WELCOME TO INTRO TO MATH Ms Taormina staormina

WELCOME TO INTRO TO MATH!

Ms. Taormina staormina. KHS. pbworks. com @Ms. Taormina. KHS staormina@wcpss. net

Office Hours Mondays 3: 15 – 4: 15 PM Room 2626

Class Expectations • • Comply with all KHS and WCPSS policies Be Respectful Be Responsible Participate

Phones DO: • Use your cellphone for designated activities. • Use your cellphone to check Power. School or PBworks. DON’T: • Text. • Listen to music. • Charge your phone. This is your first and last warning.

Supplies • • 3 -ring binder notebook paper pencils graphing calculator (TI -83 or TI-84 recommended)

The Breakdown 1 st Quarter: 40% 2 nd Quarter: 40% Final Exam: 20% Tests: 50% Quizzes: 25% Classwork/Homework: 25%

Tests • Tests occur at the end of every unit. • If you miss a test, you MUST schedule a makeup time during my office hours. • All students are eligible to retake two tests each quarter. The maximum grade on a retake will be an 80%. To be eligible for a retake, all homework from the unit must be completed.

Quizzes • Quizzes will be given throughout each unit. • If you are absent for a quiz you will make it up the next day you are in class. • Quizzes may be UNANNOUNCED!

Classwork • Classwork will be assigned daily and checked for effort and completeness.

Bathroom Passes Go before or after class. If you have an emergency, you must go at a time that I am not teaching. You also cannot go during the first or last 15 minutes of class.

Makeup Work • When you are absent or tardy, it is YOUR responsibility to copy the notes, obtain handout(s), and take any tests that you missed. • All worksheets and handouts are posted online daily. • If you lose your homework, you must download it from my website.

Knight Time • Your class period will be extended one day each week for tutoring. • You are required to stay for Knight Time if you are earning below 77%. • If your grade is below 77% due to a missing assignment, it must be completed and turned in by Thursday of the previous week to ensure it will be included in your grade.

Definitions – write these down! Variable – a letter that stands for a number Expression – a mathematical phrase that uses variables, numbers, and operation symbols

Expressions Identify if the expression below is a variable expression or a numerical expression. • • 8+x 100 • 6 d + 43 – 9 5– 7

What are some words that we use instead of… • • • ADD SUBTRACT MULTIPLY DIVIDE EQUALS

Write an algebraic expression for each phrase. 1. Nine more than a number y y+9 2. 4 less than a number n n– 4 3. A number z times three 3 z

Write an algebraic expression for each phrase. 4. A number a divided by 12 a/12 5. 5 times the quantity 4 plus a number c 5(4 + c)

The fastest dinosaur may have been Ornithomimus, which could run about 60 ft in a second. Write a variable expression for the distance Ornithomimus could run in a given time s. 60 feet in one second Let s = number of seconds 60 • s

Bagels cost $0. 50 each. Write a variable expression for the cost of b bagels.

Write a variable expression for a balloon’s height h after rising 34 meters.