Week of 9/29

This coming week we will be wrapping up Unit 1.  I plan on having the Unit 1 Post Test early next week (week of 10/6).  I will also be handing out the Unit 1 Project later this week.  

We will be learning about the Distributive Property and how to use it to generate equivalent expressions this week.  This is a major concept that ties into GCF.  In preparation for these lessons you can check out the links below.

LearnZillion video

BrainPOP Video (Username: Halsey  Password: Read)

Distributive Property PowerPoint

Important Dates:

Unit 1 Post Test week of October 6th

Unit 1 Project due on Friday October 10th

Learn Zillion

I have created classes on LearnZillion so that you will have access to videos and quizzes that correlate with what we are learning in class.  I will be handing out access codes for everyone so that you can create your own account and participate in assignments.  I have posted assignments for Unit 1 in preparation for the post test.  You will watch the assigned videos and then take a brief quiz.  Your results and completion are recorded and sent to me so please make sure you are completing the assignments.  Your performance on the assignments will only count towards your grade as far as whether or not you completed them.  So your actual score on any quizzes does not count toward your grade.  

You will find that the assignments are not nearly as challenging as the work we complete in class and for homework.  The purpose of these assignments is to insure we have basic understandings of concepts.  

GCF and LCM

If you haven't already please look up the Sieve of Eratosthenes!  It is very helpful when deciding whether or not a number is prime.


As we begin to discuss GCF and LCM word problems it is important to make sure that we are comfortable with determining the GCF and LCM of 2 or more numbers using the appropriate strategies.  Unless otherwise stated you can always use the strategy that works best for you HOWEVER it is important to know how to use other strategies as well.  If you are having trouble using prime factorization: practice! and watch video tutorials!










To CHECK your answers (not get your answers) there are actually GCF and LCM online tools that will produce the GCF and LCM of any 2 numbers in seconds.  Pretty awesome, I know!  The links are below along with some helpful video tutorials.


Prime Factorization Tool
GCF Tool
LCM Tool
LearnZillion Video
LCM and GCF Word Problems Video