Thursday, May 5, 2011

Thursday's Homework

Math

-Play the fraction video game (see yesterday's blog for the link) for 15 minutes and get a signature from a parent or guardian to get a bonus mark on your test tomorrow

Fractions Unit Test- Friday!
*Extra help Friday morning 8:15am (meet outside the back doors)

-What is a fraction?

-numerator (what does it mean?)
-denominator (what does it mean?)
-equivalent fractions
-proper and improper fractions
-mixed numbers

Skills:
-adding and subtracting fractions (find LCM to get common denominator)
-multiplying whole numbers by fractions
-converting between fractions, decimals and percents


-reducing fractions to lowest terms


-converting improper fractions into mixed numbers


-adding and subtracting mixed numbers (convert into improper fractions and make a common denominator)






-Solving Word Problems involving fractions




-practice questions:


pg 341#2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9




Math - Fractions Assignment due Tuesday



History Test on Chapter 3 - Tuesday

History - Visual Timeline of Ch 3 - due Tuesday