7th Grade Update

Since my last update, the 7th graders did a unit on sequences and series, problem solving with repeating decimals, and modular arithmetic.  With respect to sequences and series, they covered arithmetic, geometric, square, cubic, and finally Fibonacci sequences.  Students worked through a booklet called Mathematics, A Human Endeavor.  Next, the 7th grade class looked at rational and irrational numbers and how they related to repeating and terminating decimals.  They discovered how you know if a fraction would terminate or repeat.  Finally they did a small unit on modular arithmetic and learned how it related to bar codes, credit cards, and ISBN numbers.  For the next 2 weeks, they 7th grade class will be learning about functions and their graphs out of their next Mathematics, A Human Endeavor booklet.