Have a great vacation!

If you have some free time and you want to work on some math, you may try completing the activity below for extra credit!

Bits and Pieces 3

Pages 77-78: 1-5

If you do this work, it should be completed by completed and turned in on Monday, January 7, 2008.

*This is an optional assignment. There is no penalty for those who choose not to complete it!

See you all on January 7, 2008

Homework

Study, study, study!!!

Complete the worksheet!

Part Whole relationships

Project must be handed in as you walk into class on Wednesday!

Bring Bits and Pieces 3 Book to class on Wednesday!

Homework

Work on your project.  It is due when you walk into class on Wednesday.

Study for the test!

What to Review for the Test on Wednesday, December 19th!

The test will cover:

1.    Finding the percent of a whole for tax, tip, shipping, etc.

o    Sherezada bought 3 pizzas for the robotics teams.  Each pizza was $8.75 plus 6% tax.  She paid with a $50.00 bill, how much change did she get back?

o    Margaret and 3 friends went to dinner.  The bill was $428.00.  If the tax is 7½% and they left an 18% tip, what was the total cost of the dinner?

o    Margaret bought a new laptop.  The cost of the laptop was $2199.00.  The tax was 6% and she paid 11% for shipping.  What was her total cost for the laptop?

2.    Finding the whole using the percent and the tax, shipping, tip, etc.

•    138 students represented the Big Purple School in the Macy’s parade.  If this number represents 22% of all the students at the Big Purple School, how many students attend the Big Purple School?

•    Margaret had Indian food for dinner last night with friends.  She gave the waiter a 16% tip of $28.00.  What was the original cost of the bill?

•    Margaret bought a Wii game system and some accessories.  The 8  ¾% tax was $41.58.  What was the original price of the things she bought?

3.    All operations with fractions and decimals

4.    Story problems involving fractions, decimals and percents

5.    Decimal, fraction, percent conversions

6.    Part/Whole relationships – there are at least two ways to do all these problems.

•    What is 8% of 89?
•    91 is 29% of what number?
•    15 is what percent of 60?
•    What number is 80% of 275?
•    What percent of 85 is 17?

Your projects are due on Wednesday, December 19 when you walk into class.  I am attaching the templates for part 1 and part 2 here in case you misplace them.

Catalog project worksheets

Please check your work carefully!

Practice Set 10 Answers

Come to class with questions if you do not understand.  We will go over it in class on Friday.  You need to know how to do all these things for the test on Wednesday.

There was a great quiz in class today.  If you were absent, please see me to schedule a time to take the quiz.

The homework for tonight is a worksheet.  You will need to get it from me when you are in school.

Practice set 10 is due Friday.

Practice Set 10

You will have a unit test on Wednesday, December 19.