Landrum Middle School

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Adding and Subtracting Integers

Hey students! Just wanted to do a short post with a few pointers for the integers homework! Remember when you are subtracting a negative, you have to take the opposite of it!

Ex:               4 - -2    ***put your parentheses
                   4 - (-2)
                        opposite of -2  is +2
                  4 + 2 (Model it!)
                   ++++
                   ++                          Answer: ___+6______

If you check the blog and does these problems correctly, you can get 5 extra credit points to your lowest grade! Good luck!

1.     -2 - (-4)
2.     -5 - 8
3.     3 - 9
4.     (-7) + (-6)
5.     -1 - -9

Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Getting ready to work with Integers!

I hope everyone enjoyed the 3 day weekend! I know that the STAAR Practice Writing was probably pretty stressful today, but I'm proud of you guys for pushing through! Only one more day of it then we return to a regular schedule. Remember that your graphing projects are due THURSDAY by 3:35!

Because it has been so long since I've seen most of you, I wanted to give you a preview of what we are about to move into. This is your homework that is due THURSDAY by the time you come to class!



Comparing and Ordering Integers


Compare. Write <, >, or = for each □.
***Remember < means less than and  > means greater than.
1. -7 □ +8 
2. -4 □ -1 
3. +10 □ 10
4. 0 □ -8 
5. -7 □ +3 
6. -8 □ -9
7. -7 □ +3 
8. 1 □ +1 
9. -6 □ 0

Order the numbers from least to greatest.
10. -6, -7, 2, -1 
_________ 
11. -8, 7, -10, 0 
_________ 
12. 5, 8, -9, -3
_________ 

Order the numbers from greatest to least.
13. 3, -4, 5, -6 
_________ 
14. 0, 5, -4, -8 
_________
15. -3, -2, -8, -10
_________

Friday, January 11, 2013

You can't make fun of me!

As promised, I made a remix to Beyonce's "Irreplacable." Because I made the video, you absolutely CANNOT make fun of how bad my voice is! Remember for the project today that you have to find the discount and tax for your item. Just a refresher on the steps of how to find the percent of a number!

Step 1- Remember "of" means MULTIPLY
Step 2- Convert your percent to a decimal (watch the video if you forgot how!)
Step 3- Multiply using decimal multiplication
Step 4- Move your decimal


Hopefully this helps! Remember, YOUR PROJECT IS DUE ON MONDAY! If you want to take it home over the weekend to make it pretty/awesome, you can, but when Monday gets here, you will have to have it! Have a great weekend!