MS Math Update – Jan. 22-26, 2024

Friday, January 26th is the end of our first semester. Please make sure that students turn in all the permitted assignments.

6th Grade Math – Mrs. VonFeldt

This week, the 6th graders will be applying their study of percentage to find the percent of a number. We have learned how to convert percent to a decimal or fraction. Now, to find the percent of a number, you just multiply the percent (in fraction or decimal form) by the number. We encounter percent everywhere in our daily lives: taxes, tips, nutrition information, sports statistics, and so much more. Watch the following video for a review of the process:

7th Grade Math – Mrs. VonFeldt & Mrs. Evans

This week, in 7th grade math, we will apply what we learned solving one-step equations to two-step equations. This will finish Module 6, so we will then review and have a test on Friday.

Solving two-step equations uses the same process as one-step equations. We UNDO what has been done to the variable, step by step, by using the inverse operation. For those wanting a little extra help, here is a video that explains it well:

Other skills that students will need to have fluency on for the test are: simplifying expressions with the distribution property, factoring and combining like terms. Please see previous posts to access help on these topics.

8th Grade Math – Mrs. Evans

This week in 8th grade math we will extend our understanding of angle relationship to triangles, first on their interior angles and then on their exterior angles. We will then review and have a test on Friday that covers all the angle relationships that we have covered: intersecting lines, parallel lines with transversals and triangles. Students should study the relationships carefully so that they can easily recognize how various angles are related to each other. A great place to practice and become more fluent with these relationships is in IXL.COM, where particularly helpful sections have been starred in your student’s account. It should look like this in sections P and Q:

Algebra – Mrs. VonFeldt

This week in Algebra we will finish our chapter on inequalities with a test on Friday. We have learned to solve and graph inequalities in one variable (graphed on a number line), and two variables (graphed on a coordinate plane). Inequalities are solved just as equations, with one exception: when you multiply or divide by a negative number, you must reverse the inequality. The following video is a good summary of graphing inequalities on the coordinate plane: