Debbie Poss's Blog

Health Alert!

I'm spending spring break at home with shingles. :-(

Although shingles is not contagious, chicken pox is and shingles comes from the chicken pox virus.  Therefore, if you have not had chicken pox or the vaccine and show any unusual symptoms, you might get checked for chicken pox.  And I hope you are having a great (and healthy) break.

Happy Pi Day - March 14, 2013

Which of these pictures do you like best?

 

Math Team - Monday, January 28, 2013

You guys are awesome.  Here are the answers from the 1999 AHSME we worked on today.

1. E    2. A    3. E    4. A    5. C    6. D    7. B    8. D    9. D    10. C    11. A    12. C    13. C    14. A    15. E    16. C    17. C    18. E    19. C    20. E    21. B    22. C    23. E    24. B    25. B    26. D    27. A    28. E    29. C    30. D

 

 

BRING CANS FOR THE FOOD DRIVE!

Nice, partially interactive geometry review

While searching for review material, I found this nice website for geometry.  It looks like a great review for anyone in the advanced program!  We expect all students to know most of this by the end of Accelerated Math I, and we use a great deal of it in Accelerated Math III. Geometry Review

FYI:  The most commonly missed problem on the Accelerated Math III final exam involved finding an expression for the area of a regular pentagon given a side length...

Finding the distance from a point to a line was the next most commonly missed problem, followed by finding the cube root of a complex number. 

Math Team - GACS 1993 Geometry Test - February 6, 2012

Answers to this test are:

1. D   2. D   3. C   4. B   5. D   6. D   7. B   8. C    9. B   10. C   11. E (2 circles)   12. A   13. B   14. D    15.D   16. D    17. c    18. e(III and IV)    19. A    20. D    21. C    22. D    23. A     24. B    25. C    26. B   27. D   28. E(90 + a/2)   29. A    30. D     31.  C    32. A    33. C    34. A    35. A    36. D    37. B    38. A    39. C    40. B   TB1. 13    TB2.  0.8     TB3. 3 sqrt(33)/(256pi)

Bring it back Monday and we'll go over it then.  Also, don't forget to sign up for the St. Valentine's Day Mathacre to be held this Saturday at Creekview High School!  Sign up sheets are in my room and Mr. Slater's class. 

 

Math Team - Practice for the Cobb Winter Tournament at Wheeler on Jan. 30, 2012

Look at these competitions for practice:  Download Cobb Councy 2007 JV Fall written and Download Cobb County 2007 JV Fall ciphering

Math Team - October 10, 2011

We didn't complete the last 4 problems on the ciphering problems today, so here are the answers:

Sample:  -16

1. 1.6 X 10¹⁵

2. 104, 96

3. -5/3 (And this should look very familiar.)

4.  24 1/3 or 73/3 (Remember those orders of operations!)

There will be a sign-up sheet in my room, Ms. Linner's room, and Mr. Slater's room for those of you who plan to attend the Cobb County Fall Math Tournament next Monday.  We have permission forms for you as well...

E-mail address

I am available for extra help every morning at 7:45 and every afternoon except for Mondays and other times as announced.

E-mail me at deborah.poss@cobbk12.org

Mu Alpha Theta Link

Several of you have asked for this link to the math club application so here it is.  I'm glad you're interested.  It is a fun club! :-)  http://sites.google.com/site/lassitermualphatheta/