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Do Now 12/3/09

Do Now 12/3/09. Take out HW from last night. Punchline worksheets #57 & #58 Copy HW in your planner. Text page 185, #12-36 evens; #42-46 evens. Homework. “Why Aren’t Dragons Hungry on Weekends?”. THEY FEAST ON WEAK KNIGHTS. “Why Did the Candle Fall in Love?”. HE MET THE PERFECT MATCH.

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Do Now 12/3/09

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  1. Do Now 12/3/09 • Take out HW from last night. • Punchline worksheets #57 & #58 • Copy HW in your planner. • Text page 185, #12-36 evens; #42-46 evens

  2. Homework “Why Aren’t Dragons Hungry on Weekends?” THEY FEAST ON WEAK KNIGHTS “Why Did the Candle Fall in Love?” HE MET THE PERFECT MATCH

  3. Objective • SWBAT write fractions in simplest form and write equivalent fractions.

  4. What Do You See? Section 4.3 “EQUIVALENT FRACTIONS”

  5. The first of these fractions 1/5 is in SIMPLEST FORM because the numerator and denominator have no common factors. To SIMPLIFY fractions divide the numerator and denominator by common factors.

  6. EQUIVALENT FRACTIONS- two fractions are equivalent if they represent the same quantity. = = A fraction is in SIMPLEST FORM if its numerator and denominator have a greatest common factor of 1.

  7. EQUIVALENT FRACTIONS- multiplying the numerator and denominator of a fraction by the same nonzero number x x x = = = x x x

  8. When simplifying fractions, look for the greatest common factor in the numerator and denominator. Then divide. Simplifying Fractions = = = =

  9. Simplify the Following Fractions = = = =

  10. Which Three Fractions Are Equivalent???

  11. Simplify Variable Expressions • To simplify a variable expression, you can factor the numerator and denominator and then divide out any common factors. • A variable expression is in SIMPLEST FORMif the numerator and denominator have no factors in common other than 1.

  12. Simplify the following fractions

  13. 24 Homework • Text page 185, #12-36 evens; #42-46 evens

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