Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Code Of Conduct for a Classroom
As an 8th grader, the appropriate way to behave in class is to stay quiet, Stay seated and respect other people. In class, you shouldn't be cursing at others in or out of the classroom. Neither fighting should be something that you shouldn't do. Also, you should stay quiet to respect the teacher while she is talking. You should stay seated in your seat because the teacher could be teaching and you are disturbing the class. And if you are out of your seat, and is asked to seat down but instead you don't listen, then that is rude. You are suppose to listen and respect your teacher. If you fight in the class, you or that person can be hurt, and also the people around you. Don't yell across the classroom and pay attention while the teacher is talking. If you behave as an mature 8th grader, you won't be punish, or suspended. This is how on 8th grader should behave.
Monday, November 24, 2008
Journal Entry 10: Angles part 2
When we are given the words," one is twice as larger as the other" we know what the first angle is because we know that the angle is twice as large as the other. If it said "one is five degrees bigger than the other " than it would look like one of the angles are five degrees larger than the other angle. We know when to assign a variable to something when we don't know a number, we then use a variable for the unknown. Since corresponding angles are congruent, they are vertical angles since congruent means same and vertical angles are the same measure.
Congruent means the same, So vertical angles are congruent. Supplementary angles are not congruent since they measure up to 180 degrees. Two angles cannot be both supplementary and corresponding because supplementary angles are not congruent and equal to 180 degrees, and corresponding angles are congruent and are the same. Two angles can be both vertical and corresponding because both vertical and corresponding are alike since they both are congruent. Four angles that are formed by a line and a transversal equal to 360 degrees. This is always the case because since their are four angles formed by a line and a transversal, and if you add the measure up, it would equal to 360 degrees.
Congruent means the same, So vertical angles are congruent. Supplementary angles are not congruent since they measure up to 180 degrees. Two angles cannot be both supplementary and corresponding because supplementary angles are not congruent and equal to 180 degrees, and corresponding angles are congruent and are the same. Two angles can be both vertical and corresponding because both vertical and corresponding are alike since they both are congruent. Four angles that are formed by a line and a transversal equal to 360 degrees. This is always the case because since their are four angles formed by a line and a transversal, and if you add the measure up, it would equal to 360 degrees.
Monday, November 17, 2008
Journal Entry 9: Angles Part 1
I know when to set an equation equal to 90 or 180 when you determine if the angle is a right angle or a straight line and/or congruent. When we set angles equal to each other it means that we are putting angles together that are congruent. When we are only solving for x, it is not correctly solve because, if we solve for x it doesn't mean that we solve for the measurement of the angle, so we must plug in what x equals to solve the problem correctly. The word congruent means the same. Vertical angles are congruent because vertical angles have the same measurement. Complementary angles and supplementary angles are not congruent. Other types of angles that are congruent are corresponding angles.
Journal entry 8: Vertical Angles
Congruent means angles that have the same measures. You now when you have vertical angels
when you see a pair off opposite congruent angles formed by intersecting angles. Quadrilateral is a four sided polygon. If I only know one angle in my intersecting quadrilateral, I can find all the other angles because, since all the angles are the same measures, and if you already know one angle measure, then the rest is the same measure.
Monday, November 10, 2008
Journal Entry 7: Pythagorean Theorem-part 1
I believe that you can use the Pythagorean theorem in real life when you want to know how long it takes from one place to the other, for example: if Amy drove four miles south from her house and then drove three miles east and got to her friend's house, she can use the Pythagorean Theorem to figure out how many miles it takes from her friend's house to her house, so we first write down the formula (a^2+b^ 2=c^2) and then plug in our a and b. Our leg measures are 4 and 3. After you plugged in the a and b , you simplify and are left with 16+9=c^2. After you add 16 +9 and you are left with 25=c^2, you then find the square root on both sides and then your final you are left with 5=c. Therefore, you answer is 5 miles from Amy's friend house to her house.
Jourmal Entry 6:Moving Variables
We can move one variable term to the other side of the equal sign by using the inverse operation. We would add 4j in a problem like 16j= 12 - 4j because the inverse operation of subtraction is addition. The relationship between addition and subtraction is the inverse operation. "What we do on one side, we must do to the other side" relate to a balance scale because a balance scale is when both sides are equal and when you solve an equation, one side must equal to the other.
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Journal Entry 5: Laws Of Exponents Part 1
We can expand any variable with an exponent. The exponent of the term, y, is 1. x times x is x^2, its not just because their are two x's, and x times x can not be just x. What I notice when I multiply exponents is that, every time I use exponents in any question or problem, Its just like repeating a number with itself. When using exponents, the number or variable is multiplying itself.
Friday, October 31, 2008
Journal Entry 4: Laws of Exponents part 2
To square a number means to multiply a number with itself twice. To cube a number means to multiply a number by itself three times. Exponents relate to finding an area because exponents are used in the the formula for finding the area. For example, the formula for finding the area of a square is s^2, so if s is 4, then the problem is 4^2. so I am multiplying 4 by itself twice, so the answer is 16.
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Journal Entry 3 : Intergal exponents
We cannot simplify expressions that do no contain like terms. x^2y and xy^2 are not like terms because x^2y means x to the second power multiply by y and xy^2 means x multiply by y to the second power so x and y are in being squared in both of the expression but in different places. xy is not the same as xyz because the expression xy is not being multiply by z, so we cannot combine. The power of m^7 is m multiplying itself seven times . 7 is the power and m is the base. If x was the base, then the negative base is -x. A real life scenario involving exponents is in science. In science, when doing experiments, we use exponents for formulas.
Monday, October 20, 2008
Journal Entry 2: "Unlike Terms"
X is different from x^2 because x^2 is being squared and x is by itself. We can combine terms that have the same exponent because they are similar and are like terms. Some things we can do to remember how to add and subtract integers are by remembering and using K.F.C. Yes, 8m-2m is the same as 8m+-2m. Coefficient is the number in front of the variable that tells us how many variables we have. Coefficients are important because the coefficient tells us the number of variables we have.
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Journal Entry"Like Terms"
The definition of like terms is an expression using terms with the same variables. Yes, 100p and 3000p are like terms that can be combine since they both have the same variable. No, P and P^2 are not like terms and cannot be combine. We cannot combine 2d+2f because they do not have the same variables. An expression cannot have an equal sign because then it will become an equation. Perimeter is the distance around a shape.
'RAFT:This Land Is Your Land"
RAFT
R-The information in the box "A day in my life (of me!)" helps the reader help understand the article because....
A-it describes what she does everyday,
F-For example,
T-In the box it describes what she does like morning chores, Main morning work,Cut fire wood and more. It also tells us that she works hard everyday.
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Hey, My name is Rotceh and welcome to my blog. My favorite subject is math and I love reading!!!! I am a TOTAL Twilight fan. I like to eat ice cream and have fun with my friends and family.I go on the computer a lot but I am very serious about my school work too. One of my hobbies is drawing. I like to draw animation a lot, I know its sounds different, but I have fun.
I love looking at the stars at night. I am a strange girl but that is me.
I love looking at the stars at night. I am a strange girl but that is me.
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