Week 15:
Due Monday, April 21 : We will meet again in the computer lab, room 227/228 Aderhold. The quiz was moved to Wednesday.
Due Wednesday, April 23 : Hand in (please type, except you may fill in pictures, equations, etc. by hand): problems 8, 9, 12 on page 555 and problem 9a on page 569. Be sure to word your story problems in problems 8 and 9 (p. 555) very carefully! QUIZ on sections 12.1 - 12.5 plus the following material that we discussed in class but is not in the text: 1) the "slide method" for determining GCFs and LCMs and 2) determining GCFs and LCMs using prime factorizations.
Week 16:
Due Monday, April 28: Last day of class. Bring questions and things you would like us to go over to class.
Tuesday, April 29 : reading day
Comprehensive final exam: Wednesday, April 30, 8 - 11 am in our usual classroom. The final exam will cover all the material we have studied this semester: Statistics (including the 4 steps of the statistical problem solving process) chapter 14; Expressions, equations, and solving equations (with and without standard algebra), sections 13.1, 13.2; Fraction and decimal division, section 7.4, 7.5; Ratio and proportion, section 7.6; we also discussed the connection between fractions and division in conjunction with unit rates, see practice problem 1 on page 275; Sequences, section 13.3; Factors and multiples, greatest common factor and least common multiples, prime numbers, even and odd, and divisibility tests, sections 7.1 - 7.5 and also material that we discussed in class but is not in the text: 1) the "slide method" for determining GCFs and LCMs and 2) determining GCFs and LCMs using prime factorizations; early childhood mathematics concerning counting, subitizing, composing, adding and subtracting, patterning, composing shapes, and suitable activities to help young children develop these competencies from the TRIAD website, expect one or more questions from the handout Monday April 21 on the final.