Homework Friday, 12/16

No homework over the break. Is anyone actually reading this?

Homework Thursday, 12/15

Nope.

Homework Wednesday, 12/14

Any old assignments from this Trimester are due this Friday.

Other than that, no homework tonight in Pre-Algebra or Algebra.

Homework Tuesday, 12/13

Pre-Algebra: Pg. 179 - 181 #28 - 31, 46, 47, 61 - 64

Algebra: Pg. 594 #34; pg. 604 #20; Pg. 592 #9 - 15
Answers if you want them:

34a) x - 2400
34b) x - 2400 <= $480; $1920 to $2880 (inclusive)

20) The region left of the triangle should be shaded; it should contain the point (-5, 0). We will look at it specifically tomorrow.

9) x > 7.6 or x < -6
10) -6 < x < 13 (or x > -6 and x < 13)
11) -13 < x < -2
12) x > 2.6 or x < -11
13) -1.5 <= x <= 6
14) x <= -12 or x >= 18
15) No Solution

Homework Monday, 12/12

Pre-Algebra: Pg. 179 - 180 #10 - 27, 32 - 36

Algebra: Pg. 613 - 614 #2 - 7

Homework Friday, 12/9

Pre-Algebra: Test corrections.

Algebra: None.

Homework Thursday, 12/8

Pre-Algebra: Pg. 179 - 180 #12 - 19
If you haven't done Greatest Common Factor before, make sure you ask me about it before school tomorrow!

Algebra: Pg. 604 #16, 17, 19

Homework Wednesday, 12/7

Pre-Algebra: Pg. 175 - 176 #20, 42 - 45, 49 - 55 odd, 69

Algebra: Pg. 594 #36; pg. 603 #7 - 9

Homework Tuesday, 12/6

Pre-Algebra: Pg. 175 #16 -19, 34 - 41

Algebra: Pg. 593 - 595 #20, 33, 35

Homework Monday, 12/5

Pre-Algebra: Pg. 170 #2 - 13

Algebra: Pg. 592 - 593 #13, 14, 19, 26 - 30

Homework Friday, 12/2

Pre-Algebra: Nothing.

Algebra: Pg. 592 - 593 #10 - 16, 21

Homework Thursday, 12/1

Pre-Algebra: Pg. 158 #18 - 26
Answers: Please note that I am typing "greater than or equal to" as ">=", because the proper symbols aren't available on this blog. Or if they are, I haven't found them.
18) a >= 1 19) d <=5 20) c < -4 21) $1.15 or less each 22) n>=6 23) n < 2 24) n < 9 25) n <= 3 26) at least 57 loaves

Algebra: Pg. 592 #1 - 6

Homework for Wednesday, 11/30

Pre-Algebra: Pg. 156 - 157 #13 - 19 odd, 25 - 34 all
Test Friday!

Algebra: Pg. 585 - 587 #11 - 15, 31, 32, 44

Homework Tuesday, 11/29

Pre-Algebra: Write an inequality application problem. We will solve these soon.

Algebra: Pg. 585 - 587 #3, 6 - 10, 19 - 24, 45

Homework Monday, 11/28

Pre-Algebra: Pg. 147 #46; pg. 151 - 153 #22, 31, 32, 34
Inequality Test this Friday!

Algebra: Pg. 578 - 579 #27 - 34, 43, 44

Homework Wednesday, 11/16

Pre-Algebra: Pg. 146 - 147 #20 - 23, 39 - 42; pg. 151 #14 - 17

Algebra: None.

Homework Tuesday, 11/15

Pre-Algebra: Pg. 146 - 147 #24 - 27, 30 - 35, 45, 47

Algebra: Pg. 336 - 337 #1a&e, 4, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12; pg. 603 #8 (graph separately)
1a) Ordinate is the y coordinate, Abscissa is the x. 1e) Horizontal slope is 0, Vertical slope is undefined. 4) m = -3/4 6a) y = (2/7)x + 8 6b) y = (-5/2)x + 7 6c) y = (-8/5)x + 3.8 6d) x = 4 8) x = 0, y = 3 9a) x = 3, y = 4 9b) x = 95.454545... y = 163.636363... 11) 17 hamburgers, 6 hot dogs 12) Crow = 0.5 miles per minute, Wind = 0.2 miles per minute.
8) The first graph should have a y-int. at (0, 5) and a slope of 1/3; it is a solid line, shaded below.
The second graph should have a y-int. at (0, -2) and a slope of 7/3; it is a dotted line, shaded above.

Homework Monday, 11/14

Pre-Algebra: Pg. 141 #14, 15, 17 - 24, 34 - 37

Algebra: Pg. 332 #27, 28; pg. 603 #3, 6; pg. 319 #43, 44

Homework for Thursday, 11/10

Pre-Algebra: None.

Algebra: Pg. 328 - 331 #10, 14, 16, 25; Pg. 603 #4, 5
This is an optional assignment.

Homework Wednesday, 11/9

Pre-Algebra: Pg. 158 #1 - 13; Pg. 159 #3, 4, 9
Don't forget to check your answers here and correct your mistakes.
1) f = 9 2) g = -6 3) h = 9 4) z = -4 5) m = 9 6) y = -4 7) a = 4 8) x = -6 9) no solution 10) n = 2 11) b = -8 12) all numbers 13) $6
3) C: 3 4) I: 7(s + 1) = -3 + 7s 9) If g is the number of games, then 3 + 3g = 0.50 + 4g, so g = $2.50

Algebra: Pg. 326 - 328 #6, 8, 13, 15; Pg. 603 #1
All of the answers from 326 - 328 should come out as integers. Feel free to use a calculator for these large numbers!

Homework for Tuesday, 11/8

Pre-Algebra: Pg 123 #27; Pg 129 #54 & 56; Pg 134 #30 & 31; Pg 101 #39

Algebra: Pg 319 #33 - 42

Homework Monday, 11/7

Pre-Algebra: Pg. 154 - 155 #5 - 12; Pg. 137 #17

Algebra: Pg. 318 - 319 #7 - 11, 21, 22

Homework Friday, 11/4

Pre-Algebra: None.

Algebra: Pg. 313 #9 - 12; Pg. 326 #3, 4

Homework Thursday, 11/3

Pre-Algebra: Pg. 134 - 135 #17 - 20, 28, 32, then choose either #43 or 48 & 49

Algebra: Pg. 313 #6, 7, 13 - 16

Homework Wednesday, 11/2

Pre-Algebra: Pg 134 #11 - 14, 23 - 26

Algebra: Linear Equations Application WS

Homework Tuesday, 11/1

Pre-Algebra: Pg 128 - 129 #35 - 37, then choose either #14 - 19 or 38 & 39

Algebra: Linear Equations Application WS

Homework 10/31

Pre-Algebra: Pg. 128 #21 - 34

Algebra: Pg. 298 #25 - 34; Pg. 305 #35 - 38

Homework Friday, 10/28

Pre-Algebra: None.

Algebra (Optional): Pg 304 #21 - 28

Homework Thursday, 10/27

Pre-Algebra: Multiplying Decimals Worksheet. Try out the Vedic Method.

Algebra: Pg 304 - 305 #17 - 19, 31 - 34

Homework Tuesday, 10/25

Pre-Algebra: Pg 123 #11 - 19, 22 - 26

Algebra: Pg. 297 - 298 #1, 11 - 14

Homework Monday, 10/24

Pre-Algebra: A worksheet. It says "Lesson 2.7 The Distributive Property 89" at the bottom. At the top it says "Name__________". You need to do #27 - 37, then pick 2 problems from #38 - 52.

Algebra: Pg. 289 - 291 #11 - 16, 20, 28.

Homework Thursday, 10/20

Pre-Algebra: None.

Algebra: Pg 289 - 290 #23 - 26
The first two problems require you to construct a graph and read the intercepts without having an equation to work from. Make your graphs carefully, as you will be graded on accuracy. If you notice you are too far off on #23 (which should have the answer in the back), then for #24 I might recommend increasing the scale on your graph, and make 2 or even 4 squares per unit.

Homework Wednesday, 10/19

Pre-Algebra: Pg. 112 #9, 10 - 20 Even, 22 - 25, 37 - 40
Do these problems, then correct your answers here:

9) 111 ft. 10) 35 12) 1545 14) 5x + 15 16) 28 - 4c 18) 9x + 2 20) 6k - 4 22) -x - 14 23) 11n - 4 24) 7p 25) 6 37) -11 38) 4.07 39) 3.8 40) -28.22

Algebra: Pg. 289 #7 - 10, 19

Homework Tuesday, 10/18

Pre-Algebra: Pg. 109 - 111 #15 - 24, 35 - 39, 4 - 47

Algebra: Pg. 285 #5, 16 - 18

Is it just me, or is Tuesday the worst day of the week?

Homework Monday, 10/17

Pre-Algebra: Worksheet that says "Simplify It!" at the top. Also says page 82 at the bottom.

Algebra: Pg. 280 #10, 14abd, 15

Homework and Answers Thursday, 10/13

Pre-Algebra: None.

Algebra: Here are the answers to your assignment. Finish it and correct your errors now so we can get started on the test as soon as possible.
Pg 127 #13 - 15, 21 - 24
13) 11x + 1 14) 78 15) 4x + 22 21) 5(x + 2y)
22) 3(2p - 3j) 23) r(x + z) 24) 6(2x + 3)

Pg 162 #4 - 11 16, 17
4) x = -4.86 5) r = -4.5 6) x = -20 7) x = 6 8) No Solution
9) All Real Numbers 10) x = -12 11) x = 8.29 16) x = 19 - 4y 17) V = 167.47

Homework for Wednesday, 10/12

Pre-Algebra: Pg. 105 - 106 #24, 25, 27, 28, 30, 31, 33, 34, 38; then choose either #39 - 44 or #46

Algebra: Pg. 127 #13 - 15, 21 - 24; Pg. 162 #4 - 11, 16, 17 (Everyone does both pages)
The answers will be posted tomorrow. Please work through these on your own first, then correct any you missed. Come with your homework corrected on Friday and you will get full credit.

Homework Tuesday, 10/11

Pre-Algebra: None, just make sure you have the assignment from Monday done for tomorrow.

Algebra: Pg. 154 - 159 #4bc, 7bcd, 9abcd, 18bcdef

Homework Monday, 10/10

Pre-Algebra: Pg. 99 - 101 #13 - 23 odd, 28 - 33 all; then choose either #36 or #41 - 47

Algebra: No class, so no homework.

Homework Friday, 10/7

Pre-Algebra & Algebra: None & none.
Remember that Algebra will test next Friday and we won't meet every day, so make sure you come next week with questions!

Homework Thursday, 10/6

Pre-Algebra: Pg 93 - 95 #17 - 26, 32 - 37
Come ready to retest tomorrow!

Algebra: Pg 144 #1 - 6; Pg 148 #1 - 10
If everyone gets this done tonight and we all work hard in class tomorrow, then we won't have any weekend homework!

Homework Wednesday, 10/5

Pre-Algebra: Pg. 81 #10 - 15 all, 17 - 23 odd, 33

Algebra: Pg. 144 #8, 19; and Pg. 148 - 149 #15 - 25, 32

Everyone should think about doing MathCounts! Let your parents know in case they want to help out!

Homework Tuesday, 10/4

Pre-Algebra: Pg. 74 -75 #24 - 35, 44, 47, 49

Algebra: Choose one:
Pg. 140 #28 - 42 Evens
OR
Pg. 144 #9 - 16

I apologize for not having this up last night.

Homework Monday, 10/3

Pre-Algebra: Pg. 66 - 68 #20 - 27, 32 - 35, then choose either #41 - 46 or #52
Test corrections due Wednesday, and retest Friday!

Algebra: Pg. 135 #23 - 29 odd, 41 - 44 all; pg. 140 #31 - 41 odd

Homework Thursday, 9/29

Pre-Algebra: None.

Algebra: Pg. 107 #21 - 31 odd, 41 - 50 all
Don't forget that your test corrections are due Monday as well.

Homework Wednesday, 9/28

Pre-Algebra: Pg. 56 #1 - 37 odd
Remember that you are to come tomorrow with your assignment already corrected. If you do, you automatically get 10/10. The answers are below, and as usual you must actually correct any and all problems that you miss. It does not matter how many you get right on the first try. I will include the answers to the entire page, even though you are only required to do the odd numbers through 37.

1) 25 2) 7 3) 4 4) 64 5) (8)(8) = 64 6) (2)(2)(2)(2)(2)(2)(2) = 128
7) (.2)(.2)(.2)(.2)(.2) = 0.00032 8) (.7)(.7)(.7)(.7) = 0.2401
9) 125,000 (this is just 50 to the third power) 10) 84.2 11) 3 12) 22 13) 23 14) 25
15) 19 16) 52 17) 2 18) 78, 78 (yes, you need it twice) 19) 121, -121 20) 33, 33
21) 19, -19 22) 24 23) -68 24) -46 25) 21 26) 21 27) -67 28) -54 29) 24
30) -640 31) -19 32) 750 33) -35 34) -72 35) -20 36) 192 37) 15 38) -$4
39) If you did this, you'd see that the points are all in a line.

Algebra: Pg. 96 #22 - 34 Even, then pg. 101 #22 - 38 Even
Don't forget that your test corrections are due Monday!

Homework Tuesday, 9/27

Pre-Algebra: Pg. 52 - 55 #6 - 22 Evens, #28 - 56 Evens

Algebra: None.

Homework Monday, 9/26

Pre-Algebra: Pg. 45 - 46 #20 - 23, 27 - 34
Test Thursday!

Algebra Students: Here are the answers to your homework assignment tonight. Work the problems on your own first, then check your answers here. You must correct any that you miss, and once again that does mean reworking the problem, not just writing in the correct answer. It doesn't matter if you get them all right or all wrong (although you may want to practice some more if that happens), if you come to class tomorrow with the assignment done and corrected, your score will be 8/8.

Page 40:
T3.
a) 35
b) 110

T5.
a) x = 6
b) x = 75
c) x = 133
d) x = 6

T7.
a) 11^3 (that's "11 to the 3rd power")
b) y^5 ("y to the 5th power", I'm limited as to how I can type on this thing).
c) 17 + x
d) 17x
e) x(z + 8)
f) 8z + x
g) (r + s) / (r - s) (that is the fraction "r plus s" divided by "r minus s")

Page 88:
T5.
a) 3
b) 9
c) -27
d) -9
e) 63
f) 51

T6.
a) -21 - 7x
b) -36x
c) 10x

T8.
a) 40x + 55 (note that the units they give you are cents, if you did dollars, you should have "0.40x + 0.55")
b) 7 pieces
c) i. $2.55 ii. $5.35

Grades and Corrected Assignments

In case anyone is wondering, TeacherEase is being tempermental and won't let me enter in any new assignments right now. Homework that was assigned Thursday is therefore not entered yet, but I have been able to update the scores for those of you who have turned in old corrected or late assignments. If you still have a 0 in TeacherEase, that means I have not yet seen that assignment from you!

Homework Friday 9/23

Pre-Algebra: None. Don't forget about the test on Thursday!

Algebra: Pg 85 - 86 #12 - 15
Some of the problems are not worded as clearly as we might like, so here is some help with #13:
In part b, they mean 15 seconds after you start the stopwatch, not after you start moving.
In parts c & d, you started at the top of the hill going 0 miles per hour, and then began coasting.
You have a test this Tuesday, so come on Monday ready to review!

Homework Thursday 9/22

Pre-Algebra: Pg 36 - 37 #13 - 31 odd, 35 - 46 all

Algebra: Pg 83 - 85 #2, 4, 6, 8
Each problem has multiple parts, and if you're stuck, remember they are all similar to the ones we did in class.

Homework Wednesday 9/21

Pre-Algebra: Pg 32 - 33
Everyone does #15 - 23 odd; then choose one of the following:
#24 - 38 (more problems, a bit easier)
OR
#36 - 38, 47 - 53

I know a lot of you have just turned in corrected assignments and are waiting for the grades to change, but I haven't had time to check them and enter your scores yet. They will be in by Thursday afternoon!

Algebra: Pg 71 - 72 # 2 - 40 Evens

Homework Tuesday 9/20

Pre-Algebra: Pg. 25 - 26 #22, 23, 53 - 64

Algebra: Worksheet 1.6, which is practice with negative numbers. Please let me know if you are still struggling with negative numbers tomorrow!

Homework 9/19

Pre-Algebra: Pg. 19 #10 - 27, then choose either #28 or #34

Algebra: Worksheet 3.1
Notice that the first 6 problems are asking if the value they give you is the correct solution to the equation. Numbers 7 - 15 just have you solving the equations.

No Homework 9/14

Have fun at Camp Arnold and enjoy the weekend!

Homework 9/13

Pre-Algebra: Pg 12 #13 - 28, 30, 31

Algebra: Pg 23 #2 - 16 Evens; Pg 29 #10 - 18 Evens; Pg 30 #42, 44

Homework 9/12

Pre-Algebra: Pg 8 - 9, everyone does #41 - 50, then choose either #51 or #52.

Algebra: Order of Operations Worksheet
Note that this worksheet also contains decimal multiplication, but its title is just "Order of Operations."

Homework 9/8

Pre-Algebra: Pg xxv, Scavenger Hunt. All 10 problems

Algebra: The light coin problem.
Hint: figure out how to solve it weighing coins at most twice.

Pre-Algebra Book Reminder

Those of you who took home a pre-algebra book over the summer and will be in algebra this year, please bring it in as soon as you can! Our first class meeting will be this Thursday, and I would like to get all the books returned and checked out to the pre-algebra class by Friday.

If you took a book home and will be in pre-algebra this year, just keep it for now and write down your book number so I can keep track of who has which one. Thank you!

Nova Math, 2011

Greetings Nova students and parents. This blog is where you will be able to keep up with information for your pre-algebra and algebra classes this year. I will regularly post assignments, updates, important dates, and anything else I feel like sharing throughout the year. It's not much to look at yet, but please check in once the school year starts and things start happening.

As the year gets going, you will also be able to find information on both Mathcounts and Roosevelt Service as they come up. As we said during Parent Orientation, Mathcounts will start sometime after Cross Country ends, either late October or early November, and will be either Wednesdays or Thursdays after school (to be determined...).

Also, please note that while I have presumptuously titled this post "Nova Math", it is not for all our math classes. Mo's blog is still the place to go for Transition Math, and Mr. Kehoe's blog is for Geometry.

Here it is

The place to be.