IXL Skills for practice during our impending snowstorm!!!

Review for adding/subtracting fractions:

Seventh Grade > G.1

Solving one-step equations (including decimals and fractions - some of these may include multiplying/dividing fractions, which we have not yet covered. Do your best on the others.):

Eighth Grade > W.6

Homework Update

Hello all! Just a reminder to continue to check the homework page. Homework was listed Friday (and announced in class) but few remembered to complete it. As stated in class today, you will have a word problem or two every night for homework. (Effort grade) We will review the problem in class the next day. A similar problem will appear on a drill sometime that week. Please be sure to record the problem correctly in class when it is assigned.

2-Step Equations

If you'd like an easy ixl module to review solving 2-step equations, practice:

6th grade math > Z.9 > Solve Two-Step Equations

Ordering Decimals Games

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/decimals/BalloonPopDecimals1.htm

https://www.mathsisfun.com/numbers/ordering-game.php

http://www.kidsmathgamesonline.com/decimals.swf

https://www.mangahigh.com/en-us/games/flowerpower
(this is an advanced game and includes ordering fractions)

Quiz on Tuesday

Next Tuesday we will take a quiz on formulas. There will be questions that involve Area, Perimeter and Volume (the formulas will be given), though for some questions you may need to solve for one particular dimension, thus turning the problem into an equation (like we've been doing in class). There will be one additional formula given for which you will need to plug in the values and solve.

Remember the steps:
1. Plug in the values for each variable.
2. Solve for the unknown (whichever variable is left).

In some cases, this means you will be left with a 2-step equation; remember to "get rid of the loner" first, and then solve by completing the opposite operation. Be sure to look over the page from 2-9 in your workbook as you review. We will be practicing more tomorrow and on Monday.

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Solving 2-Step Equations

Remember when solving equations to take care of the "loner" first. (Do the opposite operation to both sides.) Then, solve just like you would for a one-step equation by isolating the variable. If you find that the operations are confusing or seem a bit clumsy, complete KFC before solving.

Here's a good infographic to demonstrate (borrowed from http://mrsflansms.weebly.com/):

Practice

(Many of these have been completed previously. If you find that you have completed one of the modules in the past, please redo it to the best of your ability in order to practice the concept.)

Integers
8th Grade >
C.1
C.3
C.7

Simplifying Expressions
Algebra I >
I.2

Solving 1-Step Equations
8th Grade >
W.6