Category Archives: Grade 11

This week in math we started a new unit on Radical Operations and equations. So far it hasn’t been too bad as I have been doing my homework daily and If I have been stuck I have been asking my parents for some help when I need it. Something I found challenging this week was learning how to identify the values of variables for which a radical is defined. It took my a little bit to figure it out but I got some people from our class to help me and now I feel more confident In it. Hopefully this week I will learn new skills and concepts as I am always ready to learn new things. One thing I need to improve on is asking more questions if Im stuck.

For the first question you have to make sure you square root x. after you do that you need to do it’s restrictions. For this one the final answer would be x is greater than or equal to 0. For the second equation you have to do the something as you did for the first question. in this question you have to see its x-3 so the restrictions would have to be x is greater than or equal to 3. For the 3rd question the first step is to see what the restriction will be. Since 7-5x is greater than 0 than the restriction would have to be something is greater than or equal to 0. the second step is to -5x on the left side to get rid of it, you have to do the same thing to the right side. because whatever you do to one side you have to do to the other. The final answer would be 1.4 or 7/5 is greater than or equal to 0.

In math this week we are learning about Radical operations and Equations. In the beginning of the week I found this week challenging because I didn’t have any prior knowledge with this unit. After we did the skills check in then middle of the week I have felt more comfterable with the equations. It really helps me when I do group work because they always help me and Im never afraid to ask questions. I need to start to study this weekend for our test coming up but I hope we can do more review and group work because it really helps me out. When I was doing the word problem on the skills check I got really confused on what to do. I had to use my creative thinking skills and try and work it out because Math is all about fixing problems and finding solutions. I had to find the perimiter of the two shapes. I didn’t realize that we had to cancel out half of the side and add one more side to make it equal.

Math Picture

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In this Picture we are solving for x. The first step you have to do is square both sides of the equation. The second step is to -7 to both sides to try to get the x by itself. The last step is to divide both sides by 2. The final answer for this equation is x=9.

Week 6 Blog Post

This week in math I was sick, so I had to stay home. At home I learned 3.2 -3.4 in my math workbook. Factoring for me can be easy but I tend to overthink questions and make them harder for myself when I can just do it the simple way. Something I found challenging this week was 3.3 on Solving Quadradic Equations because I had to learn it on my own. The thing I found the hardest in 3.3 was the quadradic equations because when I was teaching myself, I got confused on where to start. I had to use my creative thinking skills to find different ways to find the answer while showing as much work as possible. I had my mom quiz me this weekend on all the questions. The skill checks weren’t too bad but the last two equation questions got me stuck so I after I finished, I went and watched videos on it. This week has been harder because I’ve had to teach myself most things in this unit. My goal for this week is to get fully caught up which I think I am and start studying for my next math test.

For this question you need see what numbers that multiply that will get you to -11x. There is 2 numbers which is -4 and 3x. That = -12x but you need something else to get you to -11x. That number would be 1. The final answer you get for this question is (3x+1) (x-4).

Week 5 Blog post

This week in Math we prepared for our unit 2 test. This week was more of a review week to prepare ourselves for our tests. I did do better on this test, but I am still not satisfied about the marks I have been getting on these tests. I have been studying for these tests, but I still don’t really see a huge improvement. I am trying to ask my peers and Ms. Burton more questions so I can fully grasp these challenging concepts. I have to start doing better on tests and finding a more useful way to study. Personally, I am a really bad test taker because I’m always afraid to make mistakes, but I have to change my mindset when I go into the test because I know more than I think I know. A challenging question on the test was the second last on the perimeter of the smaller square. I tried different ways to find out the sides like trying to find the area of the smaller square and trying to find the perimeter of the whole square. I am not sure if I got this challenging question right, but I don’t feel very confident that I did. My goal for this week is to do a better job preparing for my test which is going home doing my homework right away and then studying for 30 minutes every day just so I can fully grasp these concepts. After this week I will see if this strategy is helping.

Math Picure 3

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For this question on ordering these numbers from least to greatest I put all of them into a entire radical to see what one was the biggest and what one was the smallest. There was two number that were both 24. The one with the negative would be less because a positive is always greater than a negative.