*If anyone's interested, please let Ms. Armstrong know.
Today in class, we didn't write any notes or do any assignments. Our unit, "Analytic Geometry" is now over. The next unit that we're doing is called, "Exponents and Radicals."
(1) What we did today was an activity. We had to fold a piece of looseleaf paper into fifteen even squares.
(2) In each box we had to write the numbers, shown below.
After writing it out, we had to cut it. Ms. Armstrong told us to arrange them to descending to ascending numbers (smallest to biggest).
Some people were stuck on these: 30, 3-3 and 1/3-3.
Some people were stuck on these: 30, 3-3 and 1/3-3.
30 - Any number to the exponent of "0" is always equal to 1.
For example:
Or another way to do this, instead of showing all your work is to use, "quotient law."
3-3 - When there is a negative exponent, you have to change it to a postive exponent by, putting everything over 1.
1/3-3 - When it is in a fraction, you would have to flip it around. You have to change to negative exponent to a postive and also take out the "1."
When we switch it around, the negative turned into a positive.
The order of the numbers are:
Before the end of the class, we had to be to pick a partner and make our own 15 numbers just like what we did with the whole class. It was a hand-in for Thursday's class.
* * Analytic Geometry Unit due Monday, AFTER spring break.
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