Well... we had started the class off with mental math, right after we watched a video about budgeting. Then we moved on to a homework check for Exercise 2 and Exercise 3 on the budgeting and investments booklet that Mr. Max handed out last week. After the homework check we were able to work on the questions that we did not finish or we could have worked on accelerated math. We are able to scan and do accelerated math until Friday at 3:40, that is if there are normal classes in the after noon.

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December 10

Well on the 10th we talked about simple interest vs. compound interest. We also learned how a bank uses and earns you money.

DECEMBER 11

Today, we started off with mental math. we had a long discussion on question 3 about how a fifth is equal to ten. After this we continued to go on with our work sheet that he gave us yesterday. we can do these sheet with a partner if you wish.

TVM SOLVER book report

The TVM Solver program in the TI 83 is used to calculate compound and normal interest. The way you find this program is by pressing the APPS then (1) finance, enter then (1) TVM Solver and enter again. The Screen that pops up next is as follows:
N= Total number of payment periods
I%= Annual interest rate
PV= Present Value
PMT= Payment amount
FV= Future value
P/Y= Number of payment periods per year
C/Y= Number f compoundings per year
PMT= Press END for ordinary annuity or, BEGIN for an annuity due

NOTE: Money spent will be entered as a negative, and money earned will be entered as a positive.

Thanks to smartdata.usbid.com/datasheets/usbid/2000/2000-q3/83finqrg.pdf for the examples.

EXAMPLE # 1

What is the monthly payment for a $25,000 car loan to be paid over 4 years with an 8.5%
interest rate?
1. Enter the TVM Solver.
Press [2nd] [Finance] on the TI-83 or [APPS] and select 1:Finance on the TI-83 Plus.
2. Enter the known values. Your screen should appear as follows.
3. Solve for the unknown value.
Place the cursor at PMT and press [2nd] [Solve] (above the ENTER key). See the
second figure above.
***Note the square that appears by PMT. It means this value has been computed,
not entered.***

EXAMPLE #2
Find the future value of $10,000 invested at 10% interest over 25 years, with an
additional $2,000 added at the end of each year.
1. Enter the TVM Solver.
Press [2nd] [Finance] on the TI-83 or [APPS] and select 1:Finance on the TI-83 Plus.
2. Enter the known values. Your screen should appear as follows.
3. Solve for the unknown value.
Place the cursor at FV and press [2nd] [Solve]. See the second figure above.

T.V.M Solver Report

www.rrsd.mb.ca/mci/dornn/Files/applied_30s/lesson%202%20-%20TVM%20Solver.doc

T.V.M Meaning Time Value Money, is used to find a missing variable on a calculator (TI-83+) for financial reasons; like time, interest rate, future value, etc.

N- Total number of payment periods
I%- Annual interest rate
PV- The present value, or known as a principal
PMT- Payment amount
FV-Future Value
P/Y- The number of payment periods per year
C/Y- The number of compounding periods per year

When describing, or referring to questions, if we hear the words *Positive Value* That simply indicates the amount of money earned and put into your account; Whereas if we hear the words, *Negative Value* It indicates the amount invested, or taken out of your account.

When Inputting data on a TI-83+, You put in all your information, then highlight your variable you are trying to solve, then press Alpha - Enter

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A quick example, provided by;

www.rrsd.mb.ca/mci/dornn/Files/applied_30s/lesson%202%20-%20TVM%20Solver.doc -

Definitions provided by;

http://dictionary.reference.com/

You Want to buy a new boat. You will need to borrow $9000. to purchase it
a) You find a bank that will give an interest rate (The percentage of a sum of money charged for its use)Combined monthly for over 6 years, what will your monthly payment be...

N- 72
I%- 7.9
PV- 9000
PMT= -157.36 = Payment is $157.36
FV-0
P Y-12
C Y- 12

b) How much interest would you have paid in the end...
72 x 157.36 = 11329.92

11392.92 - 9000 = $ 2329.92

c) If you want to sell your boat after one and half years, how much will you still owe the bank...
N- 18
I%- 7.9
PV- 9000
PMT- -157.36
FV- 7131.64 = After 1.5 years you owe $7131.64
P Y- 12
C Y- 12

d) If you decided to pay an extra $40. per month, when would you have the loan paid off...

N- 54.402953 54 months divide 12 = 4.5 years

= loan is paid off in 4.5 years
I%- 7.9
PV- 9000
PMT- -197.36
FV- 0
P Y- 12
C Y- 12

http://www.nhti.edu/learningcenter/graphcalculatorinstructions.pdf
and

T.V.M Solver Book Report

The T.V.M. solver is based on the concept that an investor would rather receive a fixed amount of money today, opposed to getting that same amount of money on a future date. Basically the time value of money represents the interest you would earn on a payment received today, if held, earning interest, until that future date.

To open the T.V.M. solver on your calculator you simply need to prees [APPS], [ENTER], [ENTER] which will bring you to a screen with the following variables:
N: Number of compounding periods. Type this in as number of years times number of compounding periods per year.
I%: Interest rate. Type this in as a rate, NOT as a decimal.
PV: Previous Value. This is the starting value of the account. If it’s a loan, the amount will be positive, the amount you owe. If it’s a savings account, the amount will be negative, the amount you (take out of your pocket and) put in. If you don’t start the savings account with a deposit, this value will be zero.
PMT: Payment amount. Since this is coming out of your pocket, it’s negative. If you’ve started a savings account with a deposit, and don’t plan to make regular deposits, this will be zero.
FV: Future value. For savings, this will be the value after a given number of compounding periods. For a loan, this should be 0.
P/Y: Payments per year. This number should be the same as the next item, unless specified otherwise in the problem.
C/Y: Compounding periods per year. See above.
PMT: END BEGIN: Will the payments be due at the beginning or end of
the month.
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EXAMPLE
1.) Now, suppose you are taking out a 5-year loan on $25000 at 6% annual interest compounded monthly and you want to know the monthly payment. Fill in the values on the TVM Solver screen as shown:
(Enter N as 5 years * 12 compounding periods per year)
N=60
I%=6
PV=25000
PMT=
FV=0
P/Y=12
C/Y=12
PMT=END

2.) Now, move the cursor to PMT, press the green ALPHA key, then ENTER.
Your payment will show up as a negative number (since it’s coming out of your
pocket):
N=60
I%=6
PV=25000
PMT=-483.32003...
FV=0
P/Y=12
C/Y=12
PMT=END
3.) Suppose you know you can afford a $250 per month payment on a 60 month loan at 6% annual interest compounded monthly. You can enter N as 60, since
they didn’t give you a number of years. Fill out the TVM Solver screen as
shown:
N=60
I%=6
PV=0
PMT=-250
FV=0
P/Y=12
C/Y=12
PMT=END
4.) To find how much you can afford to borrow, move the cursor to PV, press the
green ALPHA key, then ENTER. The amount you can afford to borrow is
shown:
N=60
I%=6
PV=12931.39019
PMT=-250
FV=0
P/Y=12
C/Y=12
PMT=END

TVM Solver

TVM stands for Time, Value, of Money. It is used to figure out budgets and future interest. It is a very useful tool for people wanting to retire early. It may be the key to buying that dream house. The way it works is it figures out just how much money you need to put away to increase interest and profitability.

Here is how to put it into a TI-83 Plus: N: Number of total payments, I%: Annual Interest Rate, PV: Present Value,

Spencer's

http://www.usca.edu/math/~mathdept/dgj/tvm.htm is mine!
also http://argyll.epsb.ca/jreed/calculator/ti83p/TMV.htm

Dec 9th, Book Report

T.V.M Solver

The T.V.M is used to find a missing variable in interest rate, time, and future value. It is also used for financial calculations. Everything under “TVM Solver” is a function that does a calculation based of the values entered in the TVM Solver.

How to get to the T.V.M Solver in your calculator:
1. Turn on calculator
2. Press “Apps”
3. Press “Finance”
4. Press “TVM Solver”
The variables in the TVM Solver are:

N = # of years.

I% = The % interest (or discount if you’re receiving money you) you are expecting.

PV = Initial Investment (this number should be negative if you are investing, as you’re giving your investing your money).

FV = Future value

PMT = Number of payments per period (period set below).

P/Y = Periods per year (should generally be one).

BEGIN = You should have your Ti-83 be on “END” by default, but you will want to change it to begin when dealing with annuity due.

END = You want to have this set when dealing with ordinary annuity.
Examples

Question 1:

We want to invest $1000 today and want it to be $5000 10 years from now. What is the interest rate we need to accomplish this?

Put into the calculator in the TVM Solver

N = 10

I% = 0 (because we don’t know what the interest rate is)

PV = -1000 (negative 1000 because that’s how much we’re investing)

PMT = 0 (no additional payments being paid / period )

FV = 5000 (this is how much we want to have by the end of 10 years)

P/Y = 1
After entering that all in go:
“2nd”
“Mode”
(It will take you back to the display screen.)
Next, press
“Apps”
Finance”
“TVM_I% (that’s number 3)

Your result should be 17.46%

That all means that if you invest $ 1000 today and want $5000 in 10 years from now, the interest rate you must have is 17.46%.
Question 2:

What must I invest now at 8% to get $5000 10 years from now?
Put into calculator in the TVM Solver

N = 10 (10 years)

I% = 8 (enter whole numbers, TVM Solver converts it to .08 for you)

PV = 0 (0 because we want to know how much to invest to get $5000)

PMT = 0 (no additional payments being paid / period )

FV = 5000 (this is how much we want to have by the end of 10 years)

P /Y= 1
After that go:
“2nd”
“Mode”
(Takes you back to your display screen)
Next press
“Apps”
“Finance”
“TVM_PV” (that’s number 4)

Your result should be -2315.96
That all means that if you invested (your investing which is why it’s a negative) $2315.96 today at 8%, in 10 years you will have $5000.

http://giddlebits.wordpress.com/2007/01/25/how-to-do-time-value-of-money-on-a-ti-83-plus/
Thank you Nathan Snell‘s Blog for the information and for the questions examples!

sayles TVM solver.

TIME VALUE OF MONEY http://saxonpublishers.harcourtachieve.com/NR/rdonlyres/0B6921F8-1D9F-4D36-BAE7-52E1A7C133E1/0/SaxonMath_C3_GCA_Student_ACT21_ConsumerInterestL109.pdf

Above is a link to a breif descriptiop on how to use a tvm solver on a graphing caclulator.

These are the main points for the TVM solver in short from and the meanings.

N - total number of payment periods
I% - Annual interest rate
PV - Present value or principal
PMT - Payment amount
FV - Future value
P/Y - Number of payment periods per year
C/Y - Number of compounding periods per year

You start up the TVM Solver by pressing [2nd][FINANCE][1:TVMSolver]. A menu should appear that allows you to enter number or values for varibles like the ones above.

A = P*(1 + r / k)k*t this is the formula for compuund intrest.

refrence.

saxonpublishers.harcourtachieve.com

www.physicsforums.com

Book Report

TVM Solver

To use the T.V.M Solver, first press the "APPS" key then select "FINANCE" then go to "T.V.M Solver".

N: is the number of periods in the term of your investment, annuity, loan, etc.

I%: represents the rate of interest before adjustment for inflation for an investment, annuity, loan, etc.

PV: means the present value of the investment. Can be positive or negative. If it is positive it indicates the amount of money gained by the investment. If it is negative it indicates the amount of money lost or paid out to the investment.

PMT:represents the payment made to the investment or to pay for a loan.

FV: represents the future value of an investment after compounding period.

P/Y: represents the number of payments per year from an investment. Must be a positive integer.

Here are two options for no payment periods:

-Set "N" to years and P/Y=1

OR

-Set "N" to payment periods and P/Y=C/Y (Compounding periods per year)

"PMT: END BEGIN.": used to set the TVM Solver for 'ordinary' annuities, (END), or annuities 'due' (BEGIN).

Here are some examples:

For my References I used the following link: http://argyll.epsb.ca/jreed/calculator/ti83p/TVM.htm

The examples, screenshots, and pictures that I used are also from this site.

I also used wikipedia search to help understand some of the words I didn't know.

Tuesday September 9th, 2008

We did not do Mental Math today because Mr. Maksymchuk wanted to talk about the blog and the posts for the "Book Reports" on the T.V.M solver and give us more time for the Book Report posts. Mr. Maks talked about referencing the sources on the T.V.M solver and about plagiarism. Don't just copy and paste things into your blog, especially words you do not understand. Type it in your own words please.
In 1991, Mr. Maks talked about a student who cheated, the student had found a journal and wrote out a paper for an assignment and did not reference the sources, he was kicked out of University and banned from going to other universities for a while. Plagiarism in high school wouldn't result in such a punishment of getting kicked out and banned from schools, it just goes to show that you shouldn't copy anyone elses work without referencing it first. An assignment in high school that is plagiarized will result in a 0 mark on that assignment. The Internet is a great source for information and is greatly used today. Please do not plagiarize!


With great power comes great responsibility. - Uncle Ben Parker, from the 1st Spiderman Movie!

We have until the end of today to work on the "Book Reports" and post them to the blog.
Budget things can still be checked by Mr. Maks, etc.
Mr. Maksymchuk put on some Christmas songs on for us to enjoy. I found the music annoying, sounds like some old Fuedal era music... Well not anymore, thats good.
8 More classes left until Christmas break.
16 Days until Christmas from today! Yeah!!!!

T.V.M solver

T.V.M solver is designed to help you solve problems that in valve money growing at a predetermined interest rate over a set amount of time.
To get to T.V.M Solver you go to apps then to financial then choose T.V.M Solver. Now that we can get their let’s get down to business. Here is an example. So you have $100 that you are going to invest at 10% a year for 5 years.

PV Present value $100

F/V future value

N is the number of years 5

I is the interest rate 10%

P/Y payments per year 1

C/P compound per year 1

Pmt amount of money invested per year 0

When you have all the data in you go down to FV (future value) and press alpha enter. That will give you the answer which should be $161.05.

hear is another example of how to solve for n:

Imagine that you have just retired, and that you have a nest egg of $1,000,000. This is the amount that you will be drawing down for the rest of your life. If you expect to earn 6% per year on average and withdraw $70,000 per year, how long will it take to burn through your nest egg (in other words, for how long can you afford to live)? Assume that your first withdrawal will occur one year from today (End Mode).

P/V=-1000000

F/V=0

N=

I%=6

P/Y=0

C/P=0

PTM=70000

Now you can go to N and and solve by pressing alpha enter and that should give u 33.39 witch is how long you Can live for off of the $1000000.

examples provided by: http://www.tvmcalcs.com/calculators/ti83/ti83_page1

Book Report: T.V.M. Solver

Thanks to the internet, this book report will tell you on how to access the T.V.M. on your calculator and give you some examples.

T.V.M stands for Time Value of Money. TVM is based on the idea that money received earlier is worth more than the same amount of money received later.

To get to the T.V.M. solver on your calculator, you press APPS, ENTER, ENTER, and you will get to a screen which shows these following variables:

N= total number of payments
I%= nominal interest rate, expressed as a percent (use 5, for 5%, NOT 0.05)
PV= present value or principal
PMT= amount of each payment (for mortgages and annuities)
FV= future value
P/Y= payments per year
C/Y= compounding periods per year

Here are examples to represent both algebraic and TVM Solver solutions:

1.Solving for Future value: If you deposit $2500 in an account earning 12% interest compounded weekly, how much is it worth in 4 years?
N= 4
I%= 12
PV= 2500
PMT= 0
FV=
P/Y= 1
C/Y= 52

After you have filled in all the numbers, move your curser to FV= and press ALPHA SOLVE (enter) and the number 4037.95 should show up where the FV= is. That’s the final answer for this question.

2.SSolving for present value: How much money must you deposit now, if you need $10000 in 4 years, and can earn 5.5% interest compounded monthly?

Now, we bring up the TVM Solver, set..
N = 4,
I% = 5.5,
PV =
PMT = 0,
FV = 10000,
P/Y = 1,
C/Y = 12.

Move to the present value line and press ALPHA SOLVE (enter). The answer is -8029.22 (the answer is negative, because you have to deposit that amount).

How long does it take $5000 at 8% interest compounded daily to reach a value of $7500?
N =
I% = 8
PV = 5000
PMT = 0
FV = 7500
P/Y = 1
C/Y = 365

Move the cursor to the line for N and press ALPHA SOLVE (enter) to get the answer.

Book report, T.V.M. solver

With the help of my trusty internet friend, I have found that the T.V.M. solver (Time value of money) functions to analyze financial instruments, such as loans, mortgages, leases and savings.
To get to the T.V.M. solver on your calculator, hit "apps" then "finance" and that leads you right to the "t.v.m. solver"

Now you need to fill in the blanks on your calculator, but before you can do that you need to know what the letter symbols beside each blank means.
N= The number of payment periods
I%= The interest rate
PV= Present value
PMT= Payment amount
FV= Future value
P/Y= Payments per year
C/Y= Compounding periods per year

(remeber to ender cash inflows as positive numbers, and cash outflows as negative numbers)

Examples:
Financing a car.
You have found a car you would like to buy. The car costs $9,000. You can afford payments of $250 per month for four years. What annual percentage rate (APR) will make it possible for you to afford the car?

Enter the T.V.M. solver
Enter known values:
N=48;
PV=9000;
PMT=M250 (Negation indicates cash outflow.);
FV=0;
PpY=12 (computes an annual percentage rate);
CpY=12;
PMT=END.

Example 2
Calculaing interest on a fixed payment.
At what annual interest rate, compounded monthly, will $1,250 accumulate to $2,000 in 7 years?

Enter the T.V.M solver.
Enter known values:
N=7;
PV=M1250 (Negation indicates cash outflow or investment.);
PMT=0;
FV=2000 (future value is cash inflow or return);
PpY=1;
CpY=12;
PMT=END.
Place the cursor on the I% prompt and solve to get your interest rate.

dibs

http://gator.dt.uh.edu/~kingt7/courses/FIN3302/8992finapps-eng.pdf

Here is my T.V.M solver Book Report

The T.V.M solver works by filling in the missing variables of finance. There are 8 variables that are associated with this program. Next I will explain what each of the variables mean.

N: represents investement and annuity or loans.

I%: it will also be a positive integer, represents the "normal rate" of the investiment and annuity or loan. it is always writen as a percent instead of a decimal or a fraction.

PV: represents the " present value" of the investiment and annutiy or loan.

PMT: represents a payment that is used to pay off a loan or make an annuity.

FV: it represents " future value" for an investiment, annuity or a loan after the N compounds have passed.

P/Y: represents the payment of a loan or annuities for one year.

C/Y: represents the compounding period year after year.

PMT:END BEGIN, this allows the user to set the TVM solver for " ordinary annuities, ( END), or anuities 'due' ( BEGIN)

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Book report

Today, we discussed the "rules" that go along with our book reports on the T.V.M. solver. Here they are if you didn't catch them in class.

(The book report has to be published by the end of this class)

Dec 5th 2008

10 More Classes Till Christmas Holidays

To day we have been asked to do a some what of a "BOOK REPORT" on the "T.V.M SOLVER"

T.V.M stands for Time . Value . Money

So now each of us have to look for a website that explains what T.V.M Solver dose and what all the functions mean. Now no one can have the same website so hurry up and find one before all are taken!!! After that we all need to blog about what we learn about the T.V.M Solver, but we are only to post it in class on Monday so people (not naming anyone) wont just copy what some brave sole who actually toke the time and got it done.

We also talked about RULE OF 72.. What is the Rule of 72? Well if you want to find the number of years required to double your money at a given interest rate, you divide the interest rate into 72. The rule is remarkably accurate!

So.. Now you know the Rule of 72.. your life is now complete!!! Ah just kidding... Have a good weekend.

http://giddlebits.wordpress.com/2007/01/25/how-to-do-time-value-of-money-on-a-ti-83-plus/


...Suckers ha...

DIBS
http://dlc.k12.ar.us/Pat.%20Laster/PDF's/Algebra%20II/Using_the_TVM.pdf

http://classes.tmcc.edu/bgallegos/handouts/cghandouts/financeon83.html

T.V.M solver

http://www.tvmcalcs.com/calculators/ti83/ti83_page1

http://pages.central.edu/emp/lintont/classes/spring04/finite/tvmintro/tvm.html

http://argyll.epsb.ca/jreed/calculator/ti83p/TMV.htm

Dec 4

Today,we started with mental math, And Mr.Maks explained to us why he does mental math everyday. After for the rest of class we finished up on our budget spreadsheets on excel. So today's class was pretty stress free I'd say.

dec 3

Today we started with mental math like most day. then we got to work on the budget assignments. This is the first one that Mr. Maks did for us yesterday. This is the part wear we put in the incomes.

This is the second part wear we fond the expenses and if our budget was balanced.

December 2nd

Today we started off with mental math, and then Mr. Max showed us this one game...here's the link: http://math.com/students/puzzles/fiver/fiver.html\

We then worked on the excel spreadsheet for the "Monthy Budget for the Smith Family".

Mr. Max gave us this Exercise 1:Budgeting assignment and we worked on it together and calculated the expenses for weekly, monthly and annually.

He is putting the spreadsheet on the coursework drive under our math folder.

November 24th/2008

Well,
Today we started off the short block class with Mental Math. Then we talked about the absolute value. Mr.Max then assigned all the problems from Exercise 5, which are questions 5 - 12. Then we got the rest of the class to work on the exercise sheet or accelerated math.


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Scriber Post

Yesterday we did mental math, then had a work period while Mr.Max marked our tests from a while ago.

new post

Today, we started with mental math then Mr. Max wanted us to bring our home work to the front for him to check it. After this, he assigned the rest of the work sheet for Friday.

Your favourite McNugget sauce...

Should we even be having that conversation since Swan River doesn't have a McDonald's? Would we even want a McDonalds's? Do you remember the McRib? Maybe I'm just getting old...I love the 'fake' bone marks on the boneless patty....mmmm....

Friday, Nov.14/2008

Today we didn't do mental math. But, we worked on a chicken McNugget question and we had to find the maximum number of chicken nuggets that you couldn't buy in McDonalds, the number of chicken nuggets that you can buy are 6, 9, 20.

Selection Reflection,NonLinear Functions

Non Linear Functions what to say: This was a good unit i think i have a good handle on this stuff.
Things to Know

• Y-intercept
• X-intercept
• Maximum Value
• Minimum Value
• Axis of system
• Vertex changes direction
• Zeron
• Parabola

There are 3 main poits to this Unit

1. Q radratics= Max, Min
2. Exponetial=Exponetial Groth
3. Cubics Etc=Box Volume (v=(10-2s)(4-2s)(s)

inequalities

Today, we talked about number lines, and inequalities. speaking about how to tell whether we need an open dot or a closed dot, and how to determine where to place that dot on a number line. We learnt about single variable inequalities.
At the 18 minute mark in the video, we switched over to double variable inequalities, learning how to put them into a calculator, and the difference between knowing which area needs to be shaded. We were also shown how graphmatica displays these questions, and we learnt why they are shown the way they are.

Here is the video for the days class.

Nov 12/ 2008

Welcome back. I hope that you all had a great day off from school yesterday!
Today we started off class with Mental Math. Yes my favorite( no i am just kidding it's not my favorite)
After MM Mr. Maksymchuk made us play a game called Count to 20.
Where we raced with Mr. Maksymchuk to get to 20 we could go up by 1 or 2 numbers. No one got it at first but there are a few tricks to the game. we learnt that if you can get to 2 its a better chance to win. There are other key numbers 2
5
8
11
14
17
20
We realized that its all about going up by 3's 1+2=3 ,2+1=3, 1+1+1=3
It was a bit confusing at first but once you get the Pattern it comes easier.

Selection reflection

This unit, was on non linear functions. Including quadratic functions, cubic funtions, and exponential functions it wasn't exactly fun. We learnt about excel, regression, and solutions. I had a hard time with this unit, and I dont believe I did well on the test at all. Maybe this next unit will be a little easier.

selection reflection non linear functions

So,what did we learn? Well the three main things that we learned about in this unit, non linear functions, are Quadratics, cubic, and, exponential. Cubic functions are all ways to the power of 3.

November 10

Today, we had a Remembrance Day Program, so class started later. We had a sub, so all we could do today was work on Accelerated Math and get done as much as we could. Tomorrow is no school!! get to sleep in for one more day!

Selection Reflection on Non-Linear Functions

In this new unit, Non- Linear Functions, we learned about three main things...
1. Quadratics
2. Cubics
3. Exponentials

We learned different terms such as vertex, axis of symmetry, parabola, maximum value, minimum value, and zero.

I understood quadratics and cubics, but exponentails was the one i did not get. After going to tutoring and the help from Mr. Max i started to understand it.

Exponentials had the formula y=a*b^x

Cubics had the formula y=_x^3

For the exam, I will have to go over exponentials and how to solve them using excel and other devices.

november 6th

Today we started out like most days with mental math, to get us thinking. then Mr. Maks turned us loss to do accelerated math, we have till 3:40 to get 36 objectives mastered.

Nov. 5

Today was a test day, so we just wrote the test and hopefully you all did good!

November 4th Blog

Today we didn't do mental math. We just went over some RRSP problems and questions that we had. The Test is tomorrow!! So study up and good luck! :)

Nov 3

Today we handed in mental math 20 - 30 for marks. Then we went over Exercise #2.

We are going over exercise #3 first thing tomorrow. NON- LINEAR FUNCTIONS TEST ON THURSDAY

October 29th/2008

Today, we had started the class of with Mental Math #27. Then we had moved on to Exercise #3 in the booklets that we received last week I think. The notes for the class are as followed, and following them there is a video, and sound of the class.

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Today started with mental math like normal, then Mr.Max told us that Exercise #2 questions 2&3 are an exit slip. He split the class into the two halves, left and right, and told us to work as individual groups then present the answer to see if we get it right and see the differences between the two groups.

Oct. 24/08, Friday

Today the class was started off with some mental math. After and kind of during correcting we started talking about visualization. Mr. Maks. told us about a professor he had that wanted him to visualize a football spinning on it's axis and then visualize an ant starting from the top and have it walk to the equator of the ball in a counter clockwise direction. Mr. Maks. said that few people could do that in his class. After that he told/showed us about the golden ratio 1.61803399. I must admit it was kind of interesting, but i missed some of what he was saying cause i was trying to write this post and listen at the same time, and i know realize that i can not multitask. Finally after all of this excitement we started working on our A/M. For anybody who forgot 26 objectives are due for the end of today. GOOD LUCK!

Resemble anyone you know???? Nah....

Maximization of Open-Topped Box Volume

Here is the video about what was taught today by Mr. Maksymchuk about maximizing volume. If you ever forget how to turn on a stat plot just go to the 15 minute mark.

Tuesday October 21, 2008

Today in class we started with mental math. After that we worked on our Accelerated Math. Mr. Maksymchuk reminds everyone to bring graph paper, and also encouraged everyone to bring headphones to listen to the videos on the blog or listen to music while you work. Mr. Maks also mentioned a formula to use on graphmatica, y=sqrt

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Today, we started with mental math. after this we had ahome work check, that was a sheet that he was goibng over a agian becuse the results from the previous check was not so great. After this we got our lesson....

Oct 20

Today in class, We started with mental math, And did a homework check on Exercise 1. Barry was elected to fix the computer in the classroom when Mr.Maks is not here if it does not work to scan our accelerated math. We went over a few questions in Accelerated math, with Mr. Maks recording again with the headset.

Accelerated Math Objectives due till the end of this week... (till Friday.24) 26 Objectives

the video:

Friday 12 2008

On Friday Mr. Max was gone so we had a sub.. Mr. Buckner. It was a short block so we had the class to work on Exercise one and Accelerated math.
Don't forget that monday Exercise one is due,so get that done.

Test Video

October 15 2008

Today we started off with mental math and then we handed it in for marks.

Then Mr. Max cheeked our home work, not so good. we have till Monday to finish when he will cheek it a gen. Then we did question 13 on exercise 1, Mr.Max tried to record it he is going to put it on edline.

October 14 Scribe

These are the notes we did today. We did #9 on Exercise 1. Exercise 1 is due tomorrow.

This shows doing this problem the Pre- Calc way.

He showed us how to do the problem on excel.

These are the equations he put in excel to get the answer we were looking for.

This is one way where you can find out what the equation is.

This is the equation we got and we put it into our calculator.

October 10th/2008

Today, we started off the class with Mental Math. Then Mr. Max let us work on the booklet that we had recieved yesterday. Just exercise 1. Then during the class he was checking our joke sheets, so if we needed the marks then we could get marks for dooing it all. Since it is friday we we able to leave the class room early. Today also was an open scribe day. So that anyone could scribe.

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October 10th

Today, we started off with mental math. We then got the class time to work on our accelerated math, exerice #1 sheet, and joke sheets. Mr. Max said that if we were done all of the Joke Sheets he would give us marks for it. The exercise #1 will be due on Wednesday.

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Today, we started with metal math then after mr.max had to go help another teacher with a math problem across the hall for about ten minutes or so. Then he gave us the class to either do our joke sheets or accelerated math.

Non - Linear Functions

Today we started with mental math as usual. Then went on to some notes on Non - Linear Functions, Quadratic Functions in particular.

The lines below are known as the parabola and the red dot is indicating the vertex which is where the parabola changes direction.

How to pronounce PARABOLA.

Assigned is exercise 1 in the booklet we received today ASAP (whenever we get a chance to do it)

Selection Reflection

This is a review for exam time to myself and anyone else studying for the exam. Our first unit was on solving linear equations I am pretty confident with this unit so here you go.
First off you need to know that a system is 2 or more equations being considered at the same time:
y=2x+5
y=-3x-1 <------ this is a system

You should also know the different types of systems and be able to tell the difference between them: consistent is when the equations cross, inconsistent is when the equations are parallel and dependant is when the the equations are directly on tip of each other.

The next thing you should know is how to solve these equations using both the algebraical methods, which are the substitution and the addition/subtraction methods and how to solve them non-algebraical methods which involve using either graphmatica or a graphing calculator.

The final thing we learned how to do is word problems which aren't all that hard if you don't have trouble turning the words into an equations.

I hope this helps me and all of you reading this on the exam.

Selection Reflection

So.. this is a personal blog post to myself. To look back and reflect on linear systems of equations while studying for the exam!!!
First thing we learnt was THE SUBSTITUTION METHOD.
It wasn't to bad just need to go through the steps into finding out the equation. Remember to plug the answer back into the equation to find out if its right.
Second thing we learnt was LINEAR COMBINATION ( ADDITION SUBTRACTION METHOD).
Just need to remember to line them up and when to add and when to subtract.
Third thing we learnt was SYSTEM TYPES NAMES.
Consistent system( one unique ordered pair solution).
Inconsistent system(no solution).
Dependant system(infinitely many solutions, in ordered pair).

Forth thing we learnt and the final thing we learnt was WORD PROBLEMS. AHHHH! OK i did not get this! I think my problem was that I just didn't know the steps to each problems. Once i get and understand the steps i can work through it. There are example problems on the coursework drive they did help. RULES:

1. Define two variables( linked some how).
2. Create two equations using two Variables.

So.. that was all the different things we learnt in this unit. I understand it for the most part beside WORD PROBLEMS. Before the exam I really need to get a good understanding on how word problems really work and each steps. ReMeMbEr when using the calculator or graphmatic to check the answers to always explain the steeps you did while using the programs.

Selection Reflection

To help me study for the Grade 11 Applied math exam.
The first thing that we worked on was "Systems Of Linear Equations," we did alot of graphing for that with that Graphmatica program and using our Graphing calculators.
The next thing we learned was about was how to solve Linear Equations algebraically by a method called the "Substitution Method" which was pretty easy once you get to know how to do it correctly. Then Mr. Maksymchuk showed us another method called, "Addition/Subtraction" method which was alot quicker to solve problems with.
We learned about the names of the different systems, "Inconsistent," "Consistent," and "Dependant." Later on we started Accelerated Math, I found this alot easier to use because it was multiple choice xD. We learned about solving "Word Problems" and various ways to solve them, I wasn't so good at these "Word Problems" so I should look back on them, I don't know how to use that excel program for them either... All of the work we do on the computers and using graphing calculators is new to me because I never took a grade 10 Applied math course, I took grade 10 precalculus twice :P. I hope to do well in this class and pass it. I hope this post will help me in the future, when I look back on this. Yeah!!!

Selection Reflection

So we started off with learning what a system is. A system is two or more equations(or inequalities) being considered simultaneously.
ex. y=2x+5
y=-3x-1 those two equations is a system.

We started on the Substitution Method. This method is where we have to substitute numbers in equations. I found this to be pretty easy and i enjoyed learning about it. I love solving equations and i found it to be interesting.

We then learned a different Method. The Addition/Subtraction Method. This is where you line up the variables and either subtract or add. I found this method to be very easy as well. I got it right away and i was happy that i didn't have any frustrating times with it.

Mr. Max explained both of these methods very well, and his notes helped me a lot. I also liked how we can chose what kind of method we liked best and not have to only learn one.

Mr. Max also taught us about System Types/Names.
Consistent System: One, unique ordered pair solution
Inconsistent System: No solutions
Dependent System: Infinitely many solutions in ordered pairs

After learning this we moved on to something that i don't even want to mention. I hated this part so much. I did not find this easy as i did with the methods that we learned first. This was called Word Problems. I did not get anything about this. I tried to get it when Mr. Max was teaching us, but it just didn't seem to go through my brain. He told us to look on the course work drive for some sample word problems that he did in the past. After i looked through those (quite a few times), i seemed to understand it a little bit more than i did before.
Here are the rules:
Define two variables(linked somehow)
Create two equations using the two variables

We also used graphmatica to figure out some problems and to check our answers.
We can either use our calculators or graphmatica to check our answers when we are finished a problem to make sure we got the right answer.

So for the exam, i will have to get a good understanding of Word Problems. I think if i look more on the course work drive and practice questions more i will be able to eventually get it! :).

Selection Reflection

Well, we had stated this year off with Linear Equations, then we learned how to solve systems. We had a lot of math to do without using ANY kind of electronic devices, and to me this way without is a lot better. Cause then when we are asked to show our work on a test or on a exam then we can show the work.
Then we had moved on to the Substitution Method. There was two of them, the first one is Addition Substitution Method (ASM), and the second is Subtraction Substitution Method (SSM). I use these letters in the brackets so that I can remember them easier, and it really does help.
Then we moved on to the Word Problems.

So by posting this I shall look back in a little while and re-teach myself what I have already learned so when it comes to a test day or exam time I can go back to the questions from the begining of the semester.

October 7th/2008
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selection reflection

This post is to remind me of what I learned in this unit, linear systems of equations. I hope that this post will come in handy when tests and the exam comes around.

So linear systems of equations, what have we learned? Well we have learned how to solve linear systems using algebra. Once we got that down we learned how to solve using the adding subtracting method. After that we could use our calculators and Graphmatica. Then we learnt about the different systems, dependent, inconsistent and, consistent.

After all of that we started on word problems. We learnt how to use Excel to help us find the answer the word problems, I cant fugue out how to get Excel to work. That's all that we have learnt about so far, I hope this helps.

Today we started off the class with mental math. Then Mr. Max started talking about Selection Reflection. Mr. Max said that this was like a pot luck supper. The more people that come then the more food you have then the more variety.

Selecton Reflection (Oct.6)

~Reflecting from the past what we have learned... or wish we have learned. ~

Starting from the beginning, we had review on linear systems, which I personally had forgotten all about, so it was a big review for me. We learnt how to solve equations using the substitution method, which i felt was a little more tricky than how it sounded..

After learning that with a few practices, we were taught how to solve using the algebraically method, which I had found made more sense and I could follow it easier. Definitely study both substitution and algebraically methods.

We went over a few tips and tricks, which helped out, and would be something good to read over before the exam. A good thing to remember through out the course would be the system types and names... I have a feeling that knowing those would help out with future graphing and etc.

I feel that i will definately have to go over material again, especially the substitution method ( I still have trouble grasping that ) I hope things will get a little easier for the exam if I can take the time to try and figure out the sections that give me trouble.

The word problems section was hard. every question seemed different, or else just didn't seem to give me enough information. I'm pretty sure I flunked the quiz on it. But I guess ill just have to try and understand them a little more better so I'd be more confident in completing the problems right.

Selection Reflection

This year we started by doing linear equations.

Then we learned how to solve systems of linear equations. We then learned how to identify the different types of linear equations (Inconsistent, Dependent, Independent,Etc.), then we started on the substitution method.

Then we moved on to the addition/subtraction method.

By then we have a deadline on mental math for 15 mastered objectives.

And the last thing we did was word problems and I think they were the hardest thing to do.

I decided to post all of the pictures from each unit so that if the network isn't working, you can still look at some of them somewhere.