Tuesday, May 1, 2012
What are intersecting lines?
What's a radius?
What is a circumference?

-the outside circle indicates the circumference
The formula for circumference is 2pr(2 x p x r).
e.g.
The radius is 3m, what is the circumference?
A=2pr
A=2 x 3.14 x 3
A=6.28 x 3
A=18.84m
Formula for Area
The formula for area is pr2(pi x r squared).
e.g.
the radius is 2m, what is the circumference?
A=pr2
A=3.14 (2)2
A=3.14 x 2 x 2
A=6.28 x 2
A=12.56 m2
You always need to put the units you are working with.
Explaining it like this will give an accurate answer.
What is a diameter?
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Monday, December 5, 2011
Question no.10 from textbook


Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Sunday, November 13, 2011
Bar notation, percents and decimals

Change each fraction to a repeating
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
School lesson Converting fractions, decimals and percents.
Example 1: Express 3/4 as a Decimal
Step 1: We can multiply 4 by 25 to become 100
Step 2: Multiply top and bottom by 25:
×25 | ||
3 | = | 75 |
4 | 100 | |
×25 |
Step 3: Write down 75 with the decimal point 2 spaces from the right (because 100 has 2 zeros);
Answer = 0.75
Example 2: Express 3/16 as a Decimal
Step 1: We have to multiply 16 by 625 to become 10,000
Step 2: Multiply top and bottom by 625:
×625 | ||
3 | = | 1,875 |
16 | 10,000 | |
×625 |
Step 3: Write down 1875 with the decimal point 4 spaces from the right (because 10,000 has 4 zeros);
Answer = 0.1875
Example 3: Express 1/3 as a Decimal
Step 1: There is no way to multiply 3 to become 10 or 100 or any "1 followed by 0s", but we can calculate an approximate decimal by choosing to multiply by, say, 333
Step 2: Multiply top and bottom by 333:
×333 | ||
1 | = | 333 |
3 | 999 | |
×333 |
Step 3: Now, 999 is nearly 1,000, so let us write down 333 with the decimal point 3 spaces from the right (because 1,000 has 3 zeros):
Answer = 0.333 (accurate to only 3 decimal places !!)
Example: Express 0.75 as a fraction
Step 1: Write down 0.75 divided by 1:
0.75 |
1 |
Step 2: Multiply both top and bottom by 100 (there were 2 digits after the decimal point so that is 10×10=100):
× 100 | ||
0.75 | = | 75 |
1 | 100 | |
× 100 |
(Do you see how it turns the top number
into a whole number?)
Step 3: Simplify the fraction (this took me two steps):
÷5 | ÷ 5 | |||
75 | = | 15 | = | 3 |
100 | 20 | 4 | ||
÷5 | ÷ 5 |
Answer = 3/4
Note: 75/100 is called a decimal fraction and 3/4 is called a common fraction !
Decimals to Fractions
Example: Express 0.625 as a fraction
Step 1: write down:
0.625 |
1 |
Step 2: multiply both top and bottom by 1,000 (there were 3 digits after the decimal point so that is 10×10×10=1,000)
625 |
1,000 |
Step 3: Simplify the fraction (it took me two steps here):
÷ 25 | ÷ 5 | |||
625 | = | 25 | = | 5 |
1,000 | 40 | 8 | ||
÷ 25 | ÷ 5 |
Answer = 5/8
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Order of Opeartions
Before you I answer this
I will have to follow
the following steps called
"BEDMAS" as shown below.
And don't forget to do the operations 4x3+12÷2=
left to right. 12+12÷2=
Brackets 12+6
Exponent 18
Division
Multiplication
Addition
Subtraction
LINK:http://mathcentral.uregina.ca/QQ/database/QQ.09.07