Math 421 with Mrs. Spence (pm)

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Hello PM Class :)

I had to leave class the other day early, so unfortunately I don't have all the details. :( But i do have the homework that was assigned.

Pg. 133 #1-11 ODD

#23-43 ODD

#56

Monday, April 20, 2009

April 20th Homework by Amy Marchbank!

Today we learned something new, we learned how to Factor Long Trinomails. We Wrote down notes from the Smart Board and did some practice problems. Ms. Murphy also mention that if you do not do your homework, you have three nights to do it, and if you show her the finished homework within the three days you can still get a complete on the homework! She also mentioned, when you are gone away on a trip and then come back you still have a chance to complete homework and get a homework check as well.

The homework that was assigned was:

Page 130 #13-31 ODD

Page 131 # 43-47 ODD

Miranda's Brain Teaser: April 21

What do the following words have in common? They are in no specific order.

Bedposts, Denominate, Highways, Culture, and Elephants.

ANSWER:
Each word equals 100 when the letters are added up.
For example a = 1, b= 2, c=3.
You add up the letters and the numbers they represent.

Highways: H=8, I=9, G=7, H=8, W=23, A=1, Y=25, S=19
8+9+7+8+23+1+25+19

Thursday, April 16, 2009

Thursday, April 16 Homework by Josh Adams

Today in class we went over factoring simple trinomials.
For homework, we have #1-8 (all) on page 126 and #19-26 (all), #27-43 (odd), and #51-55 (odd) on page 127.
Hope everyone who went to it enjoyed the Green and White Revue!

Brain teaser by jared for the16th

Last weekend, I went to play in the nearby park. It was real fun! I rode my new bicycle that Mom had gifted me on my birthday.On reaching the park, I saw that there were a total of 13 bicycles and tricycles. If the total number of wheels was 35, how many tricycles were there?

Answer
9

Solution: Assuming 2 wheels for each cycle, 13 cycles will have 26 wheels. But, there are 35 − 26 = 9 extra wheels. As bicycles have 2 wheels and tricycles have 3 wheels, there is 1 extra wheel per tricycle in the park. Thus, the 9 extra wheels belong to 9 tricycles.

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