Sue Said:

What do middle schoolers learn in math?

We Answered:

Im a 7th grader and at my school some people are in math7, pre-algebra, or algebra ab, in 8th grade same options but there is algebra cd. im in algebra ab and we have learned stuff like multi-step equations, functions, real numbers, ration and irrational numbers,linear equations and graphing them,slope-intercept form point-slope form standard form and all those other types of equations, perpendicular and parallel lines, and exponents and how to simplify them.thats not the order we learned them. along with all of that we are also going to learn the standard stuff that we have to know for state testing.

Phyllis Said:

dont have book but need to do homework from chapter 5 of holt middle school course 1 math book?

We Answered:

http://go.hrw.com/hrw.nd/gohrw_rls1/pKey…

go here and see if this is what you need?

here is the main page to see if this is the book you need.....

http://go.hrw.com/gopages/ma/msm1_07.htm…

Brent Said:

Math History Lesson for Middle schoolers?

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Ask them to add up all the integers from 1 to 1000 .... but before they get too far along, tell them how young Karl Friedrich Gauss (a middle schooler himself at the time) solved the problem in moments, using the doubled triangle method.

Marjorie Said:

Surface Area Question! Middle School Math! PLEASE HELP!! 10 points for best answer?

We Answered:

a)To get surface area you use this formula: 2(length x width)+2(length x height)+2(height x width).
So 2(8x4)+2(8x2)+2(2x4)=
2(32)+2(16)+2(8)=
64+32+16=
112inches of wrapping paper.

b) The length of the box basically means that the ribbon will be tied around the outside of the box. The outside of the box has two lengths (8x2=16) and two widths (2x2=8). So the length of the ribbon is 16 + 8 +10 = 34 inches.

I hope you could follow that. :)

Edit: Just to explain part a a bit better. Think of a box as being made up of 6 squares. The area of a square is length by width.

Two of the squares in the box are made up using the length and the height. So we multiply the length by the box's height (which is the square's width) to get the area. Then we multiply by 2 because there are 2 squares.

Two are made up using the length and the width. So we multiply the length by the width to get the area. Then we multiply by 2 because there are 2 squares.

Two are made up using the height and the width. So we multiply the width by the box's height (which is this square's length) to get the area. Then we multiply by 2 because there are 2 squares.

Dan Said:

Math Teachers?

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Without knowing your topic, etc. it's difficult to be specific. I have been teaching ms math a long time and I often look for ideas on line.
Just look for "lesson plans - math" or something more specific...There are lots of good sites that share lessons plans on everything you can imagine. Good luck...middle schoolers can be a real challenge...but they are the ones that need us the most....