October 16, 2012 Week 1 - Tuesday

Introductions Syllabus Pretest Variables Integers Evaluating Variables

Go and find one other person in this class.

Introduce your self (name), family, and what city do you live in. Together, you must create a short list of:
2 ways Math (all Math but extra credit for Algebra/Geometry) is used in real life. 2 things you dont understand or dont like about Math.

Now, we will take turns and introduce each other.

Important things to note:

Phone number please call if you cant attend

Blog I will post interesting and informative info

here. You can use JCAE computers to access this when you are in class. Things you need for class Homework I will try to keep it to a minimum but you need to practice your skills.

My favorite Algebraic expression is:

2 -3x
Sign Coefficient Variable exponent

This has 4 parts:

Every variable has all of these parts Consider

What are the values of the 4 parts?

Variables are simply letters which take the place of a number Variable can stand for anything and they can change (therefore they name variable) They are the mystery that we are trying to solve We solve the mystery by getting the variable by itself.

Inverse means Opposite

Opposite of Addition is Subtraction Opposite of Multiplication is Division

Integers are positive and negative numbers

Think of a number line or a thermometer

To add integers with the same signs, you just add and keep the sign.
For example, +2 + (+12) = +14 - 6 + ( -4) = -10

Consider that +5 + (-5) = 0

If I gave you $5 then took it back you would have $0. This is called a zero pair.

We are going to pair up the positives and negatives to see what is left For example: -7 + 5 =

-7+5= Would look this

= -2 So, the rule is you find the difference of the numbers (subtract) and the bigger number makes the sign.

Time to practice
-7 + (+12)
8 + (-5) -17 + 12 9 + (-14)

8 + (-5)
-16 + 16 -24 + 15 6 + (-13) + 16

-12 + 7 + (-5)
14 + (-27) + (-13)+8

Addition of Integers Same sign, keep and add! Different signs: subtract Take the sign of the bigger number, Then youll be exact

Remember your inverse properties?

Subtraction

We will now use these by defining subtraction as:

is same as Adding the Opposite.

So -8 11 becomes -8 + (-11) 3 27 becomes 3 + (-27) -5 (-9) becomes -5 + 9

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Ok, Time to Practice

69 13 20 -5 3 -8 11 7 - -1 -9 - -12 6 - -8 3 22 14 - -9 -17 - -15

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