Author Archives: Aaron Pratt

Assignment: 10-Volume Practice: 11-Surface Area and Volume Practice Once you are familiar with area, volume comes a bit easier.  There is just one simple formula. V = B x h Notice, I used a capital B.  This represents the area of the … Continue reading →

Assignment: 07-Surface Area Practice 1: 08-Surface Area Practice Practice 2: 09- Surface Area Practice 2 Practice 3: 11-Surface Area and Volume Practice When dealing with surface area, we need to notice that key word area. We are still dealing with just two dimensions.  Think of … Continue reading →

Assignment: 05-Solid Figures Nets: 06-Solid Figure Nets Cube – 6 sided figure, all sides are squares, all 90 degree angles  Rectangular Prism – 6 sided figure, all sides are rectangles, all 90 degree angles  Rectangular Pyramid – Rectangle base with four triangle … Continue reading →

Assignment: 03-Area of Triangles and Parallelograms Practice: 04-Perimeter and Area Practice I want you to take a look at the rectangle below: Using the formula we previously learned in Area of Squares and Rectangles, l x w, we could calculate that the … Continue reading →

Assignment: 02-Area of Squares and Rectangles Practice: 04-Perimeter and Area Practice Area is defined as the amount of space inside the boundaries of a two-dimensional shape.  Look at the square below. You will notice in the larger square above there are 9 … Continue reading →

Assignment: 01-Perimeter Practice: 04-Perimeter and Area Practice I like to introduce the idea of perimeter by giving it a real world application.  The troops above have been ordered to “Clear the perimeter” before moving in.  What does this order tell them to … Continue reading →

square – four equal sides, four 90 degree angles; a special type of rectangle rectangle – two sets of equal sides, four 90 degree angles; a special type of parallelogram parallelogram – two sets of equal, parallel sides rhombus – … Continue reading →

Assignment - 09-Graphing Ordered Pairs Assignment - 10-Graphing Practice Cartesian Cartoons Graphing is another one of those things that the students have been doing for a few now. Each year, a little more complexity gets added to it.  This year, we will … Continue reading →

Assignment - 08-Solving Equations with Integers Now that we know all of the operations with integers, it’s time we step it up a bit.  We’re now going to perform these operations to solve equations.  Remember, the two key words when solving … Continue reading →

Assignment - 07-Multiplying and Dividing Integers This is something we should only need to spend one day on.  Now, I hear what you’re thinking.  ”You spent three or four days on adding and subtracting, how is it you’re only going to … Continue reading →