Journals

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January 18, 2012 I am bored with Please excuse my dear Aunt Sally. How else can I remember it? Do you have another acronym?

January 31, 2012 Explain the steps to solving an addition problems involving fractions.

February 6, 2012 What is the benefit of using a calculator? What do you need to consider before using one?

<span style="color: #19345c; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 170%;">February 14, 2012 <span style="color: #19345c; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 170%;">The current ranch has 5 horses and 1 dog. Mr. Hart uses dogs to help corral the horses, so he would like to keep the same relationship between horses and dogs. Use the equation // h = // 3 // d + // 2 to make a table showing the relationship between horses and dogs given 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 dogs. Explain the rule for the pattern in the table.

<span style="color: #19345c; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 170%;">February 22, 2012 <span style="color: #19345c; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 170%;">Is there a relationship between addition & subtraction and the relationship between multiplication & division? Explain.

<span style="color: #19345c; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 170%;">February 29, 2012 <span style="color: #19345c; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 170%;">How can you classify triangles? What do the different classifications mean?

<span style="color: #19345c; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 170%;">March 6, 2012 <span style="color: #19345c; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 170%;">What is the difference between perimeter and area? How do you find them in a quadrilateral (remember to be specific)?

<span style="color: #19345c; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 170%;">March 16, 2012 <span style="color: #19345c; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 170%;">If you had a chance to learn one thing from the geometry unit, what would it be? why?

<span style="color: #19345c; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 170%;">March 22, 2012 <span style="color: #19345c; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 170%;">Explain the difference between a ratio and a fraction.