Grade Eight Nelson Math Assignments
Chapter Three:  Ratios and Rates

**Always be sure that you can explain your work clearly.

Remember to mark your assignments daily.  Make corrections.  Store your work neatly in your binder.

 

**Remember to use what you already know about fractions to help you with ratios.

**For study purposes:  pp. 120 and 135 will summarize the chapter learnings.

Ratios: 

Ratio Terms to know:  ratio, part-to-part ratio, part-to-whole ratio, equivalent ratio, proportion, three-term ratio

 

Monday, January 4:  scaffolding; p. 110, 1, 2, 4

 

Tuesday, January 5:  p. 110, 6, 7, 10, 14, 15, 16, 17

 

Wednesday, January 6:  ratio tables:  please read through the examples on pp. 114-116 very carefully, being sure to WRITE answers for p. 115, Reflecting ABC in your notebook.  Assignment:  p. 116, 1, 2, 3, 4 (do one table only), 6

 

Thursday, January 7:  three-term ratios (ratios that compare three quantities):  How much would each person get if their ticket won the lottery?  (solve for both groups of friends)

                                    Review using the mid-chapter review on p. 120

 

Friday, January 8:  your weekly quiz will consist of p. 121.  Please work on looseleaf.

 

Rates:

**YOU MUST HAVE A CALCULATOR.

Rate Terms to know: speed, rate, unit rate, equivalent rate, /, per

 

Monday, January 11:  9:00:  Scaffolding activities;

                                    1:30:  p. 124, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7

 

Tuesday, January 12:  p. 128, 1, 3, 4, 7, 8

 

Wednesday, January 13:  Together:  pp. 130-131, A-J.  ; then p. 132, 2, 3, 6

 

Thursday:  Chapter Self-Test (do all, on looseleaf), p. 134

 

Friday:  p. 136:  do all, on looseleaf

 

TEST WEEK!

Monday, January 18:  chapter review study guides, BLM 67 and 71

Tuesday, January 19:  Chapter Test.  **show me your corrected work, in binder. 

Wednesday, January 20:  Cumulative review, p. 139, 1-9

Thursday, January 21:  Cumulative review, p. 140, 10-19

Friday, January 22:  Math TBA