Vending Machine Ratios

Here is a random vending machine.  What ratios can you write?

Remember there are so many types of ratios:
part to part
part to whole
2 term ratio
3 term ratio
ratio in fractional form
"x" term ratio.

Have one for each type please. Answer in a comment!

The competition between 14 and 17 should be fierce.
Homework is Homework book 2.1 on page 14 and 15

Harbeck

Ratio Rate and Proportion Post

Welcome to your blogs.  Your first post will be a wrap up of your proportion unit.  You need to have a review of all the work you have done.  None of this will be new.  Consider it the first chapter in your exam review!! Yep I said the "E" word EXAM!! It will also remind you of all the fantastic things you can do to make a blog post pop instead of being boring.

Setting up the post

Title your post _______'s Proportion Post
Label your post username817 (Bif817, Mortimer814 etc) and proportion post (two words lower case)

In the body of your post please include the following parts:

Part 1 

Please define

• ratio
• rate
• proportion

Good definitions have pictures, words and examples.

Part 2 

Copy these questions into your post.  Answer them using proportion statements.

1. 5 hours to travel 360 kilometers is about _____km/h.
2. Emma saves 28 cents of every dollar that she earns.  Emma earned $75 last week.  How much money did Emma save last week?

Part 3

What are the three ways you can prove that equivalent ratio statements are true?
3/4 = 12/16  or 4/9 = 16/32

Part 4

Find a video about using proportion and embed it in your post.  Make sure you select the small size of the video. (Bonus Marks if you make your own video about proportion and embed it)

Task 5

We are starting to engage in discussions about social justice.  What do you think about this image below.  Use the link to copy it into your post.  Then answer the questions

http://www.concurringopinions.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/CrimeInAmerica2.jpg

1. Does this seem fair? 
2. With what you know about proportion look and read what is in the image above.  Does it seem just and fair? 
3. Why have you made this choice? 
4. What would you have done if you were the judge?

Due Date Friday October 14th

Quiz tomorrow Homework today!!

Here is your homework today.  Study for you   quiz tomorrow, multiply divide, multiply with decimals, Krypto, rate and ratio.

Ratio and Rate Homework

Here is your homework for today.  You will have to do some searching to figure out what rate means.  Good luck.

Calculate the unit rate for each

What is the best buy for OJ? (Julius better get this one right:)

Remember your decimal rules here.  Good luck and get this all done.  Quiz on Thursday.

Harbeck

Monday Homework

Welcome back. There will be a quiz on Thursday.  Multiply, divide, Krypto and Ratio question. Please be prepared.

You also need to complete the questions from over the weekend.  No's 14 and 20 are very important.  Please also do question 21.  It deals with the golden ratio.

Mangahigh started today.  There are 3 challenges set for this week.  The Sensii will make sure you are on track.

Remember to use your e-book.  All the login and user information is in your agenda.

Harbeck

Leave a comment here of your solved Krypto if you are successful.  You do not need to solve it in the comment just use the math statement as your response.

Homework for September 13th and the Weekend!

Here is you multiply, divide and Krypto

You also have to log into your Math textbook.  It can be found here. Please go to Chapter 2, section 2.1 and complete questions 7,8,10,14,15 and 20.  If you are unable to use the textbook due to your browser please email me and I can get a pdf file to you.

Have a good weekend.... and a dunktank experience.
 
 

X-country running

We have done many classes on running.  We are winding this unit down over the next two weeks.  One of my objectives was to see how far the Cross Country Team could run during their season.  Working on this will be our questions today.

How far have runners trained in your room since the beginning of the year?

How far have runners trained in Grade 8?
How far have runners trained in Grade 7? 
How far have runners trained in Grade 9?

How many total kilometers have all the runners run since the beginning of the training season?

Where is Auburn Ontario? How far is it from Winnipeg to Auburn?

Where is Bellville Ontario? How far is it from Winnipeg to Bellville?

Once you have collected your data you need to write the following:

• 6 part to part ratios
• 3 3 part ratios
• 6 part to whole ratios
• 6 part to part to whole ratios

Here is a video on Ratios.

Trail Mix

Here is your homework today.  Please answer it in your notebook.  When you have completed this question create your own Trail Mix ingredients and ratios.  I love the Costco Trail Mix:) Cashews to peanuts to M&M's. Yumm.


cc licensed flickr photo shared by bastique

Time to BOB again

Hey everyone. So that test was not the best test on record. Let's make Monday's test better. Please re BOB and talk about your mistakes.

1. Edit your BOB post.
2. Add a label BOB2
3. What were the mistakes you made on your test. Show examples of answers that were wrong. What was your mistake. How will you remember what to do in future tests.
4. Rewrite 2 questions that gave you difficulty with different numbers. Answer the questions correctly in the comments to your blog. Encourage others to participate at your blog by getting them to answer your questions.
5. Use the slides provided to understand the questions better.
   

Ratio 6

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I posted this to the wrong blog. Sorry it is late

Bob for Ratio

Here are the instructions to complete your BOB on ratios.  Remember this is a way of preparing for a test.  Please take time to do a good job on understanding your ratio unit.

1. Title Must include BOB and RATIO.
2. labels, displayname, bob, ratio
3. You must include one of the pictures from today's lesson.  The easiest way to include it is to use its location address.  Click the picture link provided, right click the picture, copy location.  Once you have copied the location add image to the blog but use add url not browse my computer.  Paste the url into the window and click ok.  Your picture should be there.  (Just get the picture on the post)
4. Once the picture is at your blog you must create the following.  3 part to part ratios, 2 part to total ratios and 2 three part ratios.  Please for each have a word ratio and ratio notation.
5. Choose one ratio that you have done and show how to write that ratio in ratio notation, fraction, decimal and percent form.
6. Choose one ratio that you have written and show how to create equivalent ratios.
7. Finally create 3 questions that you want people to answer in the comments. Do not make them to hard or too easy. 
8. Answer your questions in the comment section of your post.  
9. Go and answer as many questions as you can about ratio at other posts in your room and the other rooms in grade 8.
10. Look for cheats in comments.  I will post helping hints and questions in comments around the blogs. 

 biG miNiaTURe wOrLd

http://www.flickr.com/photos/27147/3411775886/sizes/l/

 

 Handy Candy

http://www.flickr.com/photos/smigol/2645654371/

 

Crayon Lineup

http://www.flickr.com/photos/laffy4k/404313786/sizes/o/

The Alte Ratio

http://www.flickr.com/photos/chicagobart/3324364181/sizes/l/

Bo ho ho hokeh

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jahdakinebrah/327790454/sizes/o/ 

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/dmal/2975480134/

Ratio Weekend posts and homework.

Here are the slides. The labels are on the second slide.

Ratio4

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Ratio Day three

Hey everyone.  There will only be one scribe per room today.  You can get ready to scribe over the weekend.  Here are todays slides. 

Ratio3

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Here are the slides of today's class.

Ratio2

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Here is the ustream of the lesson

Coin Math Part 2

Remember today we went over one possible solution for your coin problems.  Please make sure you answer your questions in the same post as yesterday.

Tags need to be coinmath, ratio and displayname.

Here are the slides

Coinmath1

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Thanks and work hard

Coin Math

Hey here is your homework for the long weekend.  Choose 2 questions from the slides below.  The questions must be one purple and one red or blue.  You can choose the questions from any slide.  You must explain the question using math.  If you are smart you collaborate with a friend to get these questions done.  2 heads are better than one.

Labels, coinmath, ratio, displayname

Coin Ratio

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Eat turkey and be merry!!

Harbeck

Coins, Questions, Where do we go from here.

What can you tell me about this jar of coins?  As a table group come up with 10 questions.  From your 10 questions choose your favorite 5.