Mathex

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__//Term 1 Week 1//__
Welcome to year 8 mathex!!!!!!! media type="custom" key="727985" //Word for this week:// Decapitation //Number for this week//: 777

__**Latest news!**__

 * **//We hope the new members of the mathex team will win the mathex competition this year. Last year was a disgrace......//**
 * **//The mathex class will be chosen during term 1. Do your best during the asttle tests because the school will choose the mathex class from people who do well in a test and you only do the test if your asttle math test results are high.//**

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(a+3)(a+5)


 * || a || 5 ||
 * a || a² || 5a ||
 * 3 || 3a || 15 ||

1. a+3a+5a+15 Simplify...... a+8a+15

//__**Strategies**__//

 * 1) Listing
 * 2) diagrams
 * 3) table
 * 4) guess and check
 * 5) simplify
 * 6) experimenting
 * 7) equation
 * 8) acting it out
 * 9) working out
 * 10) working backwards
 * 11) change a point of view
 * 12) solve a simpler problem

We are learning to do:

 * Bedmas
 * Exponents
 * Integers
 * Factorise
 * And do problem solving as a whole!!!!
 * Kaprekar's constant
 * Multiplication patterns
 * Addition patterns
 * Cryptorithms

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