Post by StarSwirl05 on Jan 31, 2009 19:35:04 GMT -5
All Tuned Out
At Melody's house...
"Yes, I can't believe I have tickets to see the Cleveland Bays!" said Melody jumping up and down. She screams and faints, then gets up. Who should I take with me? I suppose I could take Patch with me but then the others would feel left out. I wish I could take all of them but with only one ticket, that's certainly not going to happen. Her mother pops in.
"Melody, it's late, time for bed," said her mother.
"Maybe I can decide in the morning," said Melody. She sleeps. The next morning...
"Morning, dear," said her mother.
"Morning mom," said Melody.
"Melody, are you sick?" asked her mother. You don't seem to have your normal voice.
"Oh yeah, you're right," said Melody. Must've been from the excitement I had last night about the tickets. I hope Mrs. Hackney doesn't call on me too often so I can get my voice back.
"I'm sure she'll understand your problem, Melody, now you have to get to school," said her mother.
"Okay," said Melody sighing. She walks out of the house. At school...
"Alright class, today's lecture involves solving algebraic equations," said Hackney. These are problems in which an unknown value, a letter, and another value, called an integer are set up so the equal something else, usually another integer or unknown value. When you solve these, the objective is to get the unknown value equal to what is on the other side of the equals sign. For example, in the problem x + 7 = 10, what would you do to get x next to the equals sign?
"Subtract 7," said Bright Eyes.
"Very god, Bright Eyes," said Hackney. When you subtract numbers this way, you must do so on the other side of the equals sign. If you don't the problem becomes unbalanced. When we subtract 7 in this problem, the 7s cancel out because their signs are opposites. An integer always has either a positive or negative in front, but usually only negative integers have their sign shown and for positive integers, we just assume that without the plus sign in front, it is still positive, though it is not wrong if you do write the plus sign. In our problem, , the final result is x = 3 because 10 minus 7 equals 3. Any questions? Patch raises her hoof.
"What happens when you have two variables on each side?" asked Patch.
"You'll learn about that in a later lesson," said Hackney. The school clock sounds. That's all for today, class, you may all leave except for Melody.
"Yes, Mrs. Hackney?" asked Melody.
"Melody, you seem to be losing your voice," said Hackney. I have also noticed that you seem to not be studying for my quizzes.
"I know," said Melody sadly.
"What's wrong, Melody?" asked Hackney.
"Well I have two tickets for my favorite concert and I cannot decide who to take," said Melody. I was so busy deciding who to take that I forgot to study.
"Melody, you need to understand that you can always take someone other than one of your friends to the concert but you need to study for quizzes and tests," said Hackney.
"Yes, Mrs. Hackney," said Melody.
"I'll see you tomorrow," said Hackney. Melody leaves.
"So what'd Mrs. Hackney want?" asked Bright Eyes.
"I don't really want to talk about it," said Melody.
"It's okay, Melody, we're your friends," said Bright Eyes.
"I know, it's just that I want to take one of you to The Cleveland Bays," said Melody. The problem is I don't know which one of you to take.
"It's okay if you don't take any of us, Melody," said Bright Eyes. We're all pretty busy anyways.
"Really?" asked Melody. That's great! I feel so much better now. Now off to the concert! A storm arrives. Guess not. She walks home. I guess I won't go after all. The storm's getting bad fast so the concert was probably cancelled anyway. At home...
"I'm sorry you can't go, Melody," said her mother. The news said the concert was cancelled.
"That's awesome news, mom," said Melody. Now I don't have to choose anyone!
"I'm glad you're happy, Melody," said her mother.
"Me too, mom," said Melody.
At Melody's house...
"Yes, I can't believe I have tickets to see the Cleveland Bays!" said Melody jumping up and down. She screams and faints, then gets up. Who should I take with me? I suppose I could take Patch with me but then the others would feel left out. I wish I could take all of them but with only one ticket, that's certainly not going to happen. Her mother pops in.
"Melody, it's late, time for bed," said her mother.
"Maybe I can decide in the morning," said Melody. She sleeps. The next morning...
"Morning, dear," said her mother.
"Morning mom," said Melody.
"Melody, are you sick?" asked her mother. You don't seem to have your normal voice.
"Oh yeah, you're right," said Melody. Must've been from the excitement I had last night about the tickets. I hope Mrs. Hackney doesn't call on me too often so I can get my voice back.
"I'm sure she'll understand your problem, Melody, now you have to get to school," said her mother.
"Okay," said Melody sighing. She walks out of the house. At school...
"Alright class, today's lecture involves solving algebraic equations," said Hackney. These are problems in which an unknown value, a letter, and another value, called an integer are set up so the equal something else, usually another integer or unknown value. When you solve these, the objective is to get the unknown value equal to what is on the other side of the equals sign. For example, in the problem x + 7 = 10, what would you do to get x next to the equals sign?
"Subtract 7," said Bright Eyes.
"Very god, Bright Eyes," said Hackney. When you subtract numbers this way, you must do so on the other side of the equals sign. If you don't the problem becomes unbalanced. When we subtract 7 in this problem, the 7s cancel out because their signs are opposites. An integer always has either a positive or negative in front, but usually only negative integers have their sign shown and for positive integers, we just assume that without the plus sign in front, it is still positive, though it is not wrong if you do write the plus sign. In our problem, , the final result is x = 3 because 10 minus 7 equals 3. Any questions? Patch raises her hoof.
"What happens when you have two variables on each side?" asked Patch.
"You'll learn about that in a later lesson," said Hackney. The school clock sounds. That's all for today, class, you may all leave except for Melody.
"Yes, Mrs. Hackney?" asked Melody.
"Melody, you seem to be losing your voice," said Hackney. I have also noticed that you seem to not be studying for my quizzes.
"I know," said Melody sadly.
"What's wrong, Melody?" asked Hackney.
"Well I have two tickets for my favorite concert and I cannot decide who to take," said Melody. I was so busy deciding who to take that I forgot to study.
"Melody, you need to understand that you can always take someone other than one of your friends to the concert but you need to study for quizzes and tests," said Hackney.
"Yes, Mrs. Hackney," said Melody.
"I'll see you tomorrow," said Hackney. Melody leaves.
"So what'd Mrs. Hackney want?" asked Bright Eyes.
"I don't really want to talk about it," said Melody.
"It's okay, Melody, we're your friends," said Bright Eyes.
"I know, it's just that I want to take one of you to The Cleveland Bays," said Melody. The problem is I don't know which one of you to take.
"It's okay if you don't take any of us, Melody," said Bright Eyes. We're all pretty busy anyways.
"Really?" asked Melody. That's great! I feel so much better now. Now off to the concert! A storm arrives. Guess not. She walks home. I guess I won't go after all. The storm's getting bad fast so the concert was probably cancelled anyway. At home...
"I'm sorry you can't go, Melody," said her mother. The news said the concert was cancelled.
"That's awesome news, mom," said Melody. Now I don't have to choose anyone!
"I'm glad you're happy, Melody," said her mother.
"Me too, mom," said Melody.
