Friday, 11/12

Happy Frrrrriiiidaaayyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!

Here are the answers to yesterday's questions (p. 760, 1 - 18):

1) 30
2) 40
3) 24xy
4) 15t²
5) >
6) < 
7) = 
8) > (Remember, we're dealing with negatives for this one)

For today's class, I'd like you to read through pgs. 241 and 242 as a class. Please try the quick checks along the way on your laptop after you've read each Example. You'll see through the first example that, in order to turn a fraction into a decimal, just divide the top by the bottom.*Remember that any whole number can be written with a decimal. In the first example, to turn 5/8 into a decimal, we had to divide 5 by 8. In order to do so, rewrite "5" as "5.0", carry the decimal up, and then begin to divide. 

We are still not yet using calculators for Chapter 5.

The second example shows how to indicate that you have a repeating decimal. For example, if you divide a fraction to transform it into a decimal and you find yourself continuing to divide - over and over again, getting the same number - that's called a "repeating" decimal and can be indicated with a bar over the numbers that repeat. 

The third example will show you that in order to compare a mixed group of fractions and decimals, turn each fraction into a decimal and then compare. 

Once you have mastered the Quick Checks, you can move on to your Classwork Assignment:
pg. 244, 1 - 12 

(If you don't finish in class, please finish for Homework)

Have a fantastic weekend!