Break+assignments

Spring break hw for all grades (Feb, 2008)


(8th grade, check your section as well)

Easter Break HW (3/24-4/2)
1/2, 1/3, 1/4, 1/5, 1/6, 1/7, 1/8, 1/9, 1/10
 * 4:** Write down 5 equivalent fractions (they can be anything you want) for each of the following fractions:


 * 5:** Complete the following worksheets [|sheet 1], [|sheet 2]. You can either print out the sheets, or write out the problems in your notebook.

easter break prism and cylinder problems
 * 6:**

//Matthew-// [|Fraction wksht. 1] [|Fraction wksht. 2]. You can either print out the sheets, or write out the problems in your notebook. //Karthik//- Continue research into the history of sines. Some areas to start are navigation, astronomy, construction. Don't just say that sines were used in these studies. //Why// were they used? How does a half-chord tell you anything about anything? I would also like you to complete problems #1-3 below. //Others-// You must complete the problems created by the 6th graders, found here. They may or may not have whole number answers. Also, answer the following questions: 1. A small swimming pool can be filled by two pipes in 3 hours. If the larger pipe alone takes 8 hours less than the smaller pipe to fill the pool, find the time in which it will be filled by each pipe singly. //(see discussion area for clarity)// Here is Karthik's solution method. 2. A group of students are a tour. The total fare is $120 and this is to be shared equally among the students. If two more students join the tour, each will pay $2 less. Find the original number of students in the group. 3. The length and width of a rectangle are (x + 4) cm and x cm respectively. There is a square that has the same perimeter as the rectangle. The sum of the areas of the square and the rectangle is 94 square cm. Find x.
 * 7:** //Aidan- quadratic worksheet.// You can either print out the sheet, or write out the problems in your notebook.


 * 8:** In addition to working on your projects (which is the main HW), please solve problems #1-3 above.

Summer Homework

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 * Incoming 8th graders