Category Archives: Math Concepts

Assignment: Area of Irregular Shapes We have learned how to find the area of rectangles and triangles.  To review those click the links below: Rectangles Triangles This lesson combines both of those ideas into finding the area of irregular shapes. Take … Continue reading →

Assignment 1: Distance between Integers 1 Assignment 2: Distance between Integers 2 In our Understanding Integers lesson we learned how to put all types of integers onto a number line.  We also learned about absolute value being a number’s distance from zero, thus the … Continue reading →

Assignment – Front: ratios in a table ; Back: ratios in a table2 At this point in time, we’ve dealt quite a bit with equivalent ratios in both making them larger, and simplifying them.  Also remember, that proportions are simply a pair of equal ratios.  We’ve also … Continue reading →

11-Parts of a Ratio We now know what a ratio is.  In a class, there are 3 girls for every boy. If I were to ask what the ratio of boys to girls is, the answer would be 1:3.  This … Continue reading →

Assignment: Substitution In Algebra “Substitution” means putting numbers where the letters are: If you have:  x – 2 And you know:   x=6 Then you can substitute 6 for x 6 – 2 = 4 Simple, right?  It gets a little … Continue reading →

Assignment: 09-Mean Absolute Deviation Temporarily taking math out of the picture, the word deviation simply means a change from the normal.  In mathematical terms, deviation is how far a number is away from the norm, in this case, the mean, or … Continue reading →

Assignment: 08-Histograms Similar to a bar graph.  Similar to a line graph. Similar to a line plot. Yet, a different graph all of its own. A histogram is a graphical display of data using vars of different heights.  Yes, I realize … Continue reading →

Assignments: 07-Box and Whisker Plot We’re going to use the following data set to help us create and understand Box-and-Whisker plots: 14, 21, 19, 12, 13, 24, 26, 19, 15, 25, 19 Step 1: Find the median of the data. To find … Continue reading →

Line Graphs: 06-Line GraphsLine graphs are another type of graph that comes a bit easier than others, and again, is also one that we will see more frequently throughout life.  If you notice the x-axis is representational of time.  You will … Continue reading →

Assignment: 05-Bar Graphs Above is a visual representation of a bar graph.  It is one of the simpler types of graphs we’ll work with this year. Coincidentally, it’s also one of the more common types of graphs we’ll continue to see … Continue reading →