Welcome, Mathematicians!

Welcome to Miss Gidas' math blog! Please check this blog for class updates such as homework assignments, quiz and test date announcements, and problem of the week questions. Let's have a successful year together!

Monday, December 14, 2015

Monday, December 7, 2015

Quiz Alert!

There is a 25 point quiz on Expressions on Tuesday, December 8th.

Wednesday, December 2, 2015

Homework due 12/03

Simplifying Algebraic Expressions (combining like terms) Worksheet

Tuesday, November 24, 2015

Monday, November 16, 2015

Test Alert!

There will be a 40 point test on Percents on Friday, November 20th.  An open-ended response will be given on Thursday (4 points).

Homework due 11/17

Video Six - Simple Interest

Monday, November 9, 2015

Quiz Alert!

There will be a 20 point quiz on the Percent Equation on Friday, November 13th.

Homework due 11/10

Video Four - Tax and Tip guided notes (video on edpuzzle)

Friday, October 30, 2015

Test Alert!

There will be a 50 point test on Ratios and Proportions on Wednesday, November 4th.  A study guide will be given Friday in class.  We will review Monday.  There is no school Tuesday, so don't forget to study for Wednesday!

Monday, October 26, 2015

Quiz Alert!

There is a 10 point quiz on Proportion Word Problems on Friday, October 30th.

Monday, October 19, 2015

Optional Extra Credit!

The Optional Extra Credit Order of Operations Assignments is due by the end of the day Friday, October 23rd.  It is worth up to 5 bonus points for the first nine weeks.  See Miss Gidas for a copy of the instructions.

Test Alert!

The First Quarter Benchmark will be given on Friday, October 23rd.  It is graded (25 points) and will cover the first three chapters of the year (Order of Operations and Integers, Fractions, and Converting Rational Numbers).  Calculators are allowed.  A study guide will be given Thursday.

Friday, October 16, 2015

Quiz Alert!

There is a 20 point quiz on Monday, October 19th on Ratios and Rates.

Monday, October 12, 2015

Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Homework due 09/30

Percent to Fraction Worksheet

Problem of the Week due Friday (optional)

A farmer grew 196 pounds of potatoes.  He sells them to a grocer who divides them into 5 pound and 2 pound bags.  If the grocer uses the same number of 5 pound and 2 pound bags, how many bags of each did he sell?  Show your strategy!

Monday, September 28, 2015

Test Alert!

There will be a 40 point test on Converting Rational Numbers (fractions, decimals, and percents) on Friday, October 2nd.

Homework due 09/29

Fraction to Percent Worksheet

Friday, September 25, 2015

Monday, September 14, 2015

Optional Problem of the Week due by Thursday

3 watermelons and 2 cantaloupes weigh 32 pounds.  4 watermelons and 3 cantaloupes weigh 44 pounds.  All watermelons weigh the same and all cantaloupes weigh the same.  What is the weight of 2 watermelons and 1 cantaloupe?  Show work.

Test Alert!

There will be a 50 point Fractions Test on next Tuesday, 9/22.

Quiz Alert!

There will be a 10 point quiz on adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing fractions on Wednesday, 9/16.

Friday, September 11, 2015

Homework due 09/14

Video 4 Notes:  Multiplying and Dividing Mixed Numbers

Thursday, September 10, 2015

Tuesday, September 8, 2015

Homework due 09/09

Video One: Terminating and Repeating Decimals

*Find the video on www.edpuzzle.com.  Fill out the guided notes inside your Fraction Packet.

Wednesday, September 2, 2015

Monday, August 31, 2015

Test Alert!

There will be a 40 point test on Integers and Order of Operations on Friday, September 4th.

Homework due 09/01

Multiplying and Dividing Integers Worksheet (on the back on the combining worksheet)

Friday, August 28, 2015

Quiz Alert!

There will be a 10 point quiz on Operations on Integers on Wednesday, September 2nd.

Thursday, August 27, 2015

Homework due 08/28

Combining Integers (Adding and Subtracting) Worksheet
*only the front side

Wednesday, August 26, 2015

Friday, August 21, 2015

Welcome to Math 7

Hello, Mathematicians!

Welcome to Math 7.

I will be posting homework assignments, quiz and test alerts, and the problem of the week. Please also note that on the right there are links to your online textbook and edpuzzle (used for videos).  I will give you login information for both of these sites.

Let's have a great year!

Miss Gidas

Tuesday, May 26, 2015

Mini Quiz Alert!

There will be a 10 point quiz on powers (squares and cubes) and roots (square roots and cube roots) at the end of class on Thursday, May 28th.

Wednesday, May 20, 2015

Monday, May 18, 2015

Monday, May 4, 2015

Test Alert!

There will be a test on Statistics on Wednesday, May 6th with an open-ended response portion on Thursday, May 7th.  In total, these assessments are worth 50 points.

Homework due 05/05

Statistics Practice Test (Test Wednesday)

Wednesday, April 29, 2015

Friday, April 24, 2015

Quiz Alert!

There will be a 15 point quiz on measures of center (mean, median, and mode) on Wednesday, April 29th.

Friday, April 17, 2015

Math PSSA

The math portion of the PSSA's is Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, the 20th - 22nd.  Please look over our review notes, get good nights' sleep, and eat breakfast!!  Good luck!

Monday, April 6, 2015

Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Monday, March 30, 2015

Extra Credit Opportunity for Third Nine Weeks due 04/02

I am offering an extra credit opportunity for the third nine weeks.  Students may complete a packet on the Volume and Surface Area material.  They may use their notes and ask me for help during home base (as long as they have tried it themselves first.)  Depending on how many problems they get correct, they could get up to 5 bonus points (which equates to about a 10% increase on the Volume and Surface Area test score.)

Homework due 03/31

book page 715 #1-4, 13-20, 23

Thursday, March 19, 2015

Test Alert!

There will be a 50 point test on Measuring Three Dimensional Figures (volume and surface area) on Wednesday, March 25th.  An Open Ended Response (4 points) will follow on Thursday.

Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Tuesday, March 17, 2015

Monday, March 16, 2015

Monday, March 9, 2015

Test Alert!

There will be a 50 point test on Two Dimensional Measurements on Thursday, March 12th.

Wednesday, March 4, 2015

Tuesday, March 3, 2015

Monday, February 23, 2015

Wednesday, February 18, 2015

Tuesday, February 10, 2015

Monday, February 9, 2015

Problem of the week due THURSDAY (optional)

Six teams are involved in a round robin tournament.  In such a tournament, each team plays every other team once and only once.  It does not matter who wins the games.  Therefore, how many games are played?  Show your strategy.

Homework due 02/10

book page 539 #1-11 & 18-21

*Period 5/6, I took away a couple of problems at the end.  If you already did them, I will give you a sticker!  If not, you only have to go through #21.

Wednesday, February 4, 2015

Monday, February 2, 2015

Thursday, January 29, 2015

Wednesday, January 28, 2015

Monday, January 26, 2015

Problem of the Week due Friday (optional)

Extravagant Ellie and Thrifty Tonya each have bank accounts.  Ellie has $500 and Tonya has $200.  Ellie withdraws $15 each week while Tonya deposits $12 each week.  How many weeks will it take Tonya to have more money than Ellie?  Show how you can check your work!

Thursday, January 22, 2015

Quiz Alert!

There will be a 30 point quiz on Two-Step Equations on Tuesday, January 27th.

Wednesday, January 21, 2015

Tuesday, January 20, 2015

Monday, January 19, 2015

Tuesday, January 13, 2015

Monday, January 12, 2015

Problem of the Week due Friday (optional)

You are pulling a raft up a river.  You can make 15 miles a day.  At night, while you are asleep, however, the current pushes the raft 3 miles back downstream.  If you set out on a Tuesday to get to a town 85 miles upstream, on which day will you arrive?

Open-Ended Response Alert!

Our second open-ended response will be given on Friday, January 16th.  It is worth 4 points.

Quiz Alert!

There will be a 30 point quiz on One-Step Equations on Thursday, January 15th.

Homework due 01/13

Equations and Word Problems Worksheet

Thursday, January 8, 2015

Wednesday, January 7, 2015

Homework due 01/08

Solving Equations by Adding and Subtracting Worksheet