1. January 31, 2011 1.Solve the following system of equations using any method.

2. 1.What are the odds of rolling a sum of 7 on a pair of dice? 2.What is the probability of flipping two tails in a row on a quarter? 3.What are the odds of selecting a blue button out of a bag that contains 5 red, 4 yellow, and 6 blue buttons? February 3, 2011

3. 1.Solve the following system by substitution method. February 7, 2011

4. 1.Solve the following system by substitution method. February 8, 2011

5. 1.Solve the following system by substitution method. February 9, 2011

6. 1.Solve the following system by substitution method or elimination method. February 10, 2011

7. 1.Solve the following system by elimination method. February 11, 2011

8. 1.Solve the following problem by elimination. The admission fee to go to Penn State’s creamery is $2.00 for Bellefonte students and $4.00 for non-Bellefonte students. On a certain day, 2200 people went to the creamery and $5050 is collected. How many Bellefonte students and how many non- Bellefonte students attended? February 14, 2011

9. 1.Solve the following problem by writing an inequality and solving it. Mr. Mireles has $500 in a savings account at the beginning of the summer. He wants to have at least $200 in the account by the end of the summer. He withdraws $25 each week for food, clothes, and movie tickets. How many weeks can he continue his current spending pattern? February 15, 2011

10. 1.Solve the following inequality. February 16, 2011

11. 1.Solve the following inequality. February 17, 2011

12. 1.Solve the following inequality. February 18, 2011

13. February 22, 2011 1.Carly needs to estimate the total number of stars in the universe for her science project. She knows that there is at least 125 billion galaxies in the universe and that each galaxy, like the Milky Way, is estimated to contain more than 100 billion stars. What is the approximate total number of stars in the universe in scientific notation?

14. February 23, 2011 1.If the volume of one penny roughly equals 0.028 cubic inches, would 1.25 x 10 22 pennies fill a classroom that is 240 inches by 312 inches by 144 inches? If so, how many full classrooms would it fill?

15. February 24, 2011 1. Jake has an old barn behind his house. It has a 20 foot cable that attaches the roof to an anchor point on the ground. Also at 2pm, the barn casts a 12 foot shadow that ends at the cable anchor point. How tall is Jake’s barn?

16. February 25, 2011 1.Find the missing value x. Round to the nearest tenth. 2.Find the missing angle in the following diagram. 3 ft. 6 ft. x ft. 25° x°x°

17. March 1 & 2, 2011 1. Find the missing angle x. 103° x°x°

18. March 4, 2011 1. Find the missing angles x and y. 81° x°x° y°y°

19. March 7, 2011 1. Pick up a yellow PSSA Review Packet and complete #1, 2, 3 without a calculator.

20. March 8, 2011 1. Complete #9, 12, & 20 out of your yellow PSSA Review Packet.

21. March 9, 2011 1. Complete #13, 14, & 23 out of your yellow PSSA Review Packet.

22. March 14, 2011 1. Complete #19, 21, & 22 out of your yellow PSSA Review Packet.

23. 1. Jacob, with giant flag in hand, went for a run to celebrate the Penn State’s win. He started out by heading 5 miles south and then went 6 miles east. What is his direct distance from his starting point? Round to the nearest tenth. March 21, 2011

24. 1.Re-write the “Multiplication Property of Exponents” in your own words. 2.Simplify the following expression: (4x 2 )(3xy) March 22, 2011

25. 1.Convert the following number to scientific notation: 2.Convert the following number to scientific notation: 3.Simplify: March 23, 2011

26. 1. Aleesha decided to place another model skyscraper in Shaina’s fish tank. She then decided to fill the tank to only 90% capacity. How much water did Aleesha put in the tank? March 24, 2011 20 in. 10 in. 12 in. 7 in. 2 in. 3 in. 7 in. 2 in. 3 in.

27. 1.There are 7 girls in a bus. Each girl has 7 backpacks. In each backpack, there are 7 big cats. For every big cat, there are 7 little cats. How many total legs are in the bus? * Not a trick question * March 25, 2011

28. 1.Are the three following equations equivalent? March 29, 2011

29. 1.Simplify the following: March 30, 2011

30. 1.Gordon Shumway traced his heritage (family history) back 8 generations. The first generation was his parents, the 2 nd generation was his grandparents (all 4 of them), and so on. How many people are on Gordon’s direct family tree? * Not a trick question * March 31, 2011

31. 1.Simplify: 2.Simplify: April 4 & 5, 2011

32. April 6, 2011 1. The deepest part of any ocean is 36,960 feet. What is that depth in miles?