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Assignment for Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Due Wednesday, 10/1/08

Lesson 2.4:  Congruent Supplements and Complements

p. 79 #1-6, 8-10, 15, 19

Tomorrow:  Lesson 2.5:  Addition and Subtraction Properties

Assignment for Monday, September 29, 2008

Due Tuesday, 9/30/08

p. 74 #1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13

Some of these are short proofs, but not all of them.  The best way to learn how to do proofs is to attempt them, learn from your mistakes, see more examples, and try again.  We’ll be doing many more examples in class the next few days.

Old HW:  due on Monday was p. 67 #1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 14, 16, 21

This post comes to you from Monclova, Ohio, which is just west of Toledo, and is where my younger brother lives.

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Tonight’s assignment as well as tomorrow’s are fairly easy, because they cover topics you learned back in middle school.  You will note that Chapter 2 has lots of basic building blocks, kind of like Chapter 1.  We’ll add in new details here and there, and get more formal about how we describe geometry, but the fundamental ideas you mostly already know.

Assignment for Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Due Thursday, 9/25/08

Review Problems pp. 54-59  #1, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 27, 33

Study for tomorrow’s test.  Look at the Chapter Summary including the Vocabulary on p. 53.

Assignment for Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Due Wednesday, 9/24/08

Chapter Review on pages 54-59

Do #2, 8, 10, 12, 15, 17, 22, 26, 34

Wednesday’s homework is more review:

same pages, problems #1, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 27, 33

Test on Thursday.

I will be absent Thursday and Friday.

Assignment for Monday, September 22, 2008

Due Tuesday, 9/23/08

Attempt to do some of the Logic Proofs worksheet.  We will work on it in class tomorrow.

Assignment for Friday, September 19, 2008

Due Monday, 9/22/08

In class on Friday you received a 12-page packet Geometry titled ‘Logic’.  I circled a few problems I want you to do, but counted the ones I thought you should be able to do and realized that I had assigned you 38 problems.  Whoa!  Too many, even though you are all good enough to get them all done by Monday.  So I cut the list down to about two dozen (some are real fast and easy) so here’s the list (you also received a copy of this in class, but the reason you’re looking here is you can’t find that list, right?)

p. 20 #6 & 7

p. 21 #16 & 20

p. 23 #2

p. 24 #6 & 7

p. 26 #1, 2, 6-10, 12, & 15

p. 28 #1 & 2

p. 29 #3-6, 8 & 9

…and that’s all!  Good luck, we’ll see you on Monday!

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Assignment for Thursday, September 18, 2008

Due Friday, 9/19/08

p. 38 #7, 8

p. 42 #8-10

p. 47 #1, 2, 3, 6

Expect an Open Note vocabulary quiz some day next week

Assignment for Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Due Thursday, 9/18/08

Rework any of the proofs from pages 32 and 37 that you have not done or struggled with.

Do #4 on page 37

Do #2-5 on page 42

Assignment for Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Due Wednesday, 9/17/08

p. 36 #2, 5, 6  See sample problems in Part Two of this lesson: the three assigned problems are very similar to these three examples.

Also, go back and do or redo some or all of yesterday’s assigned proofs, which are problems #12, 13, 15, and 16 oon pages 33 and 34.  The best way to learn to do proofs is to practice, practice, practice, and to learn from your mistakes if you make them.

Tomorrow in class I will give you answer keys to all 7 of these proofs, and will assign several more.