SIXTH GRADE

Today's assignment is the worksheet on simplifying fractions. Use your flippable we put together in class to see if a fraction can be simplified. Remember, "lowest terms" and "simplified" mean the same thing. At the top of the paper, you will write "yes" or "no". Yes if the fraction is already in simplest form and no if the fraction is NOT in simplest form. It feels backwards, but that's right. Here is an example:

1/4

If you look at your flippable, the first page asks if the top number is 1. If it is, then the fraction is in simplest form. So 1/4 cannot be simplified. You would write "YES" on the line.

4/8

If you look at page 4 (I believe) of your flippable, it asks if the bottom number is double the top number. Since is double the 4, then this can be simplified to 1/2. You would write "NO" on the line.

For the bottom of the paper, first simplify ALL the fractions in the maze. Use your flippable to determine whether it can be simplified. Follow the steps. Then, once all of your fractions have been simplified, draw a path through all the fractions that are 1/4.

SEVENTH GRADE

Today's assignment is another 2 step equations worksheet. This time, there are 14 equations to solve. Some of them have negatives, so be careful!

SEVENTH PRE-ALGEBRA

Today's assignment is on percent of change. Remember, for these you are dividing the change by the original number. To find the change, subtract the two numbers. Then take that number and divide it by the original - which is ALWAYS the first number listed. Today's percents will all work out evenly.

EIGHTH PRE-ALGEBRA

Today's homework was finding slope from a graph. Everyone finished in class! 

ALGEBRA I

Today's homework is page 256, #10-28 evens, and 40-52 evens. You are graphing and finding the solution on #10-28 only. Your solution will be one of the following: an ordered pair where the two lines cross, NO SOLUTION if the two lines are parallel, or Infinitely Many Solutions if the two lines are the same. 

On #40-52, you are NOT graphing. First, write each equation in slope intercept form. Then determine whether there would be one solution, no solution, or infinitely many solutions. You also have to write if the lines intersect, are parallel, or are identical. 

Here is a video with a few examples:

See you tomorrow!

Mrs. Swickey