Parent and Student Study Guide Workbook

1 Course 2 Parent and StudentStudy Guide WorkbookCopyright by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights in the United States of America. Permission is granted to reproduce the material containedherein on the condition that such material be reproduced only for classroom use; be provided tostudents, teachers, and families without charge; and be used solely in conjunction with Glencoe sMathematics: Applications and Concepts, Course other reproduction, for use or sale, isprohibited without prior written permission of the all inquiries to:The McGraw-Hill Companies8787 Orion PlaceColumbus, OH 43240-4027 ISBN: 0-07-860131-2 Mathematics: Applications and Concepts, Course 2 Parent and Student Study Guide1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 045 08 07 06 05 04 03 iiiContentsChapterPageTo the parents of Glencoe Mathematics students .

2 Iv1 Decimal Patterns and Algebra .. 12 Statistics: Analyzing Data .. 113 Algebra: Integers .. 204 Algebra: Linear Equations and Functions.. 285 Fractions, Decimals, and Percents .. 366 Applying Fractions .. 457 Ratios and Proportions .. 558 Applying Percent .. 649 Probability.. 7110 Geometry .. 7911 Geometry: Measuring Two-Dimensional Figures .. 8912 Geometry: Measuring Three-Dimensional Figures .. 98 Answer Key .. 105ivYou teach your children all the time. Youtaught language to your infants and youread to your son or daughter.

3 You taughtthem how to count and use basic are some ways you can continue toreinforce mathematics learning. Encourage a positive attitude towardmathematics. Set aside a place and a time for homework. Be sure your child understands theimportance of mathematics GlencoeParent and Student StudyGuide Workbookis designed to help yousupport, monitor, and improve your child s mathperformance. These worksheets are written sothat you do not have to be a mathematician tohelp your Parent and Student Study GuideWorkbookincludes: A 1-page worksheetfor every lesson in theStudent Edition (92 in all).

4 Completing aworksheet with your child will reinforce theconcepts and skills your child is learning inmath class. Upside-down answers areprovided right on the page. A 1-page chapter review(12 in all) for eachchapter. These worksheets review the skillsand concepts needed for success on testsand quizzes. Answers are located on pages105 ResourcesFor your convenience, these worksheets are alsoavailable in a printable format Study Tools can help your studentsucceed. youadditional worked-out examples that mimicthe ones in the textbook.

5 Aself-checking practice quiz for each lesson. understanding of the terms anddefinitions used in each chapter. /chapter_testallows you totake a self-checking test before the actual test. way to brush up on yourstandardized test-taking the parents of Glencoe MathematicsStudents:To the parents of Glencoe MathematicsStudents:NAME _____ DATE _____ PERIOD _____Parent and Student Study Guide Glencoe/McGraw-Hill1 Mathematics: Applications and Concepts, Course 2 You can use a four-step plan to solve what information is given in the problem and what you need to find.

6 Do you have all the information you need? Is there too much information?PlanSelect a strategy for solving the problem . There may be several strategies that you could use. Estimate the the problem by carrying out your plan. If your plan does not work, try another, and maybe even a third the answer carefully. See if it fits the facts given in the problem . Compare it to your estimate. If your answer is not correct, make a new plan and start bought a 30-minute long distance phone card for $ On his hometelephone, long distance costs 10 cents per minute.

7 Which is less expensive?ExploreYou need to find out whether a long distance call using the calling card or Sergio s home phone is less need to find the per-minute rate of the calling card and then compare to the Planper-minute rate on the home phone. Divide the price of the calling card by the number of minutes, and then compare to the home phone rate. You estimate that the home phone is less 30 15 cents per minute. 10 15 ExamineThe calling card rate is 15 cents per minute, so the home phone rate is This Washington family is going on a 775-mile vacation.

8 Their car gets 31 miles per gallon of gas. If gas costs $1 per gallon, how much will they spend on gas?HINT: You need to find the number of gallons of gas the car will the four-step plan to solve each HobbiesTristen is making a quilt with his mother. The quilt has a totalof 40 squares. Tristen wants to have an equal number of squares with 8different colors. How many squares of each color will he have? Test PracticeThe school is buying new risers for the choirto stand on during concerts. There are 120 people in the choir and eachriser will hold 20 people.

9 How many risers will they need to buy?A5B6C12D10A Plan for problem Solving(pages 6 9) : 1. $ and Exponents(pages 10 13)NAME _____ DATE _____ PERIOD _____Parent and Student Study Guide Glencoe/McGraw-Hill2 Mathematics: Applications and Concepts, Course 2 When you multiply two or more numbers, each number is called a factorof the product. When the same factor is repeated, you can use an exponentto simplify the notation. An exponenttells you how many times a number,called the base, is used as a factor. A poweris a number that is expressedusing 4four to the second power, or four squaredof Powers232 2 2two to the third power, or two cubed545 5 5 5five to the fourth powerAWrite 8 8 8 in exponential 25as a product, then base is 8.

10 Since 8 is a factor three times,The base is 2. The exponent 5 means that 2 the exponent is a factor five 8 8 8325 2 2 2 2 2 32 Try These 14 14 14 14 in exponential : How many factors are there?HINT: The exponent tells how many factorsthere each power as a product of the same each product in exponential 5 2 2 2 2 z z 8 8 1 1 1 d 9 Evaluate each Test PracticeWhich is equivalent to 53?A5 5 5B5 5 5C3 5D3 3 3 3 3 Answers: 1. 3 a a b x x x 7 2 2 2 , , of Operations(pages 14 17)NAME _____ DATE _____ PERIOD _____Parent and Student Study Guide Glencoe/McGraw-Hill3 Mathematics: Applications and Concepts, Course 2 When you evaluate an expression, the order of operationsensures that theexpression always has only one value.