SOOOO LONG AGO
What did you do on the first day of school in 6th grade math?
(Confirm with Ms. Goggin)
or
(Confirm with Ms. HS)
What math course do you study in 8th grade at CSB PLUS what is the first course offered in (most) high school math programs?
Algebra 1 and Algebra 1
Name the seventh grade math teachers and spell their names correctly.
Goggin
Andres
Evaluate:
22.6 - 12.286 - 3.542
6.772
What is your math teacher's favorite (most-used) phrase in class?
Hilbrich Sheppard - "Play like a Champion"
Goggin - "Would you like to reflect?"
Name three topics that you studied in Chapter 1 of Big Ideas.
Possibilities: Operations, Powers/Exponents, PEMDAS, Prime Factorization, GCF, LCM
What is the first name of Headmaster Jones' wife?
Elizabeth
Spell the name of the properties listed below:
a.) x + 3 = 3 + x
b.) (1 + 2) + 3 = 1 + (2 + 3)
a.) COMMUTATIVE property of addition
b.) ASSOCIATIVE property of addition
Band members make 2/3 of their profit from selling concert tickets. They make 1/5 of their profit from selling band merchandise at the concerts. How many times more profit do they make from ticket sales than from merch sales?
3 1/3 times more profit
What is your teacher's favorite off-topic subject?
Ms. Hilbrich Sheppard - Notre Dame
Ms. Goggin - football
What is the reciprocal of 12 2/3?
3/38
What is the last name of JUST ONE of the BIG IDEAS MATH authors?
(Laurie) Boswell or (Ron) Larson
2/3 minus 1 4/7 divided by 4 5/7?
1/3
The main span of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge is 360 meters long. The Skyway's main span is 30 meters shorter than the main span of the Dames Point Bridge. Using variable(s), write and solve an equation to find the length, L of the main span of the Dames Point Bridge.
360 = L - 30
390 meters
What is YOUR math teacher's middle name?
Ms. Hilbrich Sheppard: Jennifer
Ms. Goggin: Ann
If a baby alligator is 3/4 of a foot long and a baby gecko is 2/15 of a foot long, how many times longer is the baby gator than the baby gecko?
5 5/8 times longer
The width of a widescreen TV is 18 inches greater than its height, h. Use the distributive property to write and simplify an expression for the area of the TV screen.
Area = (h x w) so...
h(h + 18)
=h2 + 18h
At a farmer's market, you buy 4 pounds of tomatoes and 2 pounds of sweet potatoes. You spend 80% of the money in your wallet. Write and solve an equation to find how much money is in your wallet before you pay.
0.8m = 4(3) + 2(2)
$20
You have twelve cups of granola and 8 1/2 cups of m and m's to make trail mix. What is the greatest number of full batches you can make? Explain how you did it.
Four batches.
(Five batches use 13 3/4 cups of granola and you only have 12. You can use a table to help!)
What was your math teacher's major in college?
Ms. Hilbrich Sheppard: Business
Ms. Goggin: Psychology
You have 6 pints of glaze. It takes 7/8 of a pint to glaze a bowl an 9/16 of a pint to glaze a plate. How many of each could you glaze (you may have some leftover)?
about 6 bowls
about 10 plates
Write and give examples of 5 of the algebraic properties that you studied in class this month.
Commutative Prop of Addition (or Mult), Associative Property of Addition (or Mult), Distributive Property, Multiplication Property of 1, Mult. Property of 0
(Examples will vary)
What day in math class do many teachers offer yummy pie to their students and why?
Pi (3.14) Day on (3/14)
Because PI = PIE , baby!
Which pack of mixed fruit is the best buy? Give the unit cost of each.
4-pack for $2.95
12-pack for $8.65 or
24-pack for $17.50
Best Buy: the 12-pack for $0.72
the 4-pack is $0.74
the 24-pack is $0.73
Name two (formal) non-math jobs that your math teacher has done at CSB?
Hilbrich Sheppard:
Basketball Coach, High School Placement Director
Goggin: Summer School Director, Student Government Advisor