Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Monday, December 14, 2009

Convert each fraction to a decimal number. Round each decimal number to the indicated place value then convert to a percent.

a)27/56 (tenths)

0.4821428
0.5
60%

b) 125/396 (thousandths)

0.3156565
0.316
31.6%


c) 1496/2005 (hundredths)

0.746134663
0.75
35%

Repeating decimal:

A decimal number with digit or group of digits that repeats forever.

- repeating digits are shown with a bar.

eg. 0.777777.... = 0. Bar 7






Use calculator to convert these fractions to a repeating decimal.

a) 1/3

0. bar 3


b) 5/9

0. bar 5

c) 5/6

0.8 bar 3



Terminating decimal:

- a decimal number in which the digits stop.

-examples include 0.4, 0.86, 0.125


0.75 seventy-five
hundredths

75/100 = 3/4



HOMEWORK

a) 28 out of 8 b) 421 out of 560

Change each terminating decimal to a fraction.

Simplify the expression

(2+1) 2+ 3x4 2 divided by 2

Construct an angle bisector of a 60 degrees angle.

Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Difference

The "Whole Numbers" that are between 7 and 13 are :
8, 9, 10, 11, and 12

The difference between 13 and 7 is 6

Half this difference is 3
6 divided by 2 = 3

The number ID is halfway between 7 and 13
7 + 3 = 10 or 13 - 3 = 10

If you still don't understand this information try and solve these questions that we did during class.

1. What are the whole numbers between 68 and 72, 108.3 and 111.6
Answer : 69, 70, and 71 Answer : 109, 110, and 111

2. What number is halfway between the given numbers? a. 70 and 170 b. 1801 and 1813 c.18.4 and 6.2.
Answers : a.120 b.1807 c.12.3

3. Is the number in the middle closer to the left number or the right number?
30/38/40 0.6/3.4/6.6 0.891/0.732/0.641 78.68/78.22/77.77
Right Left Right Right




definitions


Whole Number - a whole number is a number without a decimal ; must also not have any place value below 0, for e.g. tenths, hundredths, thousandths, etc.


Between - anything in the middle of things. for e.g. my desk is between Diana and Kathryn in math.


Difference - how many numbers it takes to get from one number to another. 7 and 13 would be 6 because it goes 7,8,9,10,11,12,then 13, 6 numbers to get from one to the other.


Halfway - a word used to describe something that is divided into 2 equal parts.
Pictures drawn on paint by me, Credits to my cousin Alvin for showing me how to do this better. Thanks Alvin.