Enjoy the Holidays and I Will See You in January!

December 19, 2014

Dear______,

I would like to wish you and your family a very happy holiday. Enjoy your much-deserved vacation. I know being a seventh-grader is a lot of work, so take it easy. However, don’t forget to take some time to invest in a bright future! Practice math as much as possible and complete each of the attached activities.

Enjoy the holidays and I will see you in January!

Instructions:

ACTIVITY 1: WHAT IS THE WORLD’S LONGEST PUNCTUATION MARK?

Read and follow the instructions on the page.

HELP: Part 1: Use the area model to write two expressions.

Part 2: Use the Distributive Property to remove the parenthesis and rewrite the expression.

ACTIVITY 2: WHY DID OSLO GO TO THE SLED AND SLEIGH AUCTION?

Read and follow the instructions on the page. SHOW ALL STEPS ON NOTEBOOK PAPER.

HELP: Part 1: Combine Like Terms

Add/Subtract Variable terms (i.e. 2x and 3x, or 3y and 5y).

Add/Subtract Constant terms (i.e. 2 and 3, or 3 and 5).

Part 2: Step1: Use the Distributive Property to remove the parenthesis.

Step 2: Combine Like Terms.

Part 3: Step 1: Write an expression for the perimeter of the polygon.

Step 2: Combine Like Terms.

ACTIVITY 3: BOOKS NEVER WRITTEN

Read and follow the instructions on the page. SHOW ALL STEPS ON NOTEBOOK PAPER.

HELP: Use Inverse Operations to find the value of the variable.

ACTIVITY 4: WHY WAS THE PAIL PALE?

Read and follow the instructions on the page. SHOW ALL STEPS ON NOTEBOOK PAPER.

HELP: Step 1: Combine Like Terms ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE EQUAL SIGN.

Add/Subtract Variable terms (i.e. 2x and 3x, or 3y and 5y).

Add/Subtract Constant terms (i.e. 2 and 3, or 3 and 5).

Step 2: Use Inverse Operations to find the value of the variable.

ACTIVITY 5: WHAT IS HEAVY FORWARD BUT NOT BACKWARD?

Read and follow the instructions on the page. SHOW ALL STEPS ON NOTEBOOK PAPER.

HELP: Step 1: Use the Distributive Property to remove the parenthesis.

Step 2: Combine Like Terms ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE EQUAL SIGN (On # 10 they are on the right).

Add/Subtract Variable terms (i.e. 2x and 3x, or 3y and 5y).

Add/Subtract Constant terms (i.e. 2 and 3, or 3 and 5).

Step 3: Use Inverse Operations to find the value of the variable.

Due: Jan 6, 2015