Student Folder and Portfolio

Student Folder and Portfolio

Portfolio

What were some things that you did not like about math portfolio? What are some things you would like to change for next year's portfolio?

Math Class

List five things you want changed about how math is taught at WSC and how math classes are run. Be honest, you won't be in trouble as long as you are mature about your answer. Thank you.

Slope y-intercept

Indentify the slope and y-intercept for the following equtions

y=2x+7

y=x-10

y=7

Laptop

Which laptop is a better buy and why? Apple, Dell?

hickup!!!!

Warm-up: Silently Read the following:

Oh My Gosh!!! Time To Rethink Our Plan

The CEO of our consulting firm, Mr. NaLiMa, has been arrested for fraud and the company is bankrupt as a result of Mr. NaLiMa's shady dealings. No worries, if we can keep Mr. Kumaresh's business, we can create our own consulting firm with the money and future clients Mr. Kumaresh sends our way. We are known for our good work and have very high customer satisfaction. Mr. Wearley, the head of our division needs you to work your hardest, keep your minds focused and calm.
Mr. Kumaresh had to attend to some personal business today and can't make the meeting. That's good though, because it gives us some time to make our presentations and graphs better. This also gives us some time to rethink the rate we are going to charge Mr. Kumaresh for our services. The consulting firm was charging Mr. Kmaresh an $8,000 flat fee for our services. Our division only receives $2,000 from Mr. Kumaresh. We need to think of a fee, that is better than the original fee and earns us more money.

In your team discuss the following:

• A new fee for Mr. Kumaresh that is cheaper for him, but helps us earn more money.
• Based on your new fee, how much money will each person in the consulting firm make?
• Should each person get the same amount of money? Why?
  

• Now that our office is gone, where do we work? From home? Rent new office space? How much will it cost us?
  

After 10 min, each team will present the ideas generated from the discussion and we will take a vote on how we shall proceed.

Graphs of camps

What deal is best if only 8 people go?

What deal is best if all 50 people go to the reunion?

What deal is best if 20 people go?

How can you explain the fact that the benefit of the each deal depends on how many people go?

What deal would you recommend Mr. Kumaresh to take and why?

What is Your Dream Company

If you found that you had a large amount of money to start a company or business, what kind would you have? What service would you provide for people? Is it something that people need? What kind of people would you hire to work for you so that your company or business succeeds?

Line Graphs

What are 4 important things that all line graphs must have?

Expressing The Situation With Algebra

Expressing The Situation With Algebra With The 7th Grade Math Consulting Agency

Part B

Mr. Kumaresh has informed me that he is very pleased with the results, but he gets very confused when he starts trying to compare the data from all three tables.  What he needs is some sort of chart or graph that will have all of the data displayed so that it is easier to compare the rates. 

At 8:50 AM Thursday morning we will have a board meeting to decide the best type of graph or chart to help Mr. Kumaresh out of his decision dilemma. Before the meeting please think about the best type of graph, discuss it with your team and be ready to present. 
Consider the following:

• He needs to see all  plans on one chart.
• He needs to see how the rates change as the amount of people going increases.      
  

You have ten minutes to discuss this with your team. Be ready to share your opinion and why you choose that opinion.  Which graph is best and why? Before sharing describe your answers at the blog .

After each presentation we will vote on a chart and each team will produce their own version of the chart.
You will need pencils, graph paper and markers. 

Algebra Journal

Which rate do you think will Give Mr. Ganesh Kumaresh the best deal if all of his family members attend the reunion? Why?

• Long Horn Camp and Canoe Center: $50 flat fee for the camp space in addition to $10 per person.
• Yellow Tale Wilderness Park: $15 per person.
• Brown Hawk Falls: $400 cabin fee and $2 per person.

Measurement journal

What were the steps you had to do in order to scale up the cabin model to the real cabin using feet instead of inches?


At what point did you need to use Pythagorean theorem?

inequalities

Solve for x

3x-2<4

Show your work

Maps

If the scale on a map says 1 inch is equal to 40 miles, how many miles have you traveled if you went 6.5 inches on the map?

For a right triangle, what is the measure of leg b if leg a=3 in. and leg c=5 in.? Explain how you found your answer, and express b by finding the square root of the area of the square on leg b. In other words, don't simplify the radical.