Pattern Links

Isn't it fascinating that a pattern can be represented as a graph, a table and an equation?!?

We'll be doing more link sheets tonight for homework and all through next week.

Please also complete the worksheet handed out in class.

Fibinocci

One of the most famous patterns in the world was designed by the Italian mathematician, Leonardo di Pisa -- better known as Fibinocci.

His sequence goes like this: seed it with 0, 1 and then add the two numbers to get the next.

0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89 ...

Get it?

Pattern Splash

We were able to describe patterns in various ways in class today:

going up

rules

unknowns

increasing

continued numbers

That's great groundwork as we start our next unit. Tonight, please answer the questions on the worksheet handed out in class.

Boost That Grade

Correct your test tonight and I'll average the two sores together.

Great chance to boost your score.

Magic Square

We practiced them in class, and now it's your turn to build one.

Yours should follow these rules:

• Be a 3x3 or 4x4 square
• Include positive and negative numbers
• Have one row that gives away the solution

Don't remember what a magic square is? Check it out here.

Subtracting Integers

Subtracting integers can be really easy ... especially if you follow this rule:

Write the problem as a sum by changing the second integer to its opposite.

Ex. -6 - (-2) = -6 + 2 = -4

or

-6 - 2 = -6 + -2 = -8

Remember a double negative creates a positive.

Try the worksheet tonight and we'll review tomorrow in class.

Adding Integers

Here's the most basic of rules:

The sum of 2 positive numbers = positive

5 + 2 = 7

The sum of 2 negative numbers = negative

-7 + -1 = -8

But you do need to watch the values of the numbers when adding a positive and a negative number.

4 + -1 = 3

4 + -8 = -4

Please complete the worksheet tonight for homework.

Integers and Absolute Value

Integers are negative and positive numbers.

Absolute value tell us the distance a number is away from zero.

So both -3 and 3 have an absolute value of '3' since they are each 3 places away from zero on a number line.

This weekend, please finish questions 11-53 on pg. 19 & 20 of your book.

Evaluating Expressions

If y = 6, then 5y = 30.

That's really all it takes to understand evaluating expressions. Homework is from the Practice Sheet handed out in class today.

Up for a challenge? You can try the practice quiz here.

Order of Operations - Day 2

Please complete the Worksheet handed out in class today.

Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally

That's the mnemonic we learned for the order of operations:

Parenthesis
Exponents
Multiplication
Division
Addition
Subtraction

Tonight you are completing pg. 11 Q 10 - 30 in your book. More practice with order of operation tomorrow.

Variables and Variable Expression

Today we learned the difference between a variable expression and a numerical expression -- variable expressions have letters, numerical expressions only have numbers.

Tonight you should complete questions 10-29 on page 6 of your book.