We Are Called

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• Mary Jane Shafer

  If anyone needs help, just look at you math binder and the notes we did today. At first (to me) the homework was hard, but if you look at your notes it helps a lot. Also if you go to the internet address box, type in www.calculator.com, then click on standard calculator, and an online calculator pops up. (If you don't have a calculator on hand.) :)

  8/13/2009 3:48:10 PM
• MrsGries

  Thank you mary Jane for the tips!

  8/13/2009 5:37:38 PM
• adam e

  hey, its 11o clock and just now getting to homework...I knownobody did this yet but anybody remember how to multiply mixed numbers...its been so long i feel stupid to ask

  8/14/2009 10:49:30 AM
• MrsGries

  No one shold ever feel "stupid" to ask. It's a smart thing to know when you need help. To multiply mixed numbers you need to change them to improper fractions by multiplying the whole nuumber to the denominator then adding the numerator and that becomes your new numerator and place over old denominator. Then you just multiply each numerator, and each denominator then simplify the fraction if needed. Great question Adam!

  8/14/2009 10:35:47 PM
• kayla effinger

  hey, I tried to do the homework and the link won't come up. I tried to different computers and it won't work on either of them. Could someone help me??

  9/13/2009 1:24:23 PM
• MrsGries

  Kayla, I just tried to open the link and it is giving me a server error also. Maybe the website is down this afternoon. See if you can try again this evening. I will continue to monitor it. If it doesn't come back up...don't worry about it. Thanks for letting me know.

  9/13/2009 3:20:18 PM
• kayla e

  your welcome!!!

  9/13/2009 5:51:03 PM
• kayla e.

  for the cross-number puzzle, do we have to do the ones that are answered by doing the other problems. like say that the numbers 3634, 2523, and 6545 are all across, each one under the other, and it fills out another colum, do we have to work out those problems that are answered by figuring out other problems????

  9/17/2009 4:58:09 PM
• MrsGries

  Kayla, please complete all of the problems to practice them. See my announcement I added about this question. Practice is always a good thing!

  9/17/2009 5:14:10 PM
• Kayla

  On number 5 on down, the answer doesn't match with the answer already there. I tried to redo both problems and i did find that i did one of them wrong, but it didn't help much.

  9/17/2009 5:59:05 PM
• Kayla

  never mind on my last comment, i figured out what i did!!! hehe!!! :~)

  9/17/2009 6:07:35 PM
• MrsGries

  Kayla...glad to see you found the correct answers. Way to stick it out!

  9/17/2009 9:06:41 PM
• manisha wohlford

  ok so what are we supposed to do with the pre test??

  9/22/2009 7:23:53 PM
• manisha

  hey on our review on number 27 it doesnt have all the correct choices or ami wrong? anyway Are we supposed to email the practice test to Mrs.Gries or our we supposed to turn in a hard copy beacuse that is what i did?

  9/22/2009 7:55:40 PM
• MrsGries

  Manisha....you just need to finish the test, you can print it out to show me your work tomorrow in class. I don't know why #27 is missing for you...scroll to the next page and see if the spacing was just off. We can discuss it tomorrow in class if needed.

  9/22/2009 8:16:25 PM
• Morgan L.

  Hey everone I'm going to the Fall Festival today I'm going to try to find all my favorite foods under 15 dollars.... You must try the Chicago Dogsyum!:)

  10/9/2009 11:31:01 AM
• MrsGries

  Morgan, I hope you had fun today. I was there for a while in the rain. Where do you buy the chicago dogs? I will try one when I go tomorrow.

  10/9/2009 4:03:49 PM
• Kayla Effinger

  Hey Mrs. Gries,
  i know it's late, but i am confused on the dino project. i don't understand the example you gave us on the prject sheet. I don't understand the scale part of the example. and i also wasn't sure which way to do the ratios, the way on the sheet under the example or the way we have been doing it in class.
  

  10/28/2009 8:34:05 PM
• MrsGries

  Sorry it's late, I was at a meeting tonight.
  
  On the example I showed an alternative way to compare the scale ratios for both the lengths and width. These ratios compare the model length to model heigth and that resulting decimal, then the actual length and height are compared. If the two ratios are close then the model is to scale, if they are far off, then the model is not to scale. You can also set up the ratio as we did for the pyramids, actual over model and compare those numbers. Both are acceptable ways to compare the scales.
  
  The last part is called the scale factor. This is were you covert the feet into inches and then compare the actual inches over the model inches.
  
  So in my example I take 17 feet times 12 to get 204 inches, then I divide those inches by my measured inches to get a scale factor ratio of approximatley 1 inch = 100 inches.
  
  This was something new, but it is cool to find.
  
  Let me know if this helps.
  
  Mrs. Gries

  10/28/2009 8:41:52 PM
• kayla effinger

  thank-you mrs. gries!!!!!!! that helps a whole bunch! my mom and i were having some difficulties, she was thinking one thing, when i was thinking another, and we couldn't agree on anythin. so i decided to contact you!! then the little light in our heads went "ding!" we're all good now and we understand it too!!! it'll be ready for you to read tomorrow!!
  
  P.S.- do i need to put it in an envolope? i figured that it was a letter, so i wasn't sure. :~)

  10/28/2009 9:10:29 PM
• MrsGries

  Kayla, I'm glad your light went off. I love that when it happens!
  
  You do not need the envelope, but nice thought.
  
  Go get some rest!

  10/28/2009 9:31:08 PM
• Morgan and Mackenzie

  Mrs Greis.... Mackenzie and I noticed on the Halloween worksheet on problem 5 with the witchs hats you have 12yds for X and the smaller varibles are in feet and if you convert 12 yards to feet your awnser is 4 feet. We noticed that it didn't make sence. the X is smaller than the little "x"b wich doesn't make because hat 2 is smaller but the vairebles for hat 2 are bigger than the varrible for hat one.

  10/31/2009 8:37:20 AM
• Morgan and Mackenzie

  also a hat can't be 12 yards... oh yeah it's halloween it can be anything! happy halloween everyone

  10/31/2009 8:41:41 AM
• MrsGries

  Hello Morgan and Mackenzie. I hope you had a Happy Halloween. I love that you are thinking so hard oh these similar figures problems. Your analysis is great, except that I think you converted the 12 yards to 4 feet a little incorrectly. Instead of dividing the yeards by 3 you would actually multiply by 3. So if you convert you would get 12 yards equals 36 feet. Let's look at a simpler problem...if you have 2 yards of fabric how many feet is this? Well 1 yard is 3 feet so 2 yards will be 6 feet, see we multiply.
  
  Thanks for letting me know your question.
  

  11/1/2009 7:03:41 AM
• kayla effinger

  Hey Mrs.Gries! Happy Halloween!!! I was just wondering if i should do the Proportion Quick-Writes thing because we did it in class on Tuesday, but i was sick, so you said not to do it until Thursday, but you had to teach me the lesson, and i was wondering if i should do it, but i'm not sure how, or wait til this coming Thursday. Also, on the study guide thing, i was wondering if i did the writing part correctly. here's an example of what i put but i'll change the answers.....
  
  The actual distance between the two cities is 1234 yards.

  11/1/2009 3:38:48 PM
• Morgan

  Thanks alot Mrs. Gries!! See you tommorow at school.

  11/1/2009 4:51:10 PM
• MrsGries

  Kayla, Happy Novemeber 1st! Can't believe it's already November. Don't worry about the back of that worksheet. I forgot to assign the back for the entire class on Thursday. I will work in some of those during our review activity on Monday. Your summary sentence looks great.
  

  11/1/2009 5:11:47 PM
• adam t

  hey

  11/3/2009 11:13:17 AM
• Morgan

  Hey everyone! I was working on my math homework on the back... on number 5. do we need to include tax?

  11/5/2009 5:09:37 PM
• MrsGries

  Morgan, I don't have a copy of my worksheet in front of me. What does the question ask? Does it say "What is the total price plus tax?" or "What is the sale price with tax?" if it doesn't mention tax specifically, then just find the sale price before tax.
  

  11/5/2009 6:45:18 PM
• kayla effinger

  For the game project, Do the 9 required items (concepts) HAVE to be on a game CARD? What if we use a few of those concepts as part of the rules of the game, i.e. when you are buying something you must figure the sales tax on that item before you can buy. (That doesnt require the drawing of a game card)

  11/7/2009 4:24:40 PM
• kayla effinger

  do you put the answers to the cards(if we need them) on the card that we put the problem, or do we put the answer somewhere else??

  11/7/2009 4:32:59 PM
• Caitlyn Martin

  I left my binder and book at school and now I can't find how to do some of the problems their not in the book?

  11/7/2009 6:15:20 PM
• MrsGries

  Kayla,
  
  I love your idea of using some of the concepts as part of the rules. That's sounds great.
  
  You could put the answers on the card, but they need to be concealed somehow so that the person having to work it out doesn't use the answer to help them.
  
  Thanks again for coming to the robotics competition. It was fun.

  11/8/2009 8:34:01 AM
• MrsGries

  Caitlyn,
  
  Which types of problems do you need help with? I can guide you through them.

  11/8/2009 8:34:30 AM
• kayla effinger

  your welcome!! thanks for the help, but we figured out how to do it with the cards and i'm going to put the answers on an answer key instead!!! can't wait to show you my game!!! :~) see ya monday!

  11/8/2009 10:21:22 AM
• manisha wohlford

  uhm I'm working on the math project game thing and i didnt know whether or not the questions had to be story problems

  11/8/2009 2:50:11 PM
• Morgan Lamberton

  Hi everyone I don't remember being taught how to use a proportion to make a prediction of the future. Can anyone help me?

  11/8/2009 3:09:49 PM
• MrsGries

  Manisha, the questions DO NOT have to be story problems. But thanks for checking!
  
  Morgan: Using a proportion to predict the future is like this....15 out of 30 customers in a candle store liked vanilla scented candles the best. How many would you expect to like vanilla candles if 100 customers were surveyed next weekend?

  11/8/2009 4:50:33 PM
• kayla effinger

  mrs. gries, tomorrow is Veterins Day!! when do the festivities start? as in the slide show.... :~)
  

  11/10/2009 7:01:17 PM
• Ben Stachowski

  I found the Jeoprady game on the links but I can't play it.

  11/14/2009 7:20:27 PM
• MrsGries

  Ben, there is a link on the top of the game that says "play HTML version", can you try to see if that works for your computer?
  
  Let me know
  
  Thanks!

  11/14/2009 9:55:11 PM
• Ben Stachowski

  That's weird it works today but thanks for your help.

  11/15/2009 11:10:53 AM
• Isaac Martin

  Percents Jeopardy, I got 5 for Prob. Solving 200 let me know if I'm wrong.
  LilMan/ Isaac Martin

  11/15/2009 5:16:28 PM
• adam tenbarge

  that game was really fun it felt like i was actually in the show and i was learning while having fun

  11/15/2009 7:31:01 PM
• MrsGries

  Thanks Adam for your feedback. I always like in when the student finds enjoyment in learning math! Keep up the great attitude.

  11/16/2009 7:32:58 AM
• kayla effinger

  Mrs. Gries-
  i think that #17 on the answer key is wrong. The question is:
  17. How much would a bicycle cost if it is marked down 12% from its original price of $258?
  you said that the answer is $229.34(and that isn't a choice) and i got 227.04 (that is a choice) which is A. i wasn't sure if one of us made a mistake or not because i did that problem a few times and i got the same answer all of the times... Please help me! i'll see you at school tomorrow!!!!!!!! :~)

  11/16/2009 4:28:48 PM
• Lacie Folz

  I'm very confused on the first POW problem....would there be eight slice per pizza?

  11/18/2009 3:52:50 PM
• MrsGries

  POW HELP:
  
  You aren't given the number of slices. You have control of how you slice up the pizza to give to everyone at the table. Maybe eight slices is easy, maybe ten is better. You decide! Bobo just wants to sit where he will get the most pizza.
  
  Ratio Hint: If the ratio must be 8 to 5, then determine how many people will fit at 8 ten tables, and how many at 5 eight tables...does that equal 240 people? If not, what should you do?
  
  Think hard tonight!

  11/18/2009 4:17:50 PM
• Isaac Martin

  could anyone help me on number 13 on tonight's homework? it says: x-9x+3+8x-3? does it stay as is?
  Thanks for the help,
  Isaac Martin

  11/30/2009 3:34:50 PM
• MrsGries

  Hello Isaac.
  
  It can be simplified. Move around the 8x so that it's next to the x - 9x + 8x, then you can combine those like terms. You can also simplify the constants of 3 - 3. The final answer is a bit different. Have fun!

  11/30/2009 6:35:50 PM