Survey and Assignment

Go to the following web site to complete the Google Survey.  You do not need to put your name on here if you do not want to

After completing the Survey, go compete your Equations Review.  You are required to place your name on this assignment.

GP 2 W 1 (Due 11/3)

Are you happy with grading period 1 grade?  If so what are you going to do to keep that grade?  If not what are you going to do improve your grade?

GP 2 W 2 (Due 11/10)

What is scientific notation?  What is scientific notation used for?  Give an example of a number in scientific notation

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Use at least three sentences to describe a concept or word that you learned in your math class this week.  You also may use the three sentences to describe something you do not understand.

GP 2 W 3 (Due 11/17)

Use three sentences to describe the difference between irrational and rational numbers.

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Use at least three sentences to describe a concept or word that you learned in your math class this week.  You also may use the three sentences to describe something you do not understand.

GP 2 W 4 (Due 12/1)

What is an inequality?  Give and example of one and describe when an inequality would be needed.

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Use at least three sentences to describe a concept or word that you learned in your math class this week.  You also may use the three sentences to describe something you do not understand.

GP 2 W 5 (Due 12/8)

How do you find slope if you know two points on a line? Find the slope of a line that has the following points (-2,3) and (0,6)

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Use at least three sentences to describe a concept or word that you learned in your math class this week.  You also may use the three sentences to describe something you do not understand.

GP 2 W 6 (Due 12/15)

Sumalee won 40 super bouncy balls playing horseshoes at her school's game night.

Later, she gave two to each of her friends.  She then gave one to her mother, one to her father, and two to her sister.  She only has 8 remaining. How many friends does she have?  Use three sentences to explain how you got your answer.

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Use at least three sentences to describe a concept or word that you learned in your math class this week.  You also may use the three sentences to describe something you do not understand.

GP 2 W 7 (Due 12/22)

Molly bought two heads of cabbage for $1.80. How many heads of cabbage can

Willie buy if he has $28.80? 

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Use at least three sentences to describe a concept or word that you learned in your math class this week.  You also may use the three sentences to describe something you do not understand.

GP 2 W 8 (Due 1/11)

Jessica is trying to convince her coach that she is shooting better from the free throw line than last year.  Last year she made 40 out of 50 free throws.  This year Jessica has made 74 out of 100 free throws.  Is Jessica right that she is actually shooting better from the free throw line this year? Explain

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Use at least three sentences to describe a concept or word that you learned in your math class this week.  You also may use the three sentences to describe something you do not understand.

GP 2 W 9 (Due 1/18)

Dante and Jarrod were arguing who made more money at their job.  Dante made $220 a week while Jarrod made $50 a week plus $8.00 per hour.  How many hours would Jarrod need to work to make more money than Dante?  Use three sentences to help justify your answer.

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Use at least three sentences to describe a concept or word that you learned in your math class this week.  You also may use the three sentences to describe something you do not understand.

Grading Period 1, Weeks 1 Due 9/8)

What is your goal for your math class?  What grade do you hope to achieve?  What is something that you need to do to achieve your goals?

Grading Period 1, Week 2 (Due 9/15)

A sixth-grade class sells Yankees pennants and American Flags.  They earn $1 profit for each pennant sold and $6 for each flag sold.  They sell items at a total of $92. 

 1) How many flags did they sell if they sold 20 pennants?  

2) Create a different scenario of the amount of each item they could sell to equal $92.00  An example would be 1 flag and 86 pennants. 

Grading Period 1 Week 3 (Due 9/22)

The Booster Club hired a hip hop group for a fund-raiser.  The club guaranteed the group a fee of $1500 plus $4.50 for each ticket sold.  There are 1,132 seats in the auditorium.  What is the greatest possible amount of money the band can earn for a performance?  The least amount?

Grading Period 1 Week 4 (Due 9/29)

This is a two part question

If you buy 5 candy bars and a bag of $4.00 gummy worms, the variable expression 5c + 4 represents the total cost of the purchase.

1) If your bill came to $21.00 how much did each candy bar cost?

Suppose the next day you went back to the store and bought 3 DVDs and a video game for $30.  2) Write a variable expression to represent this purchase

Grading Period 1, Week 5 (Due 10/6)

Mark Texiera of the New York Yankees makes 23,125,000 per year.  In 2012 Texiera at 451 at bats.  Alex Rodriguez makes $30,000,000 per year.  In 2012 Rodriguez had 463 at bats.  How much money did each player make per at bat?

Grading Period 1, Week 6 (Due 10/13)

Ben was a salesman at a car dealership where he made $10 per hour and $50 for every sale he made.  David worked at the same job and got paid $20 per hour.  If Ben worked 10 hours and sold 2 cars in a week, how many hours would David have to work to make more money than Ben?

Would you rather have a contract like Ben's or like David's?  Why?

Grading Period 1, Week 7 (Due 10/20)

The middle school is going to have a walk-a-thon.  Justice and Joseph are arguing who made more money per lap. Justice raises $333 for walking 11 laps.  Joseph raises $400 for walking 8 laps.  How much did each person raise per lap?  Who was right?

GP 1 Week 8 (Due 10/27)

Yam, Bam, Uam, Iam, and Gam are aliens on a space ship.

a) Yam is younger than Uam.
b) Yam is not the youngest in the group.
c) Only one alien is older than Gam.
d) Gam is younger than Bam.
Arrange Yam, Uam, Bam, Iam, and Gam in order of increasing
age.

GP 4 Week 1 (Due 3/31)

 I bought three shirts that had equivalent retail values.  I used a $15 gift certificate at the time of purchase and paid a total of $81.00.  How much did each individual shirt cost? 

GP 4 Week 2 (Due 4/7)

Five children and one adult went to a concert.  Adult tickets were $14.  The total price for all the tickets was $59.  What was the cost of each child’s ticket?  

GP 4 Week 3 (Due 4/13)

3, 6, 10, 10, 20, 37, 50,70

Using the set of data above what produces the greatest number, the mean, median, or mode?

GP 4 Week 4 (Due 4/28)

Joe says that it will take in one and half days to drive to Nevada.  If this is true, how many seconds will it take Joe to drive to Nevada?

GP 4 Week 5 (Due 5/5)

 According to the bus schedule, a bus stops at the corner of 2nd Street and 9th Street every thirty minutes, on the half hour.  The bus is sometimes up to five minutes late.  Your watch says it is 3:50 PM.  The time you wait for the bus will probably be:

     A.  greater than or equal to fifteen minutes

     B.  less than or equal to fifteen minutes

     C.  greater than fifty minutes

     D.  less than five minutes

GP 4 Week 6 (Due 5/12)

There are 27 people in Mr. Johnson's class.  8 people have red shirts on, 9 people have yellow shirts on, 3 have green on, and 7 have brown on.  If one person was picked at random, what percent chance does a person wearing a brown shirt have of being picked?

GP 4 Week 7 (Due 5/19)

On Tuesday Shanice bought five hats. On Wednesday half of all the hats that she had were destroyed. On Thursday there were only 17 left. How many did she have on Monday?

GP 4 Week 8 (Due 5/26)

Leroy sold half of his comic books and then bought sixteen more. He now has 36. With how many did he begin?

GP 4 Week 9 (Due 6/2)

How old am I if 400 reduced by 2 times my age is 244?

All Mr. Jackson's blogs must be turned in by 5/30!  No exceptions

GP 3 Week 1 DUE 1/27

PICK ONE CONCEPT THAT WE HAVE LEARNED IN CLASS. USE AT LEAST THREE SENTENCES TO EXPLAIN YOUR CONCEPT.

GP 2 Week 3 Due 2/3

A bat ate a total of 1050 dragon flies on four consecutive nights. Each night she ate 25 more than on the night before. How many did she eat each night? Solve this algebraically

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Use at least three sentences to describe a concept or word that you learned in your math class this week.  You also may use the three sentences to describe something you do not understand.

GP 3 Week 3 Due 2/10

At a baby shower, we started discussing baby statistics. One of the women told us she had heard a report that for every 100 babies born, there were 6 more boys than girls. If we were to randomly pick a child from a representative group, what is the probability of picking a girl?

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Use at least three sentences to describe a concept or word that you learned in your math class this week.  You also may use the three sentences to describe something you do not understand.

GP 3 Week 4 Due 2/17

In the old days there were elevator operators to transport passengers. Don Downs always started his day in the basement. He went up 20 floors to take his boss some coffee. Then he went down 8 floors to take a Danish to his friend. He went up 7 floors to check things out. This was the halfway point in the building. How many floors are in this building? 

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Use at least three sentences to describe a concept or word that you learned in your math class this week.  You also may use the three sentences to describe something you do not understand.

GP 3 Week 5 Due 3/3

Tara and Sara are going to play a spinner game. These are the rules:


- Both Spinners are labeled 1 - 5

• When it is a player's turn, you spin both spinners.
• Add the 2 numbers that the spinner points to.
• If the sum is odd, Tara wins even if it is not her turn.
• If the sum is even, Sara wins even if it is not her turn.

Who has a better chance of winning?

OR

Use at least three sentences to describe a concept or word that you learned in your math class this week.  You also may use the three sentences to describe something you do not understand.

GP 3 Week 6 DUE 3/10

A picture that measures 12 cm by 18 cm is enlarged to 4 times its area. What are the new dimensions?

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Use at least three sentences to describe a concept or word that you learned in your math class this week.  You also may use the three sentences to describe something you do not understand.

GP 3 Week 7 Due 3/17

An object weighing 5 pounds on Earth will weigh 2 pounds on Mercury. The Statue of Liberty weighs 225 tons. What would it weigh on Mercury?

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Use at least three sentences to describe a concept or word that you learned in your math class this week.  You also may use the three sentences to describe something you do not understand.

GP 3 Week 8 Due 3/24

Joe's Taxi Service charges $1.50 for the first mile and $.90 for each additional mile. How far could Mr. West go if he had $20 and was going to give the driver a $2 tip?

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Use at least three sentences to describe a concept or word that you learned in your math class this week.  You also may use the three sentences to describe something you do not understand.