Bridge Of Don Academy Maths Dept.

Today we are learning to … expand brackets.

Page 118, Ex14 – ques. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Today we are learning to … use the sigma notation for series.

Page 137, Ex8 – ques. 1(d,f), 2c, 3, 4a, 6(a,b(i)), 7d

[Page 139, Review – ques. 2a, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12a, 13, 15b, 17]

Today we are learning to … use the properties of a triangle.

Examined the corners of a triangle and realised that the angles always add up to 180^o.

Page 100, Ex1A – ques. 5a

Page 101, Ex1B/C – ques. 2, 4, 5

HOMEWORK:

http://www.mymaths.co.uk/gold/proportion/proportionlearnOH.html

Today we are learning to … expand brackets.

Page 118, Ex14 – ques. 2, 3, 4

Today we are learning to … find the sum of a geometric series.

Page 134, Ex7A – ques. 1a, 4(a,b), 5, 4c

Explained sigma notation.

Today we are learning to … expand brackets.

NOTE:

Page 118, Ex13 – ques. 9 to 20

Page 118, Ex14 – ques. 1

HOMEWORK for 1^st Oct 2008 (Ques. 1 and 2 only):

sqa-questions-hwk-s3-gc-2008-11-24

Today we are learning to…. use our knowledge of fractions and percentages to test each other using mini white boards and to play Mathletts. We investigated the puzzle, “which is bigger 20% 0f 80 or 80% of 20″. We managed to find out why they are the same!

Today we are learning to … solve an equations.

NOTE:

Page 202, Ex4A – ques. 2

Today we are learning to … work with sequences.

Defined Arithmetic Sequences and how to find the sum to n terms.

Page 115, Ex1 – ques. 1i, 4(a,b), 5

Ex2A – ques. 2(a,f), 4, 7a

Ex2B – ques. 3, 5

Defined a Geometric Sequence

Page 120, Ex3A – ques. 1a, 3(b,d), 4a, 8b

Ex3B – ques. 1, 5

Explained how to find the sum to n terms of a Geometric Sequence.

Page 123, Ex4A – ques. 1f, 3, 7

Ex4B – ques. 3, 5

Explained how to find the sum to infinity terms for a Geometric Sequence.

Page 127, Ex5A – ques. 2e, 4a, 5a, 6

Ex5B – ques. 1, 5 

Today we are learning to … apply our knowledge to exams.

Went over a mock Credit prelim.

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