January 26, 2023

7B, 7C, Math test (BEDMAS, negative integers) on Monday January 30, 2023

- make sure you know how to balance the cheque book with formula (Date, deposit, withdraw, balance)

 March announcement

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Z2JWXvVF0GAigDhgkt4HIR4sHnfF6NY4RK1QzudFR4M/edit?usp=sharing

Part A: Complete the following questions.  Show all steps.  (5 points each)

 

a. (–41) + 13 – (­­–15) + 17 + 19 – (–25) + 44 + (–8)

 

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(answer: 84)

 

 

b. 3  × 11 – (–19) + 21 + (–9) – 20 + 2  × 9

 

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(answer: 62)

 

 

c. (–4)  × (–7) – 19 + 8 + 12  ÷ 3 + 5  × 6

 

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(answer: 51)

(–14)²  × (–7³) – 19¹ + 8 + (­-12)²  ÷ 2¹ + √841  × 16^0.5

^{Ans: -67049}

 

Chapter 9

- on Saturdays and Sundays, what do the slaves do in the Hensen’s Plantation (Virginia, not the Deep South)

 

- here in the Riley’s Plantation (Deep South), what do the slaves do on Saturday and Sunday?

 

- what do the slaves do with the battling stick? __________________.

 

- who is that hunch back, boney girl in this chapter? How else will you describe here? 

 

- what is the reason why Julilly really wants Bessie to go to sleep? __________________.

 

- what are the girls and Lester doing in the woods? What are they talking about?

 

- use five words to describe the woods __________________________________________

 

- Name the three things they need to escape to Canada (page 57) __________________.

 

- if Sims catches Liza running away again, what do you think he will do to her? ______________

 

- what do Abolitionists do? __________________ who is the Abolitionist in this chapter?

 

- explain why Julilly and Liza dress like boys before they escape __________________

 

 

- explain this statement:

“You ain’t meant to be beaten. You is a woman same as Missy Riley. Being black don’t make me no animal. I got eyes and hands and legs, same as what she has.”