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Materials
Rational Numbers
Teacher’s Guide
Prepared by:
1) Peter Balyta.....................Massey Vanier High School
2) George Calder..................Howard S. Billings High School
3) Andre Del Castilho...........Centennial Regional High School
4) Tony Rosciano..................Penfield Academy
5) Colin D’Souza...................Macdonald Cartier High School
Resource Personnel:
Françoise Boulanger........ MEQ
Louise Gauthier
Carolyn Gould..................South Shore School Board
Math 116 materials prepared by teachers of the South Shore, Chateauguay Valley (Protestant), District of Bedford,
L’Eau-Vive and Brossard School Boards with funding provided by the Direction régionale de la Montérégie (MEQ).
Rational Numbers
Introduction
Math 116 materials prepared by teachers of the South Shore, Chateauguay Valley (Protestant), District of Bedford,
L’Eau-Vive and Brossard School Boards with funding provided by the Direction régionale de la Montérégie (MEQ).
Rational Numbers
eg. –10 5 –3 4 0 –2 –7
–20 15 5.25 –3.4 –2.8 –5.1 4.2
1 7 4 0 2
5.3 –3.7 – –
3 5 5 3 3
3 5 4 7 8 3
– – – –0.4 –
4 7 3 10 5 5
9 3
30% 4.5 – – 40% 0.1% 150%
2 10
1.1% etc.
Math 116 materials prepared by teachers of the South Shore, Chateauguay Valley (Protestant), District of Bedford,
L’Eau-Vive and Brossard School Boards with funding provided by the Direction régionale de la Montérégie (MEQ).
Rational Numbers
2. Materials: • A piece of cord that can stretch across the front of the
classroom.
• 1 clothespin per student.
• 8 1/2 x 11 cards, each bearing a rational number.
3 2 4
eg. 0.4 1.25 2 133 13
2 5 3
4 6
–0.8 – – –1.2 40% 150% –10%
5 5
5 2 1 1 3
– 15% – –0.2
4 3 4 5 5
5 7
0.6 –140% – 0.25 60% 0.7
4 8
0.8 etc.
Math 116 materials prepared by teachers of the South Shore, Chateauguay Valley (Protestant), District of Bedford,
L’Eau-Vive and Brossard School Boards with funding provided by the Direction régionale de la Montérégie (MEQ).
– 1 –
2
–2 –3 3 1 –1 –1 1
(a) + =– (b) + =–
3 5 4 10 2 2 4
–2 3 –2 7 2 1
(c) × + ÷4 =– (d) –5 + 3 ÷ 16 = –
5 4 3 15 5 10
2 3
–1 –1 1
(e)
2
+
2
= (f) (–0.1)2 + (–0.1)3 = 0.009
8
–3 1 9
(g) (1 – 0.7)3 – 0.973 = –0.946 (h) + ×3 =
5 2 10
3
–1 3 1 1 5 1
(i) + × =0 (j) 3 × –2 + × 1 = –4
2 4 6 4 3 2
1 3 4 3 19 2 –5 3 –5 3
(k) –5 + 3 – × = –2 (l) + + =–
2 4 5 2 20 3 8 4 6 4
–6.8 × 3.5
(m) (0.02)3 + 23 + (–1)5 = 7.000008 (n) = –47.6
0.5
1 1
–5 ×2
(o) 3
3 9
2 = –16 (p) (–2)3 + 32 × (–3)2 = 73
÷
4 10
.../2
Math 116 materials prepared by teachers of the South Shore, Chateauguay Valley (Protestant), District of Bedford,
L’Eau-Vive and Brossard School Boards with funding provided by the Direction régionale de la Montérégie (MEQ).
– 2 –
3 1 2 11 –1 2 1 4
(a) – × =1 (b) + × =–
2 5 3 30 3 7 2 21
2
–1 4 1 1 1
+ =1 –22 + + (–2) =
2
(c) (d)
2 5 20 5 5
2
–1 3 2 1 3 1 2 –1 1
(e) + ÷ – = (f) – ÷ =–
2 5 4 3 5 2 3 6 6
1
(g) (–2 – 6) – (–2)2 = –8 (h) (0.2)2 + (0.3)2 = 0.13
2
–2 2
(i) – (–2) × (–3) = –6 (j) –1.72 + 2.3 = –0.59
3 3
2 1 1 1 1 1 1
(k) (–10 – 5) + (–3 – 7) = –15 (l) 5 –
5 10
–6 –
3 6
=–
3 2 2
Math 116 materials prepared by teachers of the South Shore, Chateauguay Valley (Protestant), District of Bedford,
L’Eau-Vive and Brossard School Boards with funding provided by the Direction régionale de la Montérégie (MEQ).