B.O.B.-A Rational Reflection

I really liked the Rational Unit a lot more than I thought I would.  I was pretty nervous going into this unit because fractions are not my strong point but I was surprised to find it not too difficult and actually somewhat enjoyable!  I really liked working with the graphs in this unit just like the polynomials unit and even though the sign charts took time to complete, I thought they were a really cool way to confirm what the graph looked like as it approached the asymptotes.  I also enjoyed solving rational equations.  I remember solving  simple rational equations in previous math classes but I thought that this unit was a great way to review the material and practice with more complex equations. 

My favorite part of the rational unit was simplifying fractions over fractions.  When I was taking the pretest and saw the problem with the two fractions divided by two more fractions, I was really intimidated and I didn't even want to attempt it!  Even when we were handed the packet with all of the practice problems, I thought it was going to be super hard.  But I really liked the strategy of simplifying the two fractions on top and bottom and then flip 'n multiplying the two.  After some practice, I felt really confident simplifying the large fractions and now I won't be nervous if I come across a problem like that in the future.

Overall, I really liked learning about rationals and becoming more comfortable with fractions.  I am looking forward to learning more about logs and exponential equations and finishing off the trimester strong!

~Libbey

5th hour

              How do we know that the following fractions are in Europe? A/C, X/C and W/C ? 

 Because their numerators are all over C's!!!!