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Welcome to our math class blog. You will find a mixture of student and teacher explanations of different concepts we had in class.

Friday, May 29, 2009

Comparing Fraction Decimal and Percent

Put every rational number in the same form then compare them.


How can you write numbers in scientific notation?

Remember that positive exponents are for whole numbers and negative exponents give decimals less than 1. Also, the first number in your scientific notation is more than one but less than 10.

How do you know what to do when asked for the scale factor of a dilation?

Remember NO, New over Old. Put the new amount over the old amount.

Thursday, May 28, 2009

Central Tendency and Range

Central Tendency summarizes information in a data set, or list of numbers. It may be used in sports, education, or any field that data is important. It includes mean median and mode. Sometimes the range is also considered.

How can you tell if you must use the Pythagorean Theroem?

The Pythagorean Theorem should be used whenever the problem implies that there is a right triangle, and you need to find the length of one side.

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

How do you reflect over a line or axis?

The line or axis is like a mirror. A point is the same distance from the mirror as its image.

http://www.lakaw.com/2008/05/easy-way-to-teaching-kids-math.html

How do you convert fractions decimals and percents? Part 1

This is useful to know when we need to compare order fractions, decimals and percents. The attached link is the first of two videos

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