Your midterm Practice Test is due Friday, December 13th.
Make sure you are working on creating your Reference Sheet and studying a little every night!
See below for ideas of how to study and a list of topics and sample questions.
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8 Black
How to study for your Math Midterm (Chapters 1-5)
*Review your chapter packets from Chapters 1-5. Review your tests and re-do problems that
look challenging. Make sure you still
remember how to solve ALL the problems.
*Review old quizzes and notes from Chapters 1-5.
*Do the online practice tests for Chapters 1-5 from the
Glencoe website. Take each test as many
times as you need to until you receive a passing score. Make notes about the problems that are the
most challenging.
*Read through all your notes and foldables you have written
this year.
***Make your Reference Page.
You may use the front of a
sheet of paper to write notes, sample problems, examples, etc. Make sure you include notes or examples for
the following topics:
- Evaluate expressions (order of operations/substitute values for letters)
- Solve equations with one variable (multi-step/variables on both sides)
- Graphing!!! (slope formula, slope-intercept form, point-slope form, standard form, parallel and perpendicular lines, be able to graph all forms and change between all forms)
- Solve and graph inequalities in one variable (graphs are number lines).
- Solve and graph absolute value inequalities.
- Solve and graph compound inequalities in one variable (graphs are number lines).
- Finance Park (gross monthly income, net monthly income, gross annual income, net annual income, budget categories – look at finance park quiz with short answer responses)
- You will have a few short answer questions. Be able to answer and explain questions like the following:
- What is a solution to an equation? What does it mean that x=3 is the solution to 3x-2=7?
- What is m and what is b in slope-intercept form? What is an intercept? When would you use point-slope form? When is it easier to use slope-intercept form?
- Why is the graph of the solution to an inequality a shaded number line? What does the graph represent?
- Is 3 a solution to 2x-1>5? Why or why not?
- When can you have no solution? When is the solution all numbers?
- Why do you need to compare actual spending with a budget? What happens if you spend more in one category?
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8 Purple/Silver
How to study for your Math Midterm (Chapters 1, 2, parts of
3 and 4)
*Review your chapter packets from Chapters 0-2. Review your tests and re-do problems that
look challenging. Make sure you still
remember how to solve ALL the problems.
*Review old quizzes and notes from Chapters 0-2.
*Do the online practice tests for Chapters 0-4 from the
Glencoe website. Take each test as many
times as you need to until you receive a passing score. Make notes about the problems that are the
most challenging.
*Read through all your notes and foldables you have written
this year.
***Make your Reference Page.
You may use the front of a
sheet of paper to write notes, sample problems, examples, etc. Make sure you include notes or examples for
the following topics:
- Add, Subtract, Multiply, Divide integers, decimals and fractions (Chapter 0 – look at your Rational Rules paper you received at the beginning of the year)
- Finance Park (gross monthly income, net monthly income, gross annual income, net annual income, budget categories – look at finance park quiz with short answer responses)
- Evaluate expressions (order of operations, substitute values in for variables – Chapter 1)
- Solve equations with one variable (multi-step and variables on both sides – Chapter 2)
- Solve absolute value equations (chapter 2)
- Graphing linear equations (parts of Chapters 3 and 4 – everything on your foldable!)
- Slope formula – identify the slope of a line given a graph or given 2 points
- Slope-intercept form – identify the parts and graph the line
- You will have a few short answer questions. Be able to answer and explain questions like the following:
- What is a solution to an equation? What does it mean that x= 3 is the solution to 3x-2 = 7?
- What is m and what is b in slope-intercept form? What is an intercept?
- What is a function?
- Why are there 2 answers to an absolute value equation?
- Why do you need to compare actual spending with a budget? What happens if you spend more in one category?
