Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Chapter 2--Proportional Reasoning

I am pleased to announce that we are beginning a new chapter tomorrow, Wednesday, Sept 15th. In the orange textbook, it is Chapter 2.

I will print out the parent guide and send it home with each student, but an electronic version is available here as well.

Below are some "dinner table conversation questions":

--What is a ratio?
--What is a proportion?
--What are some everyday situations or circumstances where proportions could be used to solve a problem?
--What does "solve by using cross products" mean?
--What are 2 ways you can check your proportion to make sure that you have the correct answer?
--What is an "unknown"?
--What is "Capture/Recapture"?
--What is "tagging"?

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