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Gelli's Percent Post

Saturday, May 30, 2009
1) 245% of $356.80



















2) 68 3/4% of 730























3) 360% of $1
29.95








Part B:
2) Table Salt is a chemical compound of sodium and chlorine. recommended daily intake is about 1700 mg. If Canadians consume 182% of this amount on average, how much sodium is one person eating daily?

















5) The 4900 seat hockey arenas was 63% full. How many people
were at the game?

Gelli's Last Fraction Post

Monday, May 11, 2009
Adding Fractions:

1st step: Find a common denominator.
2nd step: Add the numerator to a numerater
3rd step: Add the denominator to a denominator.
LAST step: Simplify it. (only if possible)

Subtracting Fractions:

1st step: Find a common denominator.
2nd step: Subtract the numerator to a numerator.
3rd step: Subtract the denominator to a denominator.
LAST step: Simplify it. (only if possible)

Adding Mixed Numbers:

1st step: Convert the mixed numbers into improper fractions.
2nd step: Fina a common denominator.
3rd step: Add the numerator to a numerator.
4th step: Add the denominator to a denominator.
5th step: Convert the answer into a mixed number.
LAST step: Simplify it. (only if possible)

Multiplying Fractions:

1st step: Multiply the numerator to a numerator.
2nd step: Multiply denominator to a denominator.
LAST step: Simplify it. (only if possible)

Multiplying Mixed Numbers:

1st step: Convert any of the mixed numbers into improper fractions.
2nd step: Multiply the numerator to a numerator.
3rd step: Multiply the denominator with a denominator.
4th step: Convert the answer into a mixed number.
LAST step: Simplify it. (only if possible)

Dividing Fractions:

1st step: Find the reciprical. (one of the fractions upside down)
2nd step: Multiply the numerator to a numerator.
3rd step: Multiply the denominator to a denominator.
4th step: Convert the fraction into a mixed fraction.
LAST step: Simplify it. (only if possible)

Dividing Mixed Numbers:

1st step: Convert the mixed numbers into improper fractions.
2nd step: Find the reciprical. (one of the fractions upside down)
3rd step: Multiply the numerator to a numerator.
4th step: Multiply the denominator to a denominator.
5th step: Convert the answer into a mixed number.
LAST step: Simplify it. (only if possible)

Word Problems:

Problem # 2:
Problem # 3:

Tracy and Gelli's Fraction Word Problems

Tuesday, April 28, 2009
These are Tracy's questions and answers from our Fraction Word Problems:
Question # 1:
One week, Kristi worked 3 days at a department store for 3 1/2 h each day.
She was paid $9/h.

a) How many hours did Kristi work that week? Show your thinking.
Answer: Kristi worked for 10 1/2 hours that week.
b) How much did Kristi earn that week?

Answer: Kristi earned $94.50 that week.

Question # 2:
Jupiter completes about 2 2/5 rotations every 24 hours (an Earth day.) How many rotations does Jupiter complete in one Earth week? Show your thinking.

Answer: Jupiter completes 16 4/5 rotations around earth in 1 year.
Question # 3:
A sailboat is sailing at 8 1/2 km/h. If the weather conditions and the current do not change, how far will the sailboat travel in 1 1/3 h? Show your thinking.

Answer: The sailboat will travel 11 1/3 km/h.

These are Gelli's questions and answers from our Fraction Word Problems:

Question # 5:
The distance to Grandma's house is 4/5 of the distance to Uncle Glen's house. If Uncle Glen's house is 3 1/2 hours away, how long will it take to get to Grandma's house if you travel at the same speed?

It will take 2 4/5 to get to Grandma's house by traveling at the same speed.

Question # 6:

It takes 3/5 of a tank of gas to get to work and back each day. How much gas is used over 5 work days? Show your thinking.
The amount of gas that is used for 5 work days is 3.

Question # 7:
Owen is 2 1/4 times as old as Robin. When Robin celebrates his 8th birthday, how old will Owen be?
When Robin celebrates his 8th birthday, Owen will be 18 years old.

Question # 8:

The karate club is arranging a grading for its members. It takes 3 1/4 hours to test a group of 4 candidates. How long will the club need the gym in order to process 3 groups of 4 candidates each?
The club will need the gym for 9 3/4 in order to process 3 groups of 4 candidates each.

Pythagoras

Thursday, February 26, 2009
Mr.Harbeck was suppose to teach us a new unit but apparently he slipped and bumped his head on the ice and now he has amnesia. So, we have to help him out and figure out what he was going to teach us so we could recover his memory.

Mr.Harbeck said that he found these artifacts that was left in his backpack. So right now I'm going to explain what these artifacts are and this vocabulary that was left on a piece of paper and how they are linked to these artifacts.
Do you know why these words are related to the artifacts? I DO ! The word legs relate to the right triangle because well you know the small square in the corner? That's the 90 degree angle. In other words its called 'A' and 'B' , which are the legs. If they can make a right triangle, they are called complimentary angles.
The word hypotenuse relate to side 'C' of the right triangle. Side 'C' is the longest side of the right triangle. It is always across from the 90 degree angle.
The next word R.A.T stands for Right Angle Triangle. It means that a triangle has a right angle (90 degree angle).
The word Greek relates to Pythagoras. Pythagoras was a greek person that was the father of math.

The word theorem relates to a formula, a² + b² = c² or a theory that can be proved.
The first artifact is a triangle. This triangle is a R.A.T (right angle triangle) because it has a 90 degree angle. You can tell if its a right triangle because of the square at the corner. This right triangle has two sides that are the legs, which are 'a' and 'b'. It also has two angles which are theta and beta. These angles create a complimentary angle because together they create a 90 degree angle. The longest side of the triangle which is 'c' is called the hypotenuse.
The second artifact is a square. To be sure it is a square, we have to put lines on each four sides because that tells us that each side are equal and that it's a square. The four sides of the square are called lines of symmetry. This square has four right angled triangles at each corner. You can also get two right triangles from one square because if you cut the square in half, you get two right angled triangles. The whole square equals to 360 degrees (4 x 90 = 360).

The third artifact is the Pythagorean Theorem. This is a formula that is related to 'a', 'b' and 'c'. In other words the 3 sides of the right triangle. Pythagoras was the one who came up with the theorem. This is a picture how we use the Pythagorean Theorem. Here is a square that is 3x3, another square that is 4x4 and another one that is 5x5. The 5x5 square is the one that was made from both 3x3 and 4x4 squares. The 5x5 square which has a square in it is the 4x4 square and the squares outside of it is the 3x3 square. So, the pythagorean theorem works because 3x3=9, 4x4=16, 5x5=25 and 9+16=25.
The last artifact is a picture of Pythagoras. He was greek and a very intelligent mathematician. Pythagoras was known has the father of math. He was the one who created the Pythagorean Theorem, a² + b² = c². Pythagoras is a vegan (vegetarian), a person that doesn't eat a live things. He was the one who discovered the circumstanes-cosmos of the earth and that the sun goes around the earth. He was into harmonics which meant that he loved music. Pythagoras thought that he could make a square into four triangles and that he could make a triangle out of 3 squares.

Video#1:



Video#2:


Video#3:


PROBLEM#1:
In this problem that Mr.Harbeck gave us, we had to find the base of the triangle. This picture explains how I solved 'c'.

Problem#2:
First, you need to find out how long each side of the square is. Then that will give you side "A" and "B" for the triangles since they're both the same length. Okay so, like a normal question find the length of the hypotenuse, which is 'c'. Once you have gott that you can now label the triangle and add up all the sides to find the perimeter.

Pay It Forward

Sunday, January 4, 2009
For my act of kindness, I'm thinking of helping anonymous people like the elderly, children, and the homeless. Some of my ideas to pay it forward was to help at an old folks home, help at the Children's Hospital, babysit for free, volunteer at a Christmas cheerboard, shovel someone's driveway, do community service, do chores at home without being told, and to donate money, clothes, or toys. I thought about going to the Children's Hospital or Calvary Place. I'm going to pay it forward during the break.


What I ended up doing was I made cards with Abby, Alyanna, Carrie, Arielle, Sutchai, and Tracy. The cards we made were about paying it forward, explaining what pay it forward is, why we are doing it, and how others can help. We all participated and equally shared the work by thinking, writing, drawing, and coloring.

On the front of each card said, "Pay it Forward" and to read before thinking to even throw it out or something similar. If you think about it, do you think you'd read something handmade made by anonymous people in the mail? Would you throw it out without even reading it? I honestly probably wouldn't take the time to read it, but maybe if it said something like, "Please read before throwing out." or "Before you even think of throwing this out, please read it." I'd probably read it. We also drew pictures on the front of the cards like flowers, cartoons, and forward symbols like the ones on a VCR. In the inside of the cards basically covered the who, what, when, where, why, and how. We also drew diagrams of one person paying it forward to three other people, each of the three paying it forward to three other people, and so on. We showed how it can spread quickly to many people and around the world. We also attached a lollipop to each of the cards to show our appreciation to pay it forward. We put the cards into mailboxes of unknown people.

I felt that I have done a good deed by spreading the message to others. I also felt like watching someone open their door and read what we had left in their mailbox and how they would react. I think the people whom I have given it to would have probably had a happy feeling reading the card and had a smile on their face wondering who had made the cards. I'm hoping that the people who received the cards actually read it and don't tend on throwing it out. I hope that they also pay it forward to help us spread the message.

Do I think that one person can make a difference? I know someone can make difference, it may not be a huge difference like to stop global warming but everyone counts. Even if that difference is very little, it will continue to grow no matter how small it may be. It is almost like a tree, it'll start out small and it will take time for it to grow, but in the end it is a large beautiful tree, and all the waiting really paid off. I think if you really believe in yourself that you can make a difference in our world and that you never give up, you will make a difference. No matter who you are. Age? Size? Culture? Ethnicity? That all doesn't matter, what matters is what is in you! Every little difference can make a HUGE DIFFERENCE! EVERY PERSON COUNTS!


Scribe Post for December 9, 2008

Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Hello classmates from 8-41! (: Today I'm the scribe, HAHAHA! Anyways, today in class we started learning the words variable, constant, and terms. We also did work on simplifying expressions or equations, regrouping them, and circling the like terms.

This is what we did....

Variable:
- A letter that represents a number.
-examples: y,n,t

Constant:
-The integer in the question.
-examples: +9-6

Terms:
-parts of the expression or equation.
examples: 3n +6

What we did next:

We simplify by collecting like terms
or
what Mr. Harbeck would say " Let's go shopping!"

These were examples of expressions and or equations we did with Mr. Harbeck:






Homework: Pink booklet, page 6 and page 22. (:

I hope you guys liked my scribe! If you see any mistakes, please tell me by leaving a comment behind, thank you! (: Now for the next scribe I choose..........................JAYZIE! (: HAHA, good luck!

The Great Big Book of Algebra

Thursday, December 4, 2008
Chapter 1: Integer Poetry

Adding Integers: Cinquain Poem

Adding
positive, negative
increasing, gaining, combining

the opposite of subtracting
Plus

Subtracting Integers: Diamonte Poem

Subtracting
different, easy
decreasing, reducing, diminishing
minus, take away-plus, increased
gaining, combining, increasing
addend, total
Adding


Partitive Division: Free Verse

"What's partitive division?" Whaat? You haven't hear it before? Well its a very simple way of showing your work and so this is how it goes... Just ask the simple question "How many equal parts are in ___ groups when you have negative/positive ___?" Think very, very hard but solve it really slow. So, then you draw the equal groups and share those positive or negative integers but make sure there equal, in equal parts of groups. Wasn't that easy?, of course it was! It's partitive division! So just remember these steps and you'll never be lost or confused!

Quotative Division: Tanka

What a simple way.
Using quotative to solve.
What goes into what?
Step by step, drawing is one.
Circle them to show your work!

The "Rule for Multiplying" or "Ron's Rule": Free Verse

Whenever your stuck on an integer question, just remember this rule and you'll be fine. When multiplied with two positive integers, remember the product is always positive. But once you multiplied a negative and positive together, uh oh, the product is now a negative. But wait, there's multiplying a negative and a another negative integer.. Guess what? The product is a positive all together! Now the last part is multiplying a positive and a negative.
Take a guess and look and see....... The product is negative! Lucky guess it may be! Now you have learned the rule of multiplying, always remember this lesson and take it everywhere you go!



Chapter 2
: Combining like terms and the Distributive Property

Bella: "Hey Tina, how's it going?"
Tina: "It's been going great but I've been having trouble doing this algebra equation. I'm not sure if I did it right or wrong. Can you help me?"
Bella: "Of course I'll help you. Let's see what you did."
Tina: "Okay well our teacher gave us this equation to do, its n+3-5n+12. When I solved this equation, the answer I got was -6n+15. Did I do something wrong or is it right?"
Bella: "Well actually the real answer is 4n+15."
Tina: "Oh really? So, what did I do wrong to get -6n+15?"
Bella: "Okay well first of all, instead of adding a positive to "n" and "-5n" you added a negative to "n" and "-5n" and so that's how you got -6n+15.
Tina: "Oh, I get it now but can you go over the steps of solving this equation."
Bella: "Yeah, sure thing. Okay, first off you circle the like terms, like "n" and "-5n." Then, you regroup them and you show your two different "shopping bags." Like this: n-5n ( there's a shopping bag underneath each expression) +3+12 ( there's also a shopping bag underneath this one too.) After, you simplify it and the answer you will get is 4n+15. It's not that hard, just remember the steps.
Tina: "Oh now I get how to do it, thank you so much! If you need help, just count on me and I'll help you with anything."
Bella: " You're very welcome and you can also count on me when you need help, just call my name and I'll be right there."


Tina: "Bella, since you offered to help me, can you please tell me if I did this algebra equation wrong or right and if I did do it wrong, can you still help me do the steps right to finding the right answer?"
Bella: "Yes of course. What is the equation that you wish to talk about?"
Tina: "It is 2+4(3n+8). Once I solved this equation, the answer that I got was 12n+10. Am I right?"
Bella: "Well actually you did it wrong. The first thing you need to do is solve the brackets and the numbers beside them."
Tina: "Really? So, what do you do after?
Bella: " Okay, since +4 is touching the bracket, it gets multiplied by the numbers inside the brackets." So, what's +4 times 3n?"
Tina: " Um, is it +12n?"
Bella: "Correct! Good job Tina! So now we multiply +4 and +8. What do we get?
Tina: "We get +32!"
Bella: "Correct again! You're starting to get the hang of this. So after you have solved those in the brackets and the number beside it you bring down the answers that you've got, like +12n and +32 and you also bring down the 2."
Tina: "Okay, now what?"
Bella: "Well so far you got 2+12n+32. The next step is to group the like terms... 2+32 and then just +12n. Okay so let's solve. What do you get when you add 2+32?"
Tina: " You get +34 or 34!"
Bella: "Yes, that's right! now bring down +12n, since your not going to add anything to it. Now the answer you get is?"
Tina: "12n+34!"
Bella: "Good job! Your such a fast learner! So now, do you get how to solve algebra equations?"
Tina: "Thank you and yes now I know how to solve algebra equations because of your big help! Thank you so much! Just remember if you need help, I'm always here!"
Bella: "You're very welcome and if you need help too just call my name and I'll be there!"


Here's the video



Chapter 3: One Step Equation Solving

Here are four equations about additive, subtractive, multiplicative and divisive. I will be explaining how to solve each equation using the rules of I.C.B.V., which stands for isolate, cancel opposite, balance and verify.


Additive:
The first thing I would do to be able to solve this equation is by isolating the variable which is "n". Second, you would have to add the opposite, which is -7 to +7. You then cancel them out because they are zero pairs. After you are left with "n". Third, you need to balance it out by doing the same thing to the other side. So it would be like this.. 10-7=3. Then your left with the answer of n=3. The last step is to verify (substitute) and that is very important! You first need to rewrite the equation. Then you replace the variable to the answer you got which is n=3. So it would look like this 3+7=10. Then you would write down 10=10 to finish it off.

Subtractive:
The first thing to do to solve this subtractive equation is to isolate the variable. Second, you add the opposite, which is +2 to -2. You then cancel them out because they are zero pairs. Third, you need to balance it out by doing the same to the other side. So you add +2 to the answer 14 and you solve it. Then you are left with n=16, which is the answer. The last and important step of all is to verify! You first need to rewrite the equation. Second, you replace the variable with the answer you got, which is n=16. So it would look like this... 16-2=14. The last step is to write down 14=14 to show that you are done.

Multiplicative:
The first step for solving a multiplicative equation is to isolate the variable. You then add the opposite and cancel it by dividing 3 to 3. So you are not left with "n". Third, you balance it out by doing the same thing to the other side. So you solve 12/3 which equals to 4 and the answer your left with is n=4. The last and important step is to verify! You first need to rewrite the equation. Then you replace the variable with the answer you got, which is n=3. So it would look like this....3(4)=12. The last step is to write 12=12 to show that you are done.

Divisive:
The first thing you do to solve this equation is to isolate the variable. You then add the opposite by dividing 2 by 2. So now you are left with "n". Third, you balance it by doing the same thing to the other side. You multiply 5 by 2 and now your left with the answer 10. Now the last and important step of all is to verify! You first need to rewrite the equation. Second, you replace the variable with the answer you got, which is n=10. The last step is to write down 5=5 to show that you are now done.


Chapter 4: Algetile Video


During class, Mr.Harbeck told us to make a movie about four different equations. We had to explain how to solve each one by using algebra tiles. By the way, i'm sorry if the beginning starts of side ways and also the end when I am talking, I forgot that we had to video the whole thing landscaped
. So, i'm sorry about that! Oh, and i'm also sorry if I explained it confusing!