Ronny's, Alex's, Kenneths, and Devins Pay it Forward

Part 1





What is "Pay it Forward"?


Pay it forward is a random act of kindness that you do to other people. Its when you help someone do something they can't or doing something nice. By helping someone a little, your really doing a lot. Your influencing the person you helped to do the same which goes in a never ending chain. As Trevor in the movie, "Pay it forward" said,

^{"You see, I do something real good for three people. And then when they ask how}

<sup>they can pay it back, I say they have to Pay It Forward...to three more people. Each. So, nine people get helped. Then those people have to do twenty-seven." He turned on the calculator, punched in a few numbers. "Then it sort of spreads out, see, to eighty-one, then two hundred forty-three, then seven hundred twenty-nine, then two thousand, one hundred eighty-seven. See how big it gets?"


Part 2</sup>

What was your Pay It Forward act of kindness?


We put candy in people mail boxes with notes attached.

Why did you choose this activity?


Because it was Christmas season, we decided to give people candy so we could brighten up their holidays.

Who did you help?


We helped lots of people, we put bags in around 20-30 houses.

What did you do?

We randomly chose a street in the neighbourhood and put candy in bags with little thank you notes saying "Pay it Forward from SPK kids" then put them in peoples mailboxes.

When did you do you act of kindness?


We did our act of kindness on the 7th of December.

Part 3

How did your act of kindness go?


It went alright but our fingers were freezing by the time we were done.

What Happened?


Nothing out of the ordinary happened but we did meet some people on the street like people from UPS or the mailman. We gave them a bag aswell.

How did you feel?


I felt good for helping people other then myself because I haven't really done anything like this before and I liked the feeling I may have helped someone. I would have felt warm inside if it wasn't so COLD outside.

How did the person or people react?


There wasn't really anyone we could get a reaction from other then the postman and UPS guy. They gave us a smile, thanked us, and went on his way.

Did you ask the person or people to "Pay It Forward"?


Not really, but we put it on the notes attached to the bags.

Part 4





Why is the idea of "Pay it Forward" important?

It is important because not many people help other people, making some people feeling lonely and unapreciated. People like it when you help them.


Has your act of kindness made a difference?


I hope our act of kindness did help someone become cheerful or happy.

Don't forget to pay it forward!

Ronny's Scribepost 11/18/09

G'day mates, this be 'ere Ronny to be doin your scribepost!


Today in math class, we got to finish the square area table:





How to do it!


We get the area of the square by squaring the side length.

1x1=1
2x2=4
3x3=9
4x4=16
5x5=25
6x6=36
7x7=49




After finishing that up, we got to do notes! yay






What are square numbers?



The product of a whole number multiplied by itself.



e.g.
9 is a square number because 9=3x3





What are factors?



A whole number which divides evenly into another whole number with no remainder.




e.g.
1--> 1
2--> 1, 2
3--> 1, 3
4--> 1, 2, 4
5--> 1, 5
6--> 1, 2, 3, 6
7--> 1, 7
8--> 1, 2, 4, 8
9--> 1, 3, 9
10-> 1, 2, 5, 10
11-> 1, 11
12-> 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12






What are prime numbers?



A whole number greater than 1 that has only 2 factors. 1 and itself. 1 is not a prime number.



e.g.

2,3,5,7,11, ect.





What are prime factors?



Factors that are prime numbers.



e.g.
10
/ \
5 2
/ \
1 1






After we took the "important" notes, we were given our homework. On a grid paper or a white paper, we had to make a times table of 12x12. So here I am to the rescue for you lazy people who don't know how to multiply or use a calculator:









We were also told to find the factors of 1 - 12.




1--> 1
2--> 1, 2
3--> 1, 3
4--> 1, 2, 4
5--> 1, 5
6--> 1, 2, 3, 6
7--> 1, 7
8--> 1, 2, 4, 8
9--> 1, 3, 9
10-> 1, 2, 5, 10
11-> 1, 11
12-> 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12



Thanks for reading ( hopefully all of it ), comment please!

Ronny's Rate Growing Post

Define Ratio: An expression that compares quantities relative to each other.



Define Rate: Compares 2 quantities/amounts in different units.



The difference between rate and ratio is that ratio compares 2 units of the same group/measurement while rate compares 2 units of DIFFERENT measurements.

The answer to question 5 on page 60.




A) A blue whale eats 8 t of krill in 2 days.

To get the answer you will have to simplify it to unit rate meaning that the second number "2" should be turned into a 1.

So 2 ÷ 2 is 1 and since you have to do the same to the other side, 8 ÷ 2 is 4. As a unit rate, it would be 4t(t=tons)/(/=per) d (d= day).

So without all the annoying stuff in between, it is simply "4t/d". :D



B) The cruising speed of a blue whale allows it to travel 193 km in 10 h.

To get the answer, you will once again have to simplify it for unit rate, meaning that the second number, "10" should be turned into a 1.

So 10 ÷ 10 is 1 and since you have to do the same to the other side, 193 ÷ 10 is 19.3. As a unit rate, it would be 19.3km(km=kilometers)/(/=per) h (h= hour).

So without all the annoying stuff in between, it is simply "19.3km/h". :3



C)A bull moose bellows 15 times in 2½ h.

To get the answer, you will once again have to simplify it for unit rate, meaning that the second number, "2½" should be turned into a 1.

So 2½ ÷ 2½ is 1 and since you have to do the same to the other side, 15 ÷ 2½ is 6. As a unit rate, it would be 6b(b=bellows)/(/=per) h (h= hour).

So without all the annoying stuff in between, it is simply "6b/h". :p





The answer to question 14 on page 61.





A)What was the value of $600 Canadian in euros?

To get the answer you must find the rate of Canadians for euros.

$1 = $0.6940

Simply multiply $0.6940 by 600.

The answer would be $416.4.



B)What was the value of $375 Canadian in U.S. dollars?

To get the answer you must find the rate of Canadians for U.S. dollars.

$1 = $0.8857.

Simply multiply $0.8857 by 375.

The answer would be $332.1375.



C)What was the value of $450 Canadian in Australian dollars?

To get the answer you must find the rate of Canadians for Australian dollars.

1$ = 1.1527

Simply multiply $1.1527 by 450.

The answer would be $518.715.





Part Duo (Its two)

These are the Grade 8 ingredients for Spaghetti Sauce. This recipe serves 4 people.

1) What would the recipe look like if it had to serve 10 people? Show your calculations.


1 lb = 16 oz
1 tsp = 4.929 ml
1 question = 1 answer


40
--- oz ground beef
80
2.5 medium sized onions
2.5 celery finely sliced
2.5 cloves of garlic
35 oz can of tomatoes chopped
2
--- can of tomato paste
5
12.32 ml parsley
7.393 ml basil
4.929 ml oregano
4.929 ml sugar
7.393 ml Worchestershite Sauce
7.393 ml Seasoning salt
2.5 Bay Leaf

I just multiplied everything by 2.5. I also could have divided everything by 4 then multiply it by 10.

2) What would the recipe look like if you had to only serve 1 person? Show your calculations.

4
--- oz ground beef
8
0.25 medium sized onions
0.25 celery finely sliced
0.25 cloves of garlic
35 oz can of tomatoes chopped
0.2
--- can of tomato paste
0.5
1.232 ml parsley
0.7393 ml basil
0.4929 ml oregano
0.4929 ml sugar
0.7393 ml Worchestershite Sauce
0.7393 ml Seasoning salt
0.25 Bay Leaf


Just divide the answers from question one by 10 and you get your answer for one person eating spaghetti...........

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Blog on Blogging (BOB) for Ratios 10/20/09

During class today, we were doing ratios. Since there is a test tomorrow, we were told to do a BOB today for extra marks on the test. I chose this picture for my BOB because it is the simplest and is neatly organized.



O.K. lets make some ratios.

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Part to Part Ratios :

6:6

Lighter Crayons to Darker Crayons

The Spring Green, Silver, Salmon, Yellow Green, Sky Blue, and Yellow Orange would go to the lighter side.

While Cadet Blue, Turquoise Blue, Green, Wild Strawberry, Purple Mountain's Majesty, and Gold would go to the darker side.

So it would be: Six lighter crayons compared to six darker crayons.

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2:3

Red Crayons to Green Crayons

Salmon and Wild Strawberry would be the reds.

Spring Green, Yellow Green, Green would be the greens.

So it would be: Two red crayons compared to three green crayons.

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4:7

One word crayons to two word crayons.

Silver, Salmon, Green, and Gold would be the one word crayons.

Spring Green, Yellow Green, Sky Blue, Yellow Orange, Cadet Blue, Turquoise Blue, and Wild Strawberry would be the two word crayons.

So it would be: Four one word crayons compared to seven two word crayons.

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Part to Total Ratios:

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2:12

Red Crayons to All Crayons

Salmon and Wild Strawberry would be the reds and the rest are the total.

So it would be: Two red crayons compared to the total amount of crayons.
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6:12

Light Crayons to All Crayons

The Spring Green, Silver, Salmon, Yellow Green, Sky Blue, and Yellow Orange would go to the lighter side.

So it would be: Six lighter crayons compared to all crayons.
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Three Part Ratios:

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2:3:3

Red to Blue to Green


Salmon and Wild Strawberry would be the reds.

Cadet Blue, Turquoise Blue, and Sky Blue would be the blues.

Spring Green, Yellow Green, Green would be the greens.

So it would be: Two red crayons compared to three blue crayons compared to three green crayons.

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6:4:2

Lighter Crayons to One word crayons to Yellow Crayons.

The Spring Green, Silver, Salmon, Yellow Green, Sky Blue, and Yellow Orange would go to the lighter side.

Silver, Salmon, Green, and Gold would be the one word crayons.

Yellow Green and Yellow Orange would be the yellow crayons.

So it would be: Six lighter crayons compared to four one word crayons compared to two yellow crayons.

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Question One:
Create another group/category for the crayons.

Question Two:
Create an equivalent ratio for one word crayons to two word crayons or 4:7.

Question Three:
If you could add another crayon, what category would it be and why?


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Late Ratio Definitions 10/14/09

On the 14th, we were supposed to define the following :

two-term ratio
three-term ratio
part-to-part ratio
part-to-whole ratio
unit rate
unit price
proportion

so here it is.

Legend

Red - Word
Blue - Definition
Green - Example





two-term ratio:
A term used to refer to ratio that compares two quantities of the same unit to each other.

For example,

4:3

would be a two-term ratio.


three-term ratio:
A term used to refer to ratio that compares three quantities of the same unit to each other.

For example,

1:2:3

would be a two-term ratio.


part-to-part ratio:
A term used to refer to ratio that compares two different parts of the same ratio to each other.

For example,

3:7

would be a part-part ratio.


part-to-whole ratio:
A term used to refer to ratio that compares all of the different parts of the same ratio to each other.

For example,

3 : 7 : 10 : 5

would be a part-to-whole ratio.


unit rate:
A rate with any numerator but with a denominator of one.

For example,

70 9052935235
--- or -----------------
1 1


unit price:
The price of a single or one unit in a group or pack of the item.

For example,

If $1.00 was for 5 apples, then the unit price would be $0.20 for each unit or apple.


proportion:
A special type of ratio expressing a relationship between the part and the whole where the numerator is always part of the total and the denominator is the total.

For example,

There are 32 boys in a school of 60 school kids

or

32
---
60


would be proportion.








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BOB, Ronny816, Graphing , October 6

Ello, today during class in math, during school, 5th period, Mr. Harbeck forced us to mark our graph test. After we marked our graph tests, Harbeck told us that since so many people got low marks or did some mistakes they probably should not have, he said if we do a blog on the following, we would get extra marks.

1. We had to type out 3 things we already knew about math that you would NEVER forget.

and

2. Something that we SHOULD have done on the test that we didn't.






Three things that I will never forget about graphing


One thing that I will never forget about graphing is that you have to organize the data somewhere so that your reader knows what your talking about. If you do not put the data for graphs like circle graphs or pictographs, it just a bunch of pretty drawings with no meaning. However other graphs such as bar graphs or line graphs have labels that could tell you the data but it could still be misleading.


Another thing that I won't forget is that you should always use an appropriate graph for the data. Like if you are comparing 2 pieces of data, using a double bar graph or double line graph would be the best way to represent it. A bar graph is best used for more then 2 pieces of data, and a line graph is best for representing data over time.


The last thing I will mainly remember about graphing is that misrepresenting data can imply massive differences. Distorting a bar size makes it much more or less noticeable. Making a break in the interval lines for the y-axis also helps to show the data.






One thing I wish I had done on the test is that if I had organized my data neater or better, it would have saved me some marks.

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Four Fours, October 5

During class today, Mr. Harbeck was showing us a story about a man who found out that with the number four, you can make all 9 digits and 0. But also with only using 4 fours. As in 44 is using 2 fours while 4 is using 1 four. Then we were asked a formula for 2. 2 different students gave their answers to Mr. Harbeck. The formulas that were given were:



We were asked to find out these show the same meaning but show it in a different way. The difference between these 2 equations is the mathematical sign. In the first formula, I showed the division sign as a "-" to represent 4 over plus 4 over 4 equals 2. But in the second formula, I showed the division sign as a line between 2 dots. The second formulas mathematical sign is actually a representation of the first formula sign. The dots represents numbers and the line represents divided by.

Thank you for reading my blog, I hope that you enjoyed it and will comment.

Dice Rolls Graph October 2

On Friday, Mr. H gave us an assignment for rolling dice. On the assignment we had to organize data, show data, and misrepresent data. We also had to give a conclusion for each graph. For graph 1 we had to give a normal conclusion on what it represents. For the second graph, the one we had to misrepresent, we had to explain how and why we misrepresented it.

For organizing data, I did it 2 different ways.

1)

2)

For the name and room just put your name and room.

The front side is the side you have to draw your graphs on. The first graph must be a graph with no misrepresented data. For example, I chose a line graph because it was best for showing data over time, like 15 dice rolls.

My conclusion for this graph is:
I chose a line graph because I thought it would be best for showing changes overtime. The conclusion for this graph is that the sun seems to always be around 8 or 9 and always seems to shift from up to down except in 1 case. The actual basis of this data is completely random because it all depends on dice rolls, which you can not control.

For the misrepresented graph, I used a bar graph because I decided to group the numbers so that it does not take up as much space as it would normally.

My conclusion for this graph was:
I chose a bar graph because I was only displaying 2 pieces of data. I misrepresented the data on the graph by using a break and increasing the size of the 7-12 bar. I did this so that the 7-12 graph appears huge and fat compared to the 1-6 bar.

I hope that you enjoyed my blog.



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QUESTION NUMBER 6

LEGEND:
Red is the question
Blue is the steps of getting the answer
Green is the answer


Herro der, during math class, period 3, during the hours of 10:50 - 11:45, Mr. H did what was called a "correction day". We had to do the questions from 4-9 on the pages of 13-15 in the school textbook (not personal one). Lucky me, I get to do question 6, and I'll show yall how :D

First the question, without it, what is an answer? Or is that the answer to the answer that has no question which is therefor a statement with no purpose? Anyway:


This question gives you a picture in which all data is. Using this data you are to answer the mini questions in the question number referred to as "a)" and so on.



Question "a)" asks you, 'What information does each graph provide?'.
Look at the pictograph and the line graph, hopefully I won't have to describe what those are. Now look at the x-axis and y-axis labels for the line graph, it shows the height of the plant for each week in centimeters. The pictograph shows the very same data but symbolizes the leaves each as 20 centimeters instead of labeling them as intervals.
So the answer to the question should be height of the plant each week in centimeters.





Question "b)" asks you, "Between which two weeks did the plant grow at the same rate?"
This question may be confusing but is quite easy. What it is actually asking is, when was the growth rate of the plant, the same amount between 2 different weeks. For instance, starting from week 1, the plant growth increases by 20 centimeters or, 1 leaf in the pictograph, week 2 also increases by 20 centimeters and as does week 3, but week 4 increases by 30 centimeters instead of 20, thus breaking the chain of same growth rate. So, between the week 1 and week 3, all 3 weeks had the same consistent growth rate.
The answer is between week 1 and week 3.




Question "c)" asks, "Between which two weeks did the plant most change in height? Which graph shows this more clearly?
This question is asking, when was the growth spurt. If you read my paragraphs on question B, you will know that through week 1 to 3, the growth rate was the same of 20 centimeters, but in week 4, the growth rate was of 30 centimeters. This meaning that since the growth rate was highest after week 3 and before week 5, this would mean the 2 weeks in which the plant changed the most in height would be between week 3 and 4.
The answer to this mini question is between week 3 and 4 was the most change in height for the plant.






Question "d)" asks to "Describe one disadvantage and advantage of each graph."
To answer this question easily, you will need to include your opinion of a disadvantage for you and an advantage for you for each graph. I can not actually give you the answer for this question as it is a personal question, but I will put what I had for it down.
My answer to this question is that the line graph is good for showing changes overtime like it did now, but it is not good for comparing more then 2 types. The pictograph is an easy graph since the pictures blankly show how much each picture is, keeping the amount of pictures small for the graph reader to understand it easier, but it can be quite inaccurate with pictures that are not whole. Example, it may look like 10/20 but it may actually be 10.3/20 or 11/20.






This concludes my scribepost for today, hopefully you could understand what I was trying to explain to you, goodnight and good luck in future math classes.




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