Unit 2 Review - October 15

Topics for Today:

Today we played Review Jeopardy to prepare for our Unit 2 test tomorrow.  Students are reminded that notebooks will be due at the beginning of class tomorrow.  Students can find the table of contents for any unit on the Table of Contents Page of this blog.  

Topics for this unit include:

* Divisibility (rules for 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9. and 10)

* Prime Factorization (factor trees)

* Greatest Common Factor (GCF)

* Least Common Multiple (LCM)

* Simplifying Fractions

* Mixed Numbers & Improper Fractions

* Changing Fractions to Decimals and Decimals to Fractions

* Comparing and Ordering Rational Numbers

Vocabulary:

See page 178 in your textbook

Sections Covered in Textbook:

Chapter 3 Sections 3-3 through 3-10 (skip 3-7) - Pages 141-179

Resources & Tutorials:

Review Jeopardy Questions

Review Jeopardy Answers

Assignments:

Study for your test!
Get your notebook together!

Fractions and Decimals - October 13

Topics for Today:

Today we talked about converting fractions to decimals and vice versa.  A fraction is simply a division problem with the denominator serving as the divisor.  Any fraction can be converted to a decimal by dividing the denominator into the numerator.

For changing decimals to fractions, the process is simple.  Take for example 0.2. 

1.  Say it

2.  Write it

3.  Simplify it

Also, there are some common fraction/decimal equivalents that should be committed to memory.  They are: 

Vocabulary:

terminating decimal, repeating decimal

Sections Covered in Textbook:

3-9: Fractions and Decimals (pages 168-172)

Resources & Tutorials:

1) Convert a fraction to a decimal

2) Convert a decimal to a fraction

3) Fractions and Decimals Class Notes

Assignments:

1) Fractions and Decimals Worksheet

2) Quiz Corrections due Thursday

3) Unit 2 Test Friday (notebook due!)

Extras:

Fraction Reaction