Romulo's Scribe Post

Scribe Post

Today in class we reviewed for our test this upcoming Thursday with 3 questions that Mr. Jerema gave us to do. The questions we did are shown in the pictures below.

Question 1

Question 2

Question 3

Robby's Scribe

Pythagorean Theorem: Problem A
You are locked out of your house and the only open window is on the second floor, 25 feet above the ground. You need to borrow a ladder from one of your neighbors. There's a bush along the edge of the house, so you'll have to place the ladder 10 feet from the house. What length of ladder do you need to reach the window?In this picture I made of the problem, the bushes were removed, but we still have to solve the problem.
To find the missing side, you have to run through the Pythagorean Theorem and find out what the missing side is.
a = 25 feet
b = 10 feet
c = ?
a² + b² = c²
25² + 10² = c²
625 + 100 = c²
725 = c²
square root
of 725 = c²
Now we make the fractional then decimal form of the square root of 725.
Since 26 is 1 unit larger than 25, we have to square the number 26 and subtract that number from 725 (725 - 676).
27 x 27 = 729 - we can't use this because its larger than 725
26 x 26 = 676
So, back to the subtraction:
725 - 676 = 49
49 becomes the numerator of the fraction after 26.
To find the denominator, you have to add 26 with the number after it, which is 27
26 + 27 = 53.
The answer to 725 squared = 26 49/53
But we aren't done yet, we have to make it into a decimal form. *opens calculator*
26 49/53 = 26.924
26.924 = C
26.924² = c²
So the missing side length of the picture above is 26.924.























Another way we could have found the fraction after 26 is doing the "mullet" strategy.
















D = Denominator of fraction after 26

Andrea's Scribe

A time for Scribes

Mr. Kuropatwa introduced me to the world of Scribe Posts. It is an essential part of the Grade 8 Math Classroom. You will be expected to write one scribe post every 30 classes or about 4 a year. That doesn't sound like to much does it.

A Scribe post is

The assignment is simply to post a brief summary of what happened in class each day. A different student is responsible for the daily scribe post and they end their post by choosing the next scribe. The first scribe is a volunteer. The teacher's daily involvement is limited to updating a post called The Scribe List which is at the top of the links list in the sidebar of the class's blog.

To complete a scribe post the student must

Write a brief summary of what we learned in class today. Include enough detail so that someone who was away sick, or missed class for any other reason, can catch up on what they missed. Over the course of the semester, the scribe posts will grow into the textbook for the course; written by students for students. Remember that as each of you write your scribe posts. Ask yourself: "Is this good enough for our textbook? Would a graphic or other example(s) help illustrate what we learned?" And remember, you have a global audience, impress them.

Here are examples of good scribe posts Pythagoras Scribe One Day In Math Algebra Masterpiece

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When you are done your scribe post choose another student to be the scribe and label your post scribepost.