Mrs. Gilanyi

In Accentuate the Negative, you will extend your knowledge of integers, which include both positive and negative numbers. 

IM2 Student CMP Home Page

Interactive Technology to use in this unit:

Interactive Chip Board - Click on the "Instructions" at the top of the page to help you add and subtract positive and negative integers using black and red chips

Interactive Integer Product Game - Click on the "Instructions" at the top of the page for this 2 player game; winner has to get 4 in a row:  up, down, or diagonally

Order of Operations Connect Four Game - 2 player game reviewing PEMDAS; challenge yourself to play level 3 using all four operations, exponents, and parentheses

Need Help with ACE Homework?

The following website can help you and your child on challenging math homework problems.  Follow the steps below to receive step-by-step help with ODD numbered ACE homework problems. 

1. Go to the website:  http://hotmath.com.
2. Click on "Login."
3. Type in the password: explorers
4. Click on "Middle Math Series"in the left hand column.
5. Scroll down to the bottom of screen and click on Connected Mathematics 2:  Grade 7 and find Accentuate the Negative.
6. Click on the appropriate book's solutions.
7. Type in the page number for the homework problems, and click on each step to help you walk through the problem.

Mathematical Goals in ATN:

You will learn how to:

• Compare and order positive and negative numbers on a number line.
• Understand the relationship between a positive or negative number and its opposite.
• Use the number line model and chip model for performing operations with positive and negative numbers.
• Develop algorithms for adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing integers.
• Write number sentences using fact families.
• Use Order of Operations to solve problems.
• Understand and use the Commutative Property for addition and multiplication.
• Apply the Distributive Property to simplify expressions and solve problems.

Ask yourself these questions:

• How do negative and positive numbers help in describing the situation?
• What will addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division of positive and negative numbers tell about the problem?
• What model(s) for positive and negative numbers would help in showing the relationship in the problem situation?