Assignments for the week of 3/25/2013

Algebra II:

Agenda:
• Prepare for your exam using the Exam Review Packet.
o Answers located on the back page of the review packet.
o Ask lots of questions
• You may use one 8.5” x 11” sheet of handwritten notes for your exam.
• Your exam is 40 questions
o Be prepared when you come to your exam.
o There will be no additional time given.

Schedule
Mon – Exam Review
Tue – Exam Review
Wed – Exams (1st, 2nd, 3rd hours)
Thu – Exams (4th, 5th, 6th hours)

Discrete Math:

Agenda:

• There are 18 questions on the exam, the topics are listed on the Mid-Semester Exam review sheet.

• You may use one 8.5 x 11 sheet of handwritten notes AND your formula sheet for your exam.

• Be prepared when you come to your exam.

• There will be no additional time given.

Schedule

Mon – Exam Review

Tue – Exam Review

Wed – Exams (1st, 2nd, 3rd hours)

Thu – Exams (4th, 5th, 6th hours)

Assignments for Tuesday, 3/19/2013

Algebra II

Today you will use the Change of Base formula and other methods to solve natural logarithmic equations
In Class
• 8-5/8-6 Notes:
o Change of Base Formula
o Solving Exponential Equations
Assignment
• Do 8-6:2-10 evens, 12-30, 44-46, 73, 75, 78
      o You may have to do some reading, look at the examples or ask questions to do some of the problems….
Schedule
Wed – Quiz 8:3-6 (solving logarithm problems)
Thu – C8 Test Review
Fri – C8 Test over Logarithms
Mon – Exam Review
Tue – Exam Review
Wed – Exams (1st, 2nd, 3rd hours)
Thu – Exams (4th, 5th, 6th hours)

Discrete Math

Today we’ll learn about Annuities, a savings device that pays interest on a series of equal payments made over time.

Assignment 

• 11-4: 5-27 odds, 29-32 all

Schedule

Wed – Amortized Loans

Thu – Review

Fri – Quiz

Mon – Exam Review

Tue – Exam Review

Wed – Exams (1st, 2nd, 3rd)

Thu – Exams (4th, 5th, 6th)

After Spring Break

• We’ll be in a computer lab for 7 days to do the project.

Assignments for Monday, 3/18/2013

Algebra II
Today you will use the Change of Base formula and other methods to solve logarithmic equations

In Class
• 8-5/8-6 Notes:
o Change of Base Formula
o Solving Exponential Equations
Assignment
• Do
o 8-5:33-47, 68-75, 82, 92
o You may have to do some reading, look at the examples or ask questions to do some of the problems….
Schedule
Tue – 8-5/8-6 Solving Logarithms (natural logs)
Wed – Quiz 8:3-6 (solving logarithm problems)
Thu – C8 Test Review
Fri – C8 Test over Logarithms
Mon – Exam Review
Tue – Exam Review
Wed – Exams (1st, 2nd, 3rd hours)
Thu – Exams (4th, 5th, 6th hours)

Discrete Math

Today you will learn how credit card companies charge you interest using the Average Daily Balance Method to compute credit card interest.

Notes
Assignment
• Do 11-3: 24-26, 28-30

From the College Affordability and Transparency Center
College Scorecard

Student Credit and Debt Statistics

Schedule
Tue – Annuities
Wed – Amortized Loans
Thu – Review
Fri – Quiz
Mon – Exam Review
Tue – Exam Review
Wed – Exams (1st, 2nd, 3rd)
Thu – Exams (4th, 5th, 6th)

Assignments for Friday, 3/15/2013

Algebra II
Today you will use properties of logarithmic functions to simplify logarithmic equations.
In class
• 8-4 Notes: Properties of Logarithms

Assignment
• Do 8-4: 11-18, 20-30 evens, 33-41, 76, 96-97
• You may have to do some reading or look at the examples to do some of the problems….

Discrete Math
Numb3rs “The Decoy Effect”
In this episode, a group of thugs is kidnapping women off the street, and then forcing them to take money out of their accounts via ATM. The team has the idea of putting Nikki undercover, in hopes of having her picked up by the thugs and thus gaining insider information on how their operation is running and what their overarching goals are. This is tricky of course, since the kidnappings are somewhat random. There is some consistency in the type of woman picked up, as well as environmental factors such as both vehicle and pedestrian traffic, time of day, and lack of lighting on the street. The team wants to maximize the chances that Nikki, the decoy, is chosen by the kidnappers. The Decoy Effect, also known as asymmetric dominance, describes how the choices offered can affect what decisions people make when balancing functionality and cost.

Assignments for Tuesday/Wednesday, 3/12-13/2013

Algebra II:
Tuesday
--> Simple Interest and Compound Interest worksheet
--> Exponential Growth and Decay worksheet
Wednesday
Today you will translate exponential functions and compare compound interest to continuously compounded interest.
In Class
• Notes – translating exponential equations:

 • Notes – continuously compounded interest:

Do
• Do 8-2: 9-14 (describe translation), 15-17, 24-26, 30, 32, 34, 37 (use calculator), 40-41
Tomorrow
• Quiz
• Exponential Growth and Simple/Compound Interest
• You will need your M&M data!
• 8-3 Inverse Exponential Functions (aka Logarithms)

Discrete Math:

Tuesday

-->Simple and Compound Interest worksheet

Wednesday

Today you will learn to solve the Compound Interest Formula for P, t, and r.

In class

• Notes

• Review answers to yesterday’s worksheet

Assignment

• Do 11-2: 44, 55-56, 59-60 (pg. 635)

Assignments for Monday, 3/11/2013

Algebra II:

Verify completion - Weekend Assignment, Exponential Growth & Decay
• Place your Friday take-home assignment on your desk for me to review while you are doing the Quiz Prep.
Quiz Prep
• Watch video: Mythbusters “Folding Paper Seven Plus Times”
    o Listen for “exponential.”
• Work in your group to solve this problem:
    o Assuming you can fold paper in half an infinite number of times….
    o And given the thickness of paper = 0.001 cm,
    o And given 100cm = 1m, 1000m = 1km, 2.54cm = 1 inch, 12 inch = 1 foot, 5280 feet = 1 mile,
    1. Write an equation to model the thickness of a sheet of paper after folding it in half t number of times,
    2. Identify and label each term of the equation and explain what it means,
    3. Determine how many times you have to fold paper in half to:
       • Reach 4 feet tall,
       • Reach ¼ mile tall,
       • Reach to the moon from earth ( 384,000 km)
    o Review Answers!
Review - Weekend Assignment
• Check answers, Q&A

Assignment

• Complete and/or correct the weekend assignment.  Answer key here.

Discrete Math:

Students compared simple interest to compound interest.

Assignments for Friday, 3/8/2013

Algebra II:
Today you will explore exponential growth by simulating and modeling the growth of cancerous cells using M&M’s

In Class
Notes and Assignments
• Pick up your notebooks
• Grading rubric
• Impact on your performance
Review
• Exponential Growth and Decay equations on board
Do
• Exponential Growth and Decay Lab
• 1 pack of M&M’s per two people (see me to get your pack)
• Work in groups of four people
• Complete the worksheet individually and show it to me before you leave class in order to receive your weekend assignment
Assignment
• Exponential Growth/Decay worksheet
• Due Monday at the beginning of class

If you were were absent on Friday and it is unexcused or due to "Junior Skip Day," then you are accountable for completing the work at the highlighted links above due Monday at the beginning of class.

Discrete Math:
Today we reviewed our unit project "Live Like an Adult" (aka - mortgage yourself to the hilt with consumer loans.)
Students receive the Consumer Math Financial Formulas Sheet.
Students learned the definitions of:

• Percent
• Percent of Change
• Interest
• Interest Rate
• Principal
• Simple Interest Formula

Assignments for Monday, 3/4/2013

Algebra II:

Today you will rationalize a fraction when the denominator is a binomial with radicals.  You will also graph exponential growth and decay functions.

In Class
Notes:
• 7-3: Rationalizing Binomial Radical Denominators
• 8-1: Graphing Exponential Equations
Return C7 Test (21 points)
Discuss next year’s math class choice
Assignment
Do 8-1: 1-9 odds, 16-22 evens, 26-29, 32, 35-41, 43,
Do pg 438: 1-4
Turn in your note books at the end of the hour before you leave for assignment and note completion check.

Schedule
• Tues – Juniors only for ACT/MME (all others no school)
• Wed/Thu (non-Juniors):
• 1st hour – go to Café
• 2nd hour – go to Café
• 3rd hour – go to B204 (this room).  Ms. Arends will be here.

Discrete Math:

Schedule:

Mon – finish Voting Methods test

Tue – Juniors only

Wed/Thu:

• 1st hour – go to Café

• 2nd hour – go to Café

• 3rd hour – go to B204 (this room).  Ms. Arends will be here.

Assignments for Friday, 3/1/2013

Algebra II:

Today you will demonstrate your knowledge of exponents, radical and inverse functions.

Assignment
• C7 Test over exponents, radical and inverse functions.
• You may use your “Perfect Square/Cubes/etc” sheet.

Schedule
• Fri – C7 Test
• Mon – TBD
• Tues – Juniors only
• Wed/Thu:
• 1st hour – go to Café
• 2nd hour – go to Café
• 3rd hour – go to B204 (this room).  Ms. Arends will be here.

Discrete Math:

Today you will demonstrate your knowledge of voting methods.

Schedule:

Mon – TBD

Tue – Juniors only

Wed/Thu:

• 1st hour – go to Café

• 2nd hour – go to Café

• 3rd hour – go to B204 (this room).  Ms. Arends will be here.