Frequently Asked Questions: This page contains answers to common questions 
of students and parents.

1. What supplies do I need for math?
2. What is a planner used for?
3. What sign do you get when you add 2 negative integers
4. What sign do you get when you multiply 2 negative integers?
5. What is the origin of scalene, isosceles and equilateral ?

What supplies do I need for math?

A spiral notebook.  I would buy 2 one subject binders.  When 
you fill up the first one you will already have a new one.  
Pencils, pencils, pencils and a pocket folder.
You will also need looseleaf paper for homework. Later in the 
year you will need graph paper.

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What is a planner used for?

Please put your planner in your black 3 ring binder.  You write 
homework assignments in your planner for each subject.  DO NOT 
PULL OUT PAGES  or SCRIBBLE in the planner.  Any time a parent 
has a comment jot it down in the planner and ask your child to 
show it to their teacher.  Grades for tests and quizzes will be 
written in the planner.  I ask all students to have their 
1st quiz and 1st test signed.  After that they need a signature 
if the grade is below 80%.

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What sign do you get when you add 2 negative integers

When you add 2 negative integers, your result is a negative 
integer.

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What sign do you get when you multiply 2 negative integers?

When you multiply 2 negative integers, your result is a positive 
integer.

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What is the origin of scalene, isosceles and equilateral ?

equilateral (adjective): from Latin aequus "even, 
level" and latus, 
stem later-, "side," both of uncertain origin. Related 
borrowings from 
Latin are bilateral and multiplateral. In geometry an equilateral 
triangle is one in which all sides are equal in length.

isosceles (adjective): from Greek isos "equal," of 
unknown prior 
origin, and skelos "leg." The Indo-European root (s)kel-
 "curved, 
bent" is found in scoliosis and colon, borrowed from Greek. 
In 
geometry, an isosceles triangle or trapezoid has two equal legs. 
It 
may seem strange that the root means "bent" even though 
the sides of a 
triangle and a trapezoid are straight, but each leg is bent 
relative 
to the adjoining legs.

scalene (adjective): from the Indo-European root skel- "to 
cut." Greek 
skalenos originally meant "stirred up, hoed up." When a 
piece of 
ground is stirred up, the surface becomes "uneven," 
which was a later 
meaning of skalenos. A scalene triangle is uneven in the sense 
that all 
three sides are of different lengths...

- Doctor Sarah, The Math Forum

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