PRECALC: A new way to do HW
You still have to do the vocab check.. . and a couple of book problems… say 5, 15, 25, 35
but then, for the rest, you can copy all the work from the ACE practice tests.
http://college.hmco.com/mathematics/larson/precalculus_limits_aga/4e/students/ace/ace.html
Daily Extra Credit- 5/30
Math Essentials: Use http://www.convert-me.com/en/convert/length to convert 1 mile into meters
Geometry:
What are the two defining properties of a tangent to a circle?
Use
http://www.mathwarehouse.com/geometry/circle/tangent-to-circle.php
Precalc:
Read http://www.sosmath.com/calculus/geoser/bounce/bounce.html and tell me the total distance the ball travels vertically.
May 30 – Friday!
Math Essentials : Word Problems with Proportions worksheet
Geometry 10.1.4 CW/ HW 10.1.4 Review and Preview
Preacalc: ALEKs/ Headstart on series summation project
Daily Extra Credit 5/29
Math Essentials: Use http://www.1728.com/distance.htm to find the slope, distance, angle and equation of the line with points (5, 7) and (15, 20)
Geometry:
Use http://www.1728.com/circsect.htm to find the area of a sector of a circle with a 25 degree angle and a radius of 10
Precalculus: Use http://mikescosmos.com/Sum.php to find the sum of the series 2n+3 from n =15 to n=30
Play with this
5/28 Tuesday
Report cards are coming out! All work must be in. ALEKS scores up and take home tests turned in
Math Essentials:
ALEKS Time
Geometry: 10.1.2 CW, HW 10.1.2 Review and Preview
Precalc: Q 3 Exam, Powerpoint driven questions
Extra Credit of the Day 5/28
Congrats to Maria and Lenny- The only two people to respond top yesterday’s extra credit. You’ve earned 5 ec points!
Todays EC: Respons with a comment or email an answer to slange@lausd.net
Math Essentials:
Use : http://www.easycalculation.com/statistics/mean-median-mode.php
to find the mean, median and mode of this data set
18, 56, 44, 50, 100, 87, 66, 55, 56, 77, 2, 88, 33, 11, 77, 66, 56, 88, 20
Geometry:
Send me the link of a website that has a list of PYTHAGOREAN TRIPLES – use yahoo or google to search’
Precalc: Who was Euler? What does he have to do with what we are studying?
To get 5 points extra credit- reply to this blog with your answer by posting a comment or emailing the answer to slange@lausd.net . Comments will not appear until you are an approved user, so be patient.
Math Essentials: use http://www.wtrg.com/oil_graphs/oilprice1947.gif
What as the price of a barrel of crude oil in 2000? What is the price today?
Geometry
Read http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euclid and write two sentences about Euclid. Do not cut and paste
Precalculus:
Provide one example of where the Fibonacci sequence can be found in real life.

