January 31, 2025

 8C, 8D\

- order of operations (if you can, do two pages and be smart)

- must complete My Blue Print this weekend with all four vacant boxes filled

January 31 Lunch

 Grade 6 Math test. Can you pass?

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TwRAp7bvSDqr4IEvokpNY2m5keq32z3g/view?usp=sharing

You want to buy a used car for $3500 and decide to borrow money from the Bank of Kwok.

 

With the part time job, you have saved up $643 of cash as a down payment.  

 

Bank of Kwok uses this algebraic formula to determine your monthly payment.

 

 

1.13T = 48N + D

 

where T is the price of the car

1.13 is the 13% HST (thus 1.13T is the total cost you must pay)

N is the number of months for your payment

D is the down payment

 

What is the 48? _______________________________________________

 

How many months will it take to pay off your car?  Show your work.

 

1.13T = 48N + D

1.13 x 3500 = 48N + 643

3955 – 643 = 48N + 643 – 643

3312 = 48N

3312 ¸ 48 = 48N ¸ 48

69months = N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Different scenario:

 

a) What if you increase your down payment to $1075.  How many months will it take to pay off the car?

 

 

 

 

 

b) What if you increase your monthly payment to $144,  keeping the same down payment.  How many months will it take to pay off the car?

 

 

 

c) What if you lower your monthly payment to $36.  How many months will it take to pay off the car?

 

- is this a good idea to take so long to pay off a used car?  Why?

 

MacKenzie Math and Science Olympics

 https://sites.google.com/site/macolympics

January 30, 2025

 Science Quiz (fluids)

8D Please complete My Blue Print and bring your laptop to my class before lunch

- this includes the two optional subjects as well as the alternates

January 29, 2025

 8B, 8C, 8D Science. Read these pages. Test tomorrow

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WL3Ck4_muqIuB6nwH10xfsnMdN28R1l8/view?usp=sharing

8C, 8D: Algebra test (do steps and calculations on paper. Write down names. Must be submitted today)

Raymond answer

 d) Consider other expenses related to their home, can they afford living there?  

property tax: $3300/year;                           fuel for car: $5000/year

hydro, water, gas = $2600/year;                 Maintenance for house= $2000/year;

Maintenance for house= $3000/year;        day care for two children=$9000/year

Cable, TV, internet, phone = $3750/year;

Insurance for car and house = $4000/year;

 

-       Add up all the expenses for the year (3300+2600+3000+3750+4000+5000+2000+9000 = 32650)

-       Find how much they have to pay each month ($2720.83)

 

 

e) Calculate the total expenses (house related, child care, mortgage and car payments, excluding food) for the year.

 

-       Mortgage = $475/m

 

f) Consider Raymond and his wife income, can they afford the new car and the new house even they don’t have to eat.  Compare the two numbers (income and total expenses)

- income $48000/year

- only the expenses per year + cars + mortgage

- make a conclusion: can they afford to live in Far Far Away?

- should not live in Far Far Away. Too expensive, cant afford it

 

 

 

g) If you were Raymond, will you move to Far Far Away?  What are your choices to reduce expenses and/or increase income?  List two alternatives for each.

 

- two ways to increase income

- part time job during the weekend

- rent out the basement (close to $2000/m)

- online work, tutor, Youtuber, design website for others

 

 

- two ways to reduce expenses

 

-       Drive only one car. Sell the second car

-       (Insurance: 21 years male $6000/y, 21 years female $4500/y)

-       Budget, buy stuff that is on sale

January 28, 2025

 8B, 8C, 8D Science. Read these pages. Test tomorrow

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WL3Ck4_muqIuB6nwH10xfsnMdN28R1l8/view?usp=sharing

8C, 8D

Algebra test tomorrow. Study

Online, fully charge your laptop. Show all steps and calculations on paper

Ice cube experiments (increase energy by squeezing will reduce the melting time)

- time both ice cube 1 (controlled, in a bowl) and ice cube 2 (squeeze)

Sign up for Blue Mountain trip, May 22. Deadline is this Friday

https://portal.brightsparktravel.ca/

E3KW8B8

January 27, 2025

 Crook store calculations

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PiyWGtg9RJ7BR15YUp47tEkosgpoapLR/view?usp=sharing

8C Science (particle theory)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puBPwkhnCMY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMHHpQL6Db0

8B Snowline chart, due Monday Feb 3

 Science: 10 mountain ranges and their snowline heights, in metres

(2 ranges per continent, name of these mountain ranges, with images)

8B Math

 1) In a fast food restaurant, 550 people ordered food from there last weekend. These were

the items that were bought:

Hamburger 1/5 Pizza 25% Fried Chicken 15%

Salad 1/10 Pasta 12% Drinks The rest

Calculate how many customers ordered each item. Show your work.

2) In August, Mini Kwok bought five notebooks, four erasers, three packs of pencils,

two Sharpies and one calculator for school. If the prices were

One notebook $2.50 one eraser $1.00 one pack of pencils $6.75

One Sharpie $1.75 one calculator $19.75

Calculate the total, including the 13% HST for all these items. (Answer: $62.56)

January 24, 2025

 Algebra pre-test. Test on Wednesday (January 29)

8D True Colour essay, 200+ words, Your colour, what you hope to do when you turn 25

- use IT statements, start sentences with adverbs and conjunctions

- sample

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gkflgO_flnqV7i_hNS3PlCOYpP03uotfC0Z4g2sW-tk/edit?usp=sharing

Undoubtedly,working as an accountant in a giant conglomerate will be rewarding since millions will be earned each year. It is absolutely essential for all companies to file their taxes regularly so the Canadian

government can tax them to death. As a green learner, it would be my responsibility to reduce

the amount payable to maximize profit for all shareholders. In addition, only the people who love numbers and math can benefit from such an occupation. Who needs to be considerate and work with others

when I am able to organize, compute and process all the data.

As I control AI of the future, I become the future myself.

8C

- 4 IT statements

- 4 senetnces start with conjunctions

- 4 sentences start with adverbs

January 23, 2025

 8C, 8D (no down payment)

The Raymond question from buying a house in Far Far Away

(true story, he lost his house during Covid. Could not afford to pay for the mortgage, and his cars)

8D: Algebra quiz tomorrow

Adverb list

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16TNtZkc240-qZquPmRDaXv7LOejKZNmb/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=114697811107870437122&rtpof=true&sd=true

8D True Colour essay (200 words)

- due next Thursday Jan 30

- describe your color, and what you hope to achieve by age 25

- your passion, and dream and what you hate to do

e.g. Kwok essay

Ever since I was a little kid, learning math and numbers has always fascinated me.

sometimes in school, I feel like teachers are not able to teach math properly because it seems so easy,

dull, and I'm bored out of my mind. Because I'm a green learner, I love to analyze and logic

becomes very sensible to my learning. Therefore, it is my hope and ambition to become an

accountant as my career because I love working on formulas and numbers.

Who needs to deal with people when they are so annoying, incompetent and plain stupid? 

January 22, 2025

 8C, 8D

- Used car questions, page A

- Science: 10 mountain ranges and their snowline heights, in metres

(2 ranges per continent)

January 21, 2025

 8C, True Colour personality test

https://my-personality-test.com/true-colours#google_vignette

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1SBib_LQRbWtzCIYlVxDzSyjSvqj1itm6/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=114697811107870437122&rtpof=true&sd=true

8B currency exchange

($C100 will exchange less of those currencies)

Ratio and cross multiplication

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xIPaUZK_tmwwIjDN3PpM-4jHSzg7oo8-/view?usp=drive_link

https://forms.gle

January 20, 2025

 8C, 8D Math

- solve algebraic equations

True colour famous celebrities

https://info.truecolorsintl.com/hubfs/Portal%20Downloadable%20Content/True-Colors-Famous-Celebrities(1).pdf

US government tries to control some prescription prices

 Prescription drugs are really expensive in the US and many cannot afford them. The US government, led by my hero, tries to negotiate lower prices for the average citizen.

Look at the list in this article, and find the price for a one-month supply

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/01/17/medicare-drug-price-negotiations-list-includes-ozempic.html

Price checker (e.g. Ozempic is $920/month)

https://www.pharmacychecker.com/drug-price-comparisons/#!

January 16, 2025

 8B, 8C, 8D: Science test on Monday. Study

8C, 8D: Algebra homework. Square roots and equations

January 15, 2025

 Science test on Monday. Study

8C, 8D

- algebra, Q20 to 24. Combine squares together to form rectangles

8D

- My blueprint - 3 jobs, 3 reasons each to related to your learning styles and interest

- type that up in Doc

8C

 

Passive Voice

 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-02LKL7QKiPJNkzYl8x0KJ7t7RaJE4xD8HTwO8Qarm4/edit?usp=sharing

Compound interest calculator

https://www.calculatorsoup.com/calculators/financial/compound-interest-calculator.php

2b) 463.55/18 = $25.75 monthly payment over 18 months

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8p2D4Ga88tU&t=80s

January 14, 2025

 8C, 8D

- Zoom meeting for Blue Mountain Trip this evening at 6pm. If you need more information, attend

- Math: algebra and geometric shapes

- Science test Monday, Jan 20. Study

Tuesday Jan 14, 2025

Below is the link for the Virtual Meeting. Please join the meeting with the “Join the Meeting now” link and we will let you into the meeting at 6:00 pm.  

Link: Join the meeting now

Meeting ID: 275 799 067 22              Passcode: f8i3nt6z

Blue Mountain Trip Virtual Meeting

Tuesday Jan 14, 2025

Below is the link for the Virtual Meeting. Please join the meeting with the “Join the Meeting now” link and we will let you into the meeting at 6:00 pm.  

Link: Join the meeting now

Meeting ID: 275 799 067 22              Passcode: f8i3nt6z

Monologue

 8D Monologue choices

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qh5pb_Ap-VnR0upP1_6f2xpL-AouKAGC/view?usp=share_link

January 13, 2025

 8C

- complete the 6 surveys for My Blue Print (I will check tomorrow)

- study for science. Read the electromagnetic spectrum, pH and Beetovan hair story. There are questions related to these on Monday

- Algebra quiz tomorrow on Google Form. Review the 14 questions worksheet

8D

- drama (monologue) presentation next week. 

- memorize the script, I will mark on tone, expression, pace and gesture

- complete the 6 surveys in My Blueprint

- one potential job/ career that matches your profile. Give three reasons why you pick that job

Electromagnetic spectrum and pH

 

Stem cell notes

 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1P4eyGMGIS7zwfW8q30TGSUzPGXTgzwEOLTF_EInvrEs/edit?usp=sharing

Stem cell treatments in Malaysia (what will you do to ease pain in your knee?)

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/stem-cell-therapy-malaysia-jb-johor-knee-treatment-4836396

January 9, 2025

8B, 8C, 8D: Science test on January 20, 2025. Study

 8C, 8D

- Math, algebra questions (total 14 questions)

Cancer treatment notes

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LBNcsgpAZWwTIaOmiIiExpRKUiqRJqABS10mRYE_GAQ/edit?usp=sharing

January 8, 2025

 Science test on Jan 20. Study

January 8, 2025

Math

Example 11

Daniel has 3 times more pencils than Harry.

Wendy has 5 times more pencils than Daniel.

Write down three equations that represent the pencils they have.

Let x be pencils that Harry has (least)

Daniel 3x

Wendy 5(3x) = 15x

Example 12

Mr. Kwok drinks 4 times more coffee than Ms Irving

Mr Sangster drinks 2 times more coffee than Mr. Kwok

Let x = Irving drinks\

Kwok 4x

Sangster 2(4x) = 8x

Example 13

Harden scores 3 times more basket than Barnes

Curry scores twice as many as Harden.

Harden, 3x

Barnes, x

Curry, 2(3x) = 6x

Develop 5 questions, each with three people and you must multiply to get the third variable

Dare to try?

https://www.hotsauceworld.com/6300.html

Product Disclaimer
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January 7, 2025

 8C Algebra, put the let statement for each wxample\

https://docs.google.com/document/d/14EWqtEKBY7tzjM9EkCbHUAaXjLR0SMLpCWn0Tjbffic/edit?usp=sharing

8B, 8C, 8D

- Science test (cells, cancer, mutation, treatment, stem cells) on Monday, Jan 20. You should study

- talk about antiangeogeneis with parents during dinner

- find diagrams for digestive, respiratory, cardiovascular, skeletal and endocrine system. Paste them in a document

January 6, 2025

 Happy New Year! Here is your Math quiz and it counts.

January 6a, 2025

 8B, 8C, 8D

- Science test (cells, cancer, treatments, stem cells) will be on Monday January 20, 2025 (Day 4)

- you should study

8D Monologue choices

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qh5pb_Ap-VnR0upP1_6f2xpL-AouKAGC/view?usp=share_link

8C

- festivities card (due tonight at 11:59pm)

- can be Christmas, Winter Holidays, New Year, 2025, Chinese New Year etc

- do it in Google Craw or other program

https://www.remove.bg/

 

p) If you are living on your own, list the top six expenses you must pay in a given month.

1) Grocery bills (household of 4, about $300 to $400/week)

- a loaf of bread, a dozen eggs, a raw chicken, one pound of ground beef, lettuce, tomatoes, 4L milk, pasta, 3 lbs of apples

 

2) entertainment: Netflix, Disneys+, IB TV, Prime video, Apple TV, Crave, Leafs TV

 

3) High speed Internet: Rogers, Bell

 

4) Utilities (hydro, heat): how much was the last bill [Kwok’s $150 Hydro, $125 Heat]

 

5) insurance: extended health, dental, life

 

6) transportation. TTC pass, one way fare, Uber fare (70 Maxome Ave, Airport)

 

q) List five ways to reduce your living expenses to avoid running into debt.

e.g. Pack your own lunch everyday (Kwok’s case)

 

1) No home phone; cell phone only

 

2) don't do laundry in the afternoon.  Do it during weekends

 

3)

 

4)

 

5)

 

r) In Toronto, find the cheapest apartment you can rent for a month.  What does it include? (heat, water, cable, Internet)?  What is it located?

 

https://www.realtor.ca/

kijiji.ca

 

 

s) If you are using your cell phone in the toilet, find a way to deal with the addiction and share them with your parents.  What are the possible solutions?  List them