the review sheets for all of these topics. Correct answers are to be included. In your textbook, you can find work on these topics in the following chapters: 8, 6, 9, 10, 3, 5 and 7. Select one topic and read your math notes for that topic; try random questions from your sheets and the text; check the answers; move on to another topic when ready; ask for assistance where needed.

Math 8 Area of a Rectangle

Questions from yesterday’s work.

Notes on area of a rectangle.

Assigned 7.6 sheet.

Math 9 Mid-Year Exam Review

Fractions and Rational Numbers

Numbers
1.4 Exponents and Powers
1.5 The Exponent Rules
1.8 Working with Exponents
1.9 Powers of Monomials
1.11 Zero and Negative Exponents

Patterns and Relations
2.1 Problem Solving: Look for a pattern
2.2 Evaluating Expressions
2.3 Like Terms
2.4 Writing Equations
2.5 Solving Equations
2.6 Using Addition to Solve Equations
2.7 Using Division and Multiplication to Solve Equations
2.10 Solving Equations Using More Than One Step
2.11 Solving Equations with Variables on Both Sides
2.12 The Distributive Property
2.13 Solving Equations with Brackets
2.14 Solving Equations with Fractions and Decimals

Using Equations to Solve Problems
3.1 Solving Problems Using Equations
3.7 Problem Solving: Interpret Graphs
3.8 Solving Inequalities

Polynomials
4.1 Polynomials
4.2 Adding Polynomials
4.3 Subtracting Polynomials
4.5 Multiplying Monomials by Monomials
4.7 Dividing Monomials by Monomials

Special Products and Factoring
5.1 Common Factors and the GCF
5.2 Factoring Expressions with Common Factors
5.3 Multiplying a Polynomial by a Monomial
5.4 Dividing Polynomials by Monomials
5.5 Binomial Products
5.10 Products of Polynomials
5.11 Rational Expressions

Math 9 Special Products.

No questions from yesterday’s work.

Activity on Special Products to discover pattern.

Notes on Special Products.

Discussion of vocabulary regarding Special Products and Difference of Squares.

Assigned page 199 # 1 - 36.

Math 8 Circumference

Questions from 7.3 and 7.4

Notes on formulas. All formulas must be memorized.

Notes on Circumference.

Assign 7.5 sheet.

Returned tests.

Math 8 and 9 Mid-Year Exams

Mid-Year Math Exams will be held in the last week of January--date to be set.

Students are to be involved in reviewing materials from first of the school year to present.

Math 9 Binomial Products

Questions from yesterday’s work on page 194; #s 52, 55, 57, 58.

Used algebra tiles to illustrate dimensions of a rectangular model are its factors.

Assigned 5.5 Sheet.

Math 8 Perimeter, Area, Surface Area

Notes on Perimeter, Area, and Surface Area.

Assigned sheet 7.3 and 7.4; letter to parents for signing.

Reviewed Binder Organization.

Math 9 Binomial Products

Reviewed Binomial Products/Distributive Property/FOIL

Assigned page 194 # 1 - 58