Sixth Grade
Lesson 35. Writing fractions as decimals and writing decimal numbers in words. Remember, if you can say the decimal number, properly, you can write is as a fraction and you can put it into words. For example: 0.03 is read as "three hundredths". To write that as a fraction, you would just put a 3 in the numerator and 100 in the denominator. To write it in words, it is just written how you say it. Remember, you do NOT say "point" for the decimal point. For example: 3.025 is read as "three AND twenty-five thousandths". The "AND" is the decimal point and you must write it when you write a decimal in words (if there is a number other than zero before the decimal point). Tomorrow, there will be a test review with the test on Wednesday!
Seventh Grade
Don't forget to bring your shoeboxes tomorrow! If you don't have it, you will get a zero for the assignment. We will be making our treasure boxes tomorrow and will start collecting "guineas". After we've taken the test over "Treasure Island" everyone who has the correct number of guineas will get to participate in a treasure hunt! It will be great fun and afterwards, we will have a party where you can buy pop and snacks with your guineas.
Literature - Read the rest of chapter 7 of Treasure Island tonight!
Spelling - First two pages of unit 11.
Math - Today, we discussed and reviewed mistakes from the test over Chapter 2. The class will be taking a makeup test tomorrow and I will average the two scores as the test grade. If a student makes a lower grade tomorrow, the first test will stand as is.
Eighth Grade
Adding Radicals and Simplifying before Adding Radicals - worksheets
Examples:
In the above example, you can only combine the first two terms together because the radicals are the same. So, to combine them, you add 4 + 8 = 12 and keep the square root of 3 the same. You can also combine the second two terms together. Remember to keep the sign in front of the radical: -2 + 5 = 3 and the square root stays "square root of 2".
In the above example, you first have to start with simplifying the radicals by finding the prime factorization. Since 48 = 2x2x2x2x3, you can pull out two 2's because there are two pairs of two and multiply them by the 3 that is already on the outside: 2x2x3 = 12. That leaves you with just 3 still inside the square root sign. 75 = 3x5x5 so you can pull out one five and multiply it by 10 to get 50 with the three still left inside. The final step (which isn't shown) would be to add 12 and 50 because the are both "to the square root of 3" so they are "like terms". You would have 62 to the square root of 3.See you tomorrow!
Mrs. Swickey
