Archive for September, 2008

29th Sept 2008

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

Today we are learning to … multiply and divide.

Used sequences of numbers to investigate multiplication and division of (and by) negative numbers.

29th Sept 2008

Monday, September 29th, 2008

Today we are learning to … find out the distances between towns.

Looked at how to read a mileage chart.

Page 106, Ex2A – ques. 5, 6, 8

Page 109, Ex3A – ques. 1, 2, 5, 6, 7

25th Sept 1X2

Monday, September 29th, 2008

Today we are learning to …..calculate the perimeter of various shapes. Examples on the board and MIA p106 Q 2,3,7.

Homework set for Wed. 1st Oct. Length sheet.

26th Sept 2008

Friday, September 26th, 2008

Today we are learning to … understand trig as afunction.

Drew the graph of y = tan xo.

Used TI-83s to look at graphs of y = sin xo, y = 2 sin xo, y = 3 sin xo and y = 0.5 sin xo.

Page 63, Ex5A – ques. 1, 2, 3, 8a

26th Sept 2008

Friday, September 26th, 2008

Today we are learning to … work with negative numbers.

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Finish off the examples for Monday.

26th Sept 2008

Friday, September 26th, 2008

Today we are learning to … calculate a percentage of something.

Page 57, Ex3A – ques. 8, 9, 10, 12

25th Sept 2008

Thursday, September 25th, 2008

Today we are learning to … work out a percentage of something.

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Page 57, Ex3A – ques. 8, 9, 10, 12

25th Sept 2008

Thursday, September 25th, 2008

Today we are learning to … use notation to describe the properties of shapes.

Examined how to correctly name a shape (e.g. type of shape: a square, name of shape: ABCD).

Page 106, Ex2A – ques. 1, 2, 3, 7 then 5, 6, 8

25th Sept 2008

Thursday, September 25th, 2008

Today we are learning to … integrate using the Chain Rule in reverse.

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Page 72, Ex2A – ques. 1, 3, 4, 5

25th Sept 2008

Thursday, September 25th, 2008

Today we are learning to … understand trig as a function.

Discussed why we get angles bigger than 90o (e.g. 150, 270, 440).

Page 59, Ex3A – ques. 2, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11

Create a graph for y = sin xo and y = cos xo: