Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Complete the following questions for a graded assignment!
1. Explain what you think each word means when it is used to make a comparison.

a) ratio-
b) percent-out of 100.
c) fraction-
d) difference –

2) Give an example of a situation using each concept to compare two quantities. (150 total seventh graders, 80 girls, 70 boys
a) ratio- 8:7 girls to boys
b) percent- girls 53% boys 47%
c) fraction- girls 80/150=8/15 boys 70\150= 7/15
d) difference-There are 10 more girls than boys

Thursday, November 13, 2008

Reflections #4

1) What has to be the same in order for two parallelograms to be similar?2) Describe a way to find a missing side length in a pair of similar figures.3) I have a small isosceles triangle with a base of 3 inches and other sides are 4 inches.I want to create a similar isosceles triangle with a base of 7.5 inches.What should the other side lengths be and why?

1) The have the same ratios and angles

2) To find the missing side length you would take the other side lengths and see how they go into eachother and the one corresponding to the missing side length you would divide the number.

3) The missing side length would be 10inches.