Middle School Mathematics, Stafford, Feb 04 - 08

 

Next Math Counts Competition: Feb 09, 2008

 

This week in Geometry we focus and discover formulas and conjectures related to the concept of area. We use these formulas and conjectures to solve word problems and applications problems. Our goals this week are to discover formulas for finding areas of rectangles, parallelograms, triangles, trapezoids, kites, regular polygons, and circles.

 

This week in College Prep Algebra we dig into unit 7: slopes and rates of change. Our learning goals are to further our understanding of the relationships between graphs and their equations and to formalize the notion of the steepness and direction of a line (slope) in terms of rate of change.

 

This week in Integrated Algebra, we begin a new chapter covering fractions in a variety of contexts. We begin with developing fractions from an area model and proceed to solving equations involving division with fractions. Additionally, we work using percents with problems involving sales tax, mark up, discounts, percent increase & decrease and money applications with interest.

 

This week in Pre Algebra II we begin chapter 7, whose purpose is to provide a new look at operations with decimals and fractions. The students who are already familiar and understand these concepts should appreciate the applications presented for use in the real world.