Wednesday, March 16, 2011

March 16, 2011

Homework Check
How Much do I Weigh?




Algebra is about taking what we know and being able to recognize patterns and describe it.  Allows us to open up mathematics.
In this example, we know that a black square would come next, followed by a green triangle.
If we assigned letters it would look like this:
AA B AA B AA
Here is another example credit taken by Danae:
AA B C AA B C


What makes something a function?

  • an input has one specific output
Here is an example of a "function machine."
4 goes in for x and a 6 comes out



Sequences: http://www.interactivestuff.org/sums4fun/sequences.html
This works with linear functions.

Terms are built/linked together by multiplication or division and separated by addition and subtraction

  • 7x -2
    • There are two terms in this problem.
      • 1) 7x
      • 2) -2
  • Another example:



Homework
No Reading!
Beckman Hard-Back pg 394 #1 a, &b, #2 a, b, & c
Reflection

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