May 20, 2013 What students learned last week:

Algebraic expressions Students learned to express a situation using an algebraic expression Example: Tom is 13 years old. His brother, Jake, is Y years younger than Tom. Express Jakes age. ______________________ Rate problems and graphing Example: Blakes car goes 26 miles per gallon of gasoline. Make a table and graph the data. How far would the car travel on 1.6 gallons of gasoline? _________________ More Pan-Balance Problems Example: 6X + 2B = 3Y + 4Z 3Y + 2B = 6Y + 2X Z weighs as much as __________ Xs Area-related problems
1) There is a parallelogram whose perimeter is 24.4 cm. What is its area? 3 cm 5 cm Perimeter = 24.4 cm ___________________ (unit) 2) What is the area of this triangle? 9 cm 4 cm Perimeter = 18.6 cm _________________ (unit)