Christmas work.....

Over Christmas I'd like you to work on your two targets that you've set yourself - the link below will help you find the relevant mymaths topics.

L5-8: snurl.com/y8christmaslinks1

Any questions let me know.
You need to pick your two targets & complete at least two online mymaths homeworks.

Percentage increase & decrease

http://www.cimt.plymouth.ac.uk/projects/mepres/book9/bk9i4/bk9_4i5.html

Fractions homework...

Can you answer these questions in your books, try and show your working out & leave the fractions in their simplest form...

1) 1/3 +2/5
2).  2/7+ 3/5
3).  3/5 - 1/4
4).   14/15 + 3/5
5).  11/20 + 5/6
6).  3/4 x 2/5
7). 3/7 x 2/9
8) find two fractions that add together to make 3/4
9) find two different fractions that multiply together to make 8/9
10) what about 3/4 divided by 1/2?

Wednesday's lesson....

Task 1
http://www.cimt.plymouth.ac.uk/projects/mepres/book8/bk8i1/bk8_1i3.htm

Task 2
http://www.cimt.plymouth.ac.uk/projects/mepres/book8/bk8i15/bk8_15i4.htm

Work for Wednesday's lesson...

Task 1

Complete the questions on http://www.cimt.plymouth.ac.uk/projects/mepres/book8/bk8i11/bk8_11i2.htm

You might like to take a few notes in your book about angles on parallel lines.

Task 2

http://www.cimt.plymouth.ac.uk/projects/mepres/book8/bk8i15/bk8_15i1.htm

You might like to take a few notes in your book about angles in triangles & on straight lines - this is the extra practice we need after last lesson.

Task 3

http://www.cimt.plymouth.ac.uk/projects/mepres/book8/bk8i15/bk8_15i2.htm

If you finish 

Task 4 - this could help with your homework revision ready for Thursday's lesson

http://www.cimt.plymouth.ac.uk/projects/mepres/book8/bk8i15/bk8_15i4.htm

If you finish all of this, go onto mymaths and try to complete all the tasks that I've set...

Any questions, leave a comment & I'll try and reply - or email on my school email address.

Properties of shapes..

I'd like you to use this to help you remember the properties of shapes (quadrilaterals)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks3bitesize/maths/shape_space/2d_shapes/revise2.shtml

I'll be trying to check spelling as well!

Look really carefully at the notation used on the shapes - watch how they use parallel lines, equal angles, equal lines - can you work out what's going on?

Quadrilaterals & triangles

Here's the link to the homework -
Quadrilaterals & Triangles

I'd like you to fill in as much information as you can. Try and write a comment in each box, e.g. You might you like to put a trapezium has 1 pair of parallel sides or a square has two pairs of parallel sides.

Any problems, remember you can do a search on google, or use mymaths, or bbc bitesize, or comment here or email me.

Due in on Wednesday, you must contact me before Wednesday if you have any problems.

Sequences...

For the following sequences, I'd like you to work out the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 10th and 50th term of the sequence (like we did in class).

Your answers can be as a comment on this blog, or written in your books.

If you have any questions let me know via the comments or email me.

1)   2n + 3
2)   n + 5
3)   3n - 5
4)  8n + 2
5)  7 + 12n
6)  10 - 2n
7)  2(n+5)
8)  4(n-3)
9)  (n+1)(n+4)
10) (n-3)(n+4)

Sequences....

Your task today is to investigate different sequences & patterns.
Use the link below and follow the instructions - think carefully about what you're going to write down & how you're going to explain your patterns
http://nrich.maths.org/7024

Then you'll need this link later on in the lesson...
http://nrich.maths.org/6713

Mymaths homework

A reminder


The mymaths homework on negatives is set for next week.

Let me know if you have any problems.

Multiples, Factors & Primes

Can you have a go at answering these questions in your book - leave a comment or come and see me in school if you're not sure what to do...

1) Write down five multiples of 14

2) Write down a multiple of 16 that you think no-one else in the class will write down

3) Is the number 89 prime?

4) Is 221 prime?

5) Can you list all the factors of 200? (use a factor clock)

6) Can you list all the factors of 78?

7) What is the lowest common multiple of 4 and 10?

8) What is the lowest common multiple of 6 and 27?

9) Find the prime factorisation of 400? (like 240 = 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 3 x 5)

10) Find the prime factorisation of 176?

Any problems let me know