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.