Homework and Announcements
2/3/2020
Math 6
This week, the sixth graders will be finishing up their unit on fraction operations with a test on Wednesday. I am not assigning a MathXL assignment to facilitate a more meaningful review for the students. Tonight and tomorrow night, students will take home a review activity. Please do not spend too much time on this activity (20 minutes and then put it away). The whole idea is that they should be reviewing in class and then revisiting for just a little bit at home. These assignments will not be graded for completion, but for effort. This should also be your window into how much they accomplished during their class time. Were they productive with the 50 minutes given? Math 6 Topics Covered This unit was pull from Let's Be Rational. The test will cover all of the investigations and many review problems will come from this text. Math 7 This week, the seventh graders will move on to the second section of our percentages unit. We have officially made the transition from fractions and decimals onto percents. We will end the week with a partner quiz on Friday. Your only math homework is MathXL. Math 7 Topics Covered Your student is learning to describe increases and decreases as a percentage of the starting amount. For example, two different school clubs can gain the same number of students, but have different percent increases. The cooking club had 50 students. Then they gained 6 students. This is a 12% increase because 6 out of 50 is 12% (6/50). They now have 56 students, which is 112% of the starting amount. The computer club had 8 students. Then they gained 6 students. This is a 75% increase, because 6 out of 8 is 75% (6/8). They now have 14 students, which is 175% of the starting amount. Here is a task to try with your student: The photography club had 20 students. Then the number of students increased by 35%. How many students are in the photography club now? Comments are closed.
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