HOMEWORK: pg. 427 #9-31 odd (You DO NOT need to graph them, just find all of the characteristics)
QUIZ TOMORROW!!!!
March 23, 2010
March 17, 2010
Wednesday, March 17
Assignment from notes - pg. 414 #1-17 odd, 35, 37...if you did not finish this in class, you need to finish it for homework!!
March 11, 2010
Thursday, March 11
IN CLASS: 5.3 Quiz
HOMEWORK: PI DAY EXTRA CREDIT!!! Due Friday, March 12...
For a chance at extra credit tomorrow…
1. Go to http://facts.randomhistory.com/2009/07/03_pi.html and read 50 interesting facts about pi…these will be VERY useful to you tomorrow‼
2. Memorize as many digits of pi as you can. Here are the first 200 digits…
3.1415926535897932384626433
8327950288419716939937510
5820974944592307816406286
2089986280348253421170679
8214808651328230664709384
4609550582231725359408128
4811174502841027019385211
0555964462294895493038196
For guaranteed extra credit, you may also choose to complete one of the following activities.
1. Create a pi-themed picture or collage…it could include the letter π, circles, digits of pi, or incorporate one or more of the interesting facts from the website above.
2. Use one or more of the interesting facts from the website above to write a short poem that incorporates pi.
3. Search the internet to answer the trivia questions below.
4. Bring in a PIE or some other circular treat to share. In order to get extra credit, your food must be accompanied by an index card containing the following measurements:
(1) The diameter
(2) The radius (r = d/2)
(3) The circumference (C = 2πr)
(4) The area (A = πr2)
Please make sure your name is somehow attached as well. If you want to get really creative…incorporate an interesting fact about pi into your food‼
1. What is the definition of pi? (This question is not asking for a numerical value.)
2. What famous mathematician’s birthday is on Pi Day (3/14)?
3. What verse in the Bible makes a reference to an approximation for pi?
4. What state’s legislature in 1897 introduced a bill to legally establish the value of pi?
5. Pi is which letter (1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc) of the Greek alphabet?
6. What English mathematician in the 1700’s first introduced the Greek letter pi as a symbol for this special value?
7. What famous ancient Greek mathematician came up with an approximate value for pi by circumscribing and inscribing circles in and around regular polygons?
8. What are the first 21 digits of pi (include the whole number and 20 places after the
decimal)?
9. What is the area of a circle which has a radius equal to 1?
10. Pi radians is equal to how many degrees?
HOMEWORK: PI DAY EXTRA CREDIT!!! Due Friday, March 12...
For a chance at extra credit tomorrow…
1. Go to http://facts.randomhistory.com/2009/07/03_pi.html and read 50 interesting facts about pi…these will be VERY useful to you tomorrow‼
2. Memorize as many digits of pi as you can. Here are the first 200 digits…
3.1415926535897932384626433
8327950288419716939937510
5820974944592307816406286
2089986280348253421170679
8214808651328230664709384
4609550582231725359408128
4811174502841027019385211
0555964462294895493038196
For guaranteed extra credit, you may also choose to complete one of the following activities.
1. Create a pi-themed picture or collage…it could include the letter π, circles, digits of pi, or incorporate one or more of the interesting facts from the website above.
2. Use one or more of the interesting facts from the website above to write a short poem that incorporates pi.
3. Search the internet to answer the trivia questions below.
4. Bring in a PIE or some other circular treat to share. In order to get extra credit, your food must be accompanied by an index card containing the following measurements:
(1) The diameter
(2) The radius (r = d/2)
(3) The circumference (C = 2πr)
(4) The area (A = πr2)
Please make sure your name is somehow attached as well. If you want to get really creative…incorporate an interesting fact about pi into your food‼
Pi Day Trivia
1. What is the definition of pi? (This question is not asking for a numerical value.)
2. What famous mathematician’s birthday is on Pi Day (3/14)?
3. What verse in the Bible makes a reference to an approximation for pi?
4. What state’s legislature in 1897 introduced a bill to legally establish the value of pi?
5. Pi is which letter (1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc) of the Greek alphabet?
6. What English mathematician in the 1700’s first introduced the Greek letter pi as a symbol for this special value?
7. What famous ancient Greek mathematician came up with an approximate value for pi by circumscribing and inscribing circles in and around regular polygons?
8. What are the first 21 digits of pi (include the whole number and 20 places after the
decimal)?
9. What is the area of a circle which has a radius equal to 1?
10. Pi radians is equal to how many degrees?
February 25, 2010
February 24, 2010
Wednesday, Februray 24
IN CLASS: 5.2 Quiz
HOMEWORK: Work on test review packet...it is due at the end of class tomorrow!!!
UPCOMING: 5.1 and 5.2 TEST ON FRIDAY!!!
HOMEWORK: Work on test review packet...it is due at the end of class tomorrow!!!
UPCOMING: 5.1 and 5.2 TEST ON FRIDAY!!!
February 5, 2010
Friday, February 5
IN CLASS: Workday for 5.1 Worksheet - DUE MONDAY (beginning of class)!!
HOMEWORK: Finish 5.1 Worksheet
UPCOMING: Quiz and Test next week!
HOMEWORK: Finish 5.1 Worksheet
UPCOMING: Quiz and Test next week!
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