Gandolfo's iGeorgia

Extravagant Elmo and Thrifty G-Dawg each have bank
accounts. Elmo has $500 and G-Dawg has $200.  Elmo
withdraws $15 each weekend while G-Dawg deposits $12. At the
end of 13 weeks, what is the difference in their bank
accounts? Solve this algebraically. Can you find a week when
there is only a $3 difference? Hint: It is before
the 13th week.

You learned how to determine if lines are parallel or perpendicular.  Remember:

• Parallel Lines- have the same slope.
• Perpendicular Lines- their slopes are negative reciprocals of each other.

To practice, please complete the following from the packet we started in class earlier in the week:

• page 315 (1-30, 38-46)

Have a great night!
Mr. G

P.S.  Several of you have asked for the website that created the cool art work that we looked at in class last week.  Click on the link to access the site.

Coming up:  Quiz tomorrow on writing equations of lines, test on linear equations on Monday.

Note about the photo:  Are the red lines parallel?

Carter, Madison, and Kayla- we missed you today, hope you are back soon!

What's up with that????

For homework complete number 37 from the worksheet that was handed out yesterday.  It is a very complex problem so work carefully!

For those of you wondering what the picture has to do with this posting?  I googled the number 1 (for one problem, the title) and couldn't find a picture of the number 1.  This is the craziest picture that I could find, so I put it in!

Have a great night!
Mr. G

You've done such a good job graphing equations, that we decided to switch things up a bit.  Today you wrote the equations for the lines give information about the graph. 

For homework, please complete (worksheet):

• page 307 (2-60, evens)

Some of the more advanced problems are going to require some independent thought so be carefuL!
See you tomorrow!
Mr. G

P.S.  THINK SNOW!

This weekend’s problem solving project is football related. 

In their goal to get first down during a play, the Steelers ran the ball one half as far as they did during the second play.  The second down moved the ball as far as the third play.   The third down was
three times as much as the fourth play.  How many yards did each play move the ball if the entire run was a total of 17 yards?

Can you get the answer before half time?

Submit your answers as a comment below.

Parallel lines have the same slope.

I hope you saw that pattern in the problems that started your homework assignment today.  Make sure you complete the following from the worksheet I gave you in class today:

• page 303 (40-62, 70)

The first section contains an important pattern about parallel lines that you will need to know for future reference!
Have a great weekend, check back tomorrow for the restart of weekend problem solving.  I am going to write the post and set it to appear at midnight right now so it really will get done this weekend!

Oh, and here is a message from Ms. Haggard for the MathCount folks:  She and Ms. Ryan would love to see you on Monday until 5:15 and Tuesday until 5:30 for practice. Snacks will be provided!

Mr. G

You learned how to graph using the slope intercept form of the line today.  This will save you hours of work when it comes to graphing!

To practice, complete the following from your Algebra books:

• page 244 (22-45 evens)

Have a great night,
Mr. G

There's a question for you!  Is it possible to go running before you get out of bed in the morning?  Apparently, this young man thinks so!

For those of us in the real world though, we have to get out of bed before you can run.

That sentence is how you can remember that slope is defined as:

In class today, we finished working on x and y intercepts and that's what your homework deals with.  After the new material we reviewed your work on the unit five test.  If you still think you are having trouble with the material let me know and I will get some extra practice for you.

If you have not completed a USATestPrep medium test yet please do so as soon as possible.  I've updated grades in iParent so if you have a zero you need to see me about a problem or take a test!

For homework, please complete the following:

This work comes from your Algebra books.

Just a little warning for those that are reading this, you never know when you might have a short quiz over graphing linear equations using tables of values or intercepts!

Have a great night!
Mr. G