5 Fractions, decimals, percents

This seems like a mundane chapter, but it is very important.  And there are some cool things about prime numbers (as you will see!)

04.21 Monday

Objective(s)

Use real data in practicing and determining percents.

Lesson

(1) Students organize desk according to required diagram. (2) Next class students will be assessed summatively on organization according to this diagram and being in seat, quiet with both hands on table and all other materials in their bags near the door when the late bell rings.

Assignment due next class


(1) Assignments on Google Docs.



04.17 Thursday

Objective(s)

Build stock information for use in graphing, fraction and rate assignments upcoming.

Lesson

(1) Students hand in pie graphs to Mr. Reimer in class.  (2) Students calculate the number of shares of each stock and record in new column. (3) Identify value of your stock, using number of shares and value of each share on January 15, 2003.  You may buy and sell stock on that date at the current prices, but record all transactions in the spreadhseet in additional rows of cells created between January 15, 2003 and July 15, 2003. (4) Determine value of all stocks on January 15, 2008.

Assignment due next class


(1) Complete all previous assignments and today's exercises and make sure document in shared with Mr. Reimer on Google Docs spreadsheets.  Students without Google Docs (Raymond!) should work in Excel and email me document each time an assignment is due, with email subject AND document format as:  E_Stock_studentname


Detentions today after school

   Sean Hwang (absent - serve next week)

   Devin Phaek (1 hour; head down on desk)

   Andy (task based)

04.09 Wednesday

Objective(s)

Build stock information for use in graphing, fraction and rate assignments upcoming.

Lesson

(1) Students hand in pie graphs to Mr. Reimer in class.  (2) Students calculate the number of shares of each stock and record in new column. (3) Identify value of your stock, using number of shares and value of each share on January 15, 2003.  You may buy and sell stock on that date at the current prices, but record all transactions in the spreadhseet in additional rows of cells created between January 15, 2003 and July 15, 2003. (4) Determine value of all stocks on January 15, 2008.

Assignment due next class


(1) Complete all previous assignments and today's exercises and make sure document in shared with Mr. Reimer on Google Docs spreadsheets.  Students without Google Docs (Raymond!) should work in Excel and email me document each time an assignment is due, with email subject AND document format as:  E_Stock_studentname


Detentions today after school

   Sean Hwang (absent - serve next week)

   Devin Phaek (1 hour; head down on desk)

   Andy (task based)

04.07 Monday

Objective(s)

Use fractions to determine parts of a circle.


Lesson

(1) Students add columns to spreadsheet.  Column A: Dates; column B: empty;  column C: CAT; column D: empty; column E: DIS; column F: empty; column G: DELL; column H: empty; column I: AAPL; column J: empty. (2) Heading on column B should be "$10,000.00" (3) In each empty column to the right of the stock in the January 15, 1998 row, distribute your $10,000.00 according to the stocks you choose. (4) Use the protractor photocopy that Mr. Reimer gave out in class and make a pie chart, manually for your distribution of your money.  Color each segment in the pie graph and write in the segment the stock symbol and the amount of money in that segment.

Assignment due next class


Use the protractor photocopy that Mr. Reimer gave out in class and make a pie chart, manually for your distribution of your money.  Color each segment in the pie graph and write in the segment the stock symbol and the amount of money in that segment.

Objectives

Glencoe Mathematics:  Applications & Concepts-course 2

Unit 5:  Prime numbers, fractions & percents

(p. 194-?)


5.1.1  Find prime factors of composite numbers.

5.1.2 Reduce fractions by factoring both numerator and denominator to prime numbers then cancelling factors common to numerator and denominator.

5.2 Find greatest common factor (GCF) of two or more numbers (using prime factor method).

5.3 Find least common multiple (LCM) of two numbers, using prime factor technique.

04.02 Wednesday

Objective(s)

Introduce applications for integers & graphing: stock prices and trends.


Lesson

(1) Test on chapter 5. (2) Make Google Doc spreadsheet with four columns (CAT, AAPL, DELL, DIS) and 20 rows showing dates in January and July for every year from 1998 - present.

Assignment due next class


Complete empty spreadsheet.  In class on Thursday we will fill in the spreadsheet.

04.28 Monday

  • Stock Pie Chart Data

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