During 2°, students reviewed the answers from yesterday's Evening Practice. Mr. Giomini then introduced Lesson 5.6: Using Similar Figures. During this lesson, we took our knowledge of creating proportions from problem situations and applied it to word problems such as the one posted below.
The birdhouse in Molly's yard casts a shadow that is 13.5 ft long. Molly casts
a shadow that is 3.75 feet long. What is the height of the birdhouse?
- 1, 3, and 4° -
- find the percent of a number.
- determine percent change.
- set up and solve an equation using percents.
- use a formula to calculate simple interest.
- analyze story problems for information.
- 2° -
- set up proportions to solve problems.
- use similar figures to find unknown lengths.
For Evening Practice, the student is expected to...
- 1, 3, and 4° -
- be prepared for Monday's Chapter Six Posttest.
- Resources:
- Zoe's Google Form Study Guide
- Chapter Six Pretest - Blank
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Chapter Six Pretest - Answer Key
- 2° -
- complete Lesson 5.6 Practice C (1-4)
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