Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Test on Thursday

So...the test on Thursday covers the following topics

Independent/Dependent variables
Graphing situations
Making rules (equations) from a table or word problem or a pair of points
Naming the type of relation-direct,partial,constant
Completing tables
Finding the solution (intersection) of two lines using a graph, a table and the algebraic method

Practice some problems!

Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Assignment Jan 23and 24, 2008-Taxis

Linear Relations

You will be using smartboard "notebook" for this exercise.

You have seen an example of Taxi fares in Vancouver and Montreal. Your task is to search on the internet for fares of a city/province/country of your choice. Once you have found your fares you need to do the following.

1. State the city/country/province and the fare they charge.
2. Make a table of values for 0km,2km,5km and 10km.
3. Make a graph (I'll show you how to get one from the "Gallery") of your situation. Make sure you label all axes and put a title. Use font size 18 or higher so it is easier to read on the blog
4. Complete the following. "The rate of change is ______________."
5. "Export" as an "image" file and in the format box choose JPEG file.
6. Post on your blog.

Have fun,

Mrs. P-G

Monday, January 14, 2008

I think the blogger is working now, today we looked at our homework, did some problems and we worked in our books. The next scribe is Robert.