...Completing algebra problems can be difficult if you don’t understand the properties of real numbers. There are several properties in algebra dealing with both integers and real numbers; one that will be the focus of this report will be the distributive property. We use this property when we are combining addition and multiplication in an algebraic expression. Let’s say that you are presented with the expression 6x(2 + y) = 9x + 5xy, now with this problem the order of operation would have you to add the terms in parenthesis first, by using the distributive property it allows to simplify the problem by multiplying all the numbers in parenthesis with the multiplier. That’s why it is so important to understand the properties because completing algebra problems can be difficult if you don’t understand the properties of real numbers. When solving problems in algebra it is really important to know the properties of real numbers. Each property tells you the rules in which to use in order to solve that particular expression. For instance you have the commutative properties of addition which tell us that numbers in the problem can be rearranged in any order, for an example 5a + 7 = 7 + 5a and in commutative properties of multiplication, it’s pretty much the same idea we can multiply the numbers in any order and come out with the same result, for an example would be something like 8y x 9 x 4 = 9 x 4 x 8y. Another property that would be part of the basics of pre-algebra would be...
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... |College of Natural Sciences | | |MTH/208 Version 6 | | |College Mathematics I | | |HEFOUN88 | Copyright © 2012, 2011, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. Course Description This course begins a demonstration and examination of various concepts of algebra. It assists in building skills for performing specific mathematical operations and problem solving. These concepts and skills serve as a foundation for subsequent quantitative business coursework. Applications to real-world problems are emphasized throughout the course. This course is the first half of the college mathematics sequence, which is completed in MTH/209: College Mathematics II. Policies Faculty and students will be held responsible for understanding and adhering to all policies contained within the following two documents: • University policies: You must be logged into the student website to view this document. • Instructor policies: This document is posted in the Course Materials forum. University policies are...
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...Students and teachers all have different perspectives on topics such as technology, dress codes, grades, and homework. To determine these perspectives, I interviewed students Brady Wells & Hamza Quadri and teacher Douglas Moore. How important is technology in terms of school? "Technology is a great thing in many scenarios, but I feel that combining technology and school should be done very carefully and minimally," said Wells. "Some forms of technology are necessary at school, such as using calculators and having computers available. However, it can easily be taken too far by giving students too much control, such as individual iPads. "I think we spent so much time worrying about being technologically advanced that we forget that...
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...Final paper A huge issue that the United States has is the High School education system. Students have little or no preparation for life after high school compared to other nations which poses a disadvantage when trying to further their education. The United States is one of or the most powerful countries but continually flows short in the educational system. One of the major issues is the lack of the arts within the academic system. They focus today is typically how to take an exam. For example, Florida focuses so much on the FCAT that they typically focus only on English and Math. High Schools keep using this “Teaching to the Test “technique, which only teaches students how to prepare for the FCAT and this narrows the curriculum a lot. This issue leads to the question, “Is the Geography and Math knowledge of an American student as good as European student?” Every year a test is given to every student in High School. This test has basic questions about Geography and it measures the level of every student within their grade. Back in 2010 after collecting back the test from students and grading it, the National Assessment of Education Progress publicized that only a 25% of American schoolchildren passed the test and that only a 20% of 12th graders passed. This is probably one the saddest news America had to deal with when speaking of education. After the news was published to the public, Daniel Edelson, vice president for education with the National Geographic Society...
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...Campus/Learning Center : X |[pic] |Syllabus | | |College of Natural Sciences | | |MTH/208 Version 6 | | |College Mathematics I | Copyright © 2012, 2011, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. Course Description This course begins a demonstration and examination of various concepts of algebra. It assists in building skills for performing specific mathematical operations and problem solving. These concepts and skills serve as a foundation for subsequent quantitative business coursework. Applications to real-world problems are emphasized throughout the course. This course is the first half of the college mathematics sequence, which is completed in MTH/209: College Mathematics II. Policies Faculty and students will be held responsible for understanding and adhering to all policies contained within the following two documents: • University policies: You must be logged into the student website to view this document. • Instructor policies: This document is posted in the Course Materials forum. University policies are...
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...Version 6 College Mathematics II Copyright © 2012, 2011, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. Course Description This course continues the demonstration and examination of various algebra concepts that was begun in MTH/208: College Mathematics I. It assists in building skills for performing more complex mathematical operations and problem solving than in earlier courses. These concepts and skills should serve as a foundation for subsequent quantitative business coursework. Applications to real-world problems are emphasized throughout the course. Policies Faculty and students will be held responsible for understanding and adhering to all policies contained within the following two documents: • • University policies: You must be logged into the student website to view this document. Instructor policies: This document is posted in the Course Materials forum. University policies are subject to change. Be sure to read the policies at the beginning of each class. Policies may be slightly different depending on the modality in which you attend class. If you have recently changed modalities, read the policies governing your current class modality. Course Materials Rockswold, G. K., & Krieger, T. A. (2013). Beginning and intermediate algebra with applications and visualization. (3rd ed.). Boston, MA: Addison-Wesley. All electronic materials are available on the student website. Reminder: Use the checkbox in the assignments link to acknowledge participation...
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...How to Succeed in Physics (and reduce your workload) Kyle Thomas, Lead Author Luke Bruneaux, Supporting Author Veritas Tutors, LLC How To Succeed in Physics | 2 About the Authors Kyle Thomas Kyle is currently a PhD candidate in the Psychology Department at Harvard University where he studies evolutionary social psychology and serves as a teaching fellow for graduate and undergraduate courses. Kyle has primarily tutored and taught Physics and Organic Chemistry through the UC Santa Cruz peer tutoring program where he became a program administrator. About Veritas Tutors Founded by two Harvard graduates in 2005, Veritas Tutors (www. veritutors.com) is the premiere provider of educational services and products in the Boston area. Offering subject tutoring, standardized test preparation, and admissions consulting, Veritas Tutors is dedicated to providing the best possible instruction to each of its students. Working with educators and consultants from Harvard, Yale, Columbia, MIT, and other elite academic institutions, our students all receive personalized guidance to achieve their goals in and out of the classroom. If you Luke Bruneaux have any questions, comments, or concerns, please contact us at info@ Luke holds a BA Summa Cum Laude from the University of Pennsylvania, veritutors.com or 1-877-265-6582. an MS from the University of Chicago and is working towards a PhD in physics at Harvard University. Luke was awarded a 2011 Derek Bok ...
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...Mathematics I Copyright Copyright © 2011, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. University of Phoenix® is a registered trademark of Apollo Group, Inc. in the United States and/or other countries. Microsoft®, Windows®, and Windows NT® are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. All other company and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. Use of these marks is not intended to imply endorsement, sponsorship, or affiliation. Edited in accordance with University of Phoenix® editorial standards and practices. Course Description This course begins a demonstration and examination of various concepts of algebra. It assists in building skills for performing specific mathematical operations and problem solving. These concepts and skills serve as a foundation for subsequent quantitative business coursework. Applications to real-world problems are emphasized throughout the course. This course is the first half of the college mathematics sequence, which is completed in MTH 209: College Mathematics II. Course Topics & Objectives Week One: Fundamentals of Expressions • Identify real and variable elements. • Classify real numbers. • Solve problems containing fractions. • Evaluate expressions. • Apply mathematical laws and order of operations principles to solve math problems. • Create expressions using real-world applications...
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...I am in my second year of teaching. I teach mainly 9th graders, but because I am the Special Education teacher in the co-teaching environment, the general education teacher is in charge of teaching the content information. It is important for me to understand assessments and what assessments are best for my students, so I believe this class is going to suit me well. When I think back of my school days, I can think about the teachers that would issue review packets. I think this is a great way to make sure the students are up on the material being taught and feel confident in that material. It is important that not only do they get the review packet, but you provide an answer key, with answers ONLY! This helps insure that the students are not doing the work incorrectly. When my son was a freshman he took Algebra 2/Trig. This class runs at a very fast pass, as they need to complete all of the Algebra 2 content before Christmas break. With that said, the teacher does not have time to go over homework like the one she would if she was teaching a normal Algebra 2 class. I have found on several occasions that my son had competed the homework...
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...Describe your personal view on algebra being a requirement for your degree program. How do you feel about being forced to take math? My personal view on algebra is that it has never been one of my favorite subjects because I could never catch on to it because all of the letters that are mixed into it makes me confused. I don’t feel that I am being forced to take algebra, but when I found out that it was one of the subjects that are required in my degree program, I was a little hesitant to start school. I made my mind up to come back and face my fear of this subject because I felt that if I could overcome the loss of my grandmother, then I could succeed in algebra. Mathematics is part of the liberal arts curriculum, as well as the curriculum for any STEM field. Describe what you think of when you hear the phrase “liberal arts.” What about “STEM?”...
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...concepts more fully and more deftly than at present. So will the citizens and policy leaders who deal with the public interest in positions of civic leadership. Sound education in mathematics across the population is a national interest. Mathematics literacy is a serious problem in the United States. According to Philips (2007), 78% of adults cannot explain how to compute the interest paid on a loan, 71% cannot calculate miles per gallon on a trip, and 58% cannot calculate a 10% tip for a lunch bill. Further, it is clear from the research that a broad range of students and adults also have difficulties with fractions (e.g., Hecht, Vagi, & Torgeson, 2007; Mazzocco & Devlin, in press), a foundational skill essential to success in algebra. The recent National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP, “the Nation’s Report Card”)shows that 27% of eighth-graders could not correctly shade 1/3 of a rectangle and 45% could not solve a word problem that required dividing fractions (U.S. Department of Education, 2004). Labor economists Richard J. Murnane and Frank Levy have spoken to the vital importance of mathematical skill(Murnane & Levy, 1996): Close to half of all seventeen year olds cannot read or do math at the level needed to get a job at a modern automobile plant. Barring some other special knowledge or talent that would allow them to earn a living as, say, a plumber or artist, they lack the skills to earn a middle-class paycheck in today’s...
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...rates are still low (Stetser, 2014). Many studies have been conducted to identify the factors that contribute to the high school dropout rate. One of the factors that has been identified is the success or lack of success in Algebra 1. Some educational professionals have proposed that an earlier exposure to Algebra 1 in middle school could assist students with being more successful in high school. Thus those students would have a greater chance of graduating with their cohort and possibly even being accepted into a post-secondary school. This action research project studied the correlation between the use of graphic organizers and concept...
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... |Axia College/College of Natural Sciences | | |MAT/116 Version 7 | | |Algebra 1A | Copyright © 2010, 2009, 2007, 2006 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. Course Description This course introduces basic algebra concepts and assists in building skills for performing specific mathematical operations and problem solving. Students solve equations, evaluate algebraic expressions, solve and graph linear equations and linear inequalities, graph lines, and solve systems of linear equations and linear inequalities. These concepts and skills serve as a foundation for subsequent coursework. Applications to real-world problems are integrated throughout the course. This course is the first half of the college algebra sequence, which is completed in Algebra 1B. Policies Faculty and students/learners will be held responsible for understanding and adhering to all policies contained within the following two documents: • University policies: You must be logged into the student website to view this document. • Instructor policies: This document is posted in the Course Materials forum. University policies...
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...Real World Quadratic Functions Christine Sandoval MAT222: Intermediate Algebra (ACR1438C) Instructor: Yvette Gonzalez-Smith October 10, 2014 Real World Quadratic Functions In some types of business being able to solve real world quadratic functions are very important. When we think about the quadratic curves I would point to curves known as the circle, ellipse, hyperbola and parabola (Dugopolski, 2012). I at first thought this was something that came about during my time but these actual quadratic curves came about during the ancient Greek times but they now have more real world applicability than one would think. Quadratic equations described the orbits where the planets moved round the Sun but also furthered advances in astronomy (Budd & Sangwin, 2004). A long time ago Galileo found some type of link between quadratic equations and acceleration (2004). I would believe that being able to solve real world quadratic problems are important in business because we should be able to show a return on investment or profit. We need to be able to analyze the accounts payable and receivable to determine how the business looks. Quadratic functions are not only used in business they are used in science and engineering just to name a couple of areas. Our task today is not only to show how important it is to understand quadratic functions but also to explain how important they are in business. When we think about quadratic functions we may think about the u-shape of the parabola...
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...Jasmine Petersen Dr. Abdeljabbar MAT 1111 April 23, 2014 Algebra is one of the most important subjects someone can learn. It is a subject that transfers into daily life. A lot of people do not realize that they are using algebra. Algebra can be anything from calculating the amount of money you’ve spent on your grocery shopping, designing structural plans for a building, and keeping track of the calories you have in your diet. Our professor told us that in every subject, we use math. My major is chemistry and mathematics is used widely in chemistry as well as all other sciences. Mathematical calculations are absolutely necessary to explore important concepts in chemistry. You’ll need to convert things from one unit to another. For example, you need to convert 12 inches to feet. Also, we use simple arithmetic to balance equations. A lot of things I’ve had learned from this course and one of them was that we use Math for everyday life. I’ve also learned many ways how to solve equations such as linear, quadratic, exponential, and logarithmic equations. All the material that we did learn was all easy to learn and understand. I believe that the instructor did a good job explaining on how to solve problems. If my friend was asking me how to determine the differences between the equation of the ellipse and the equation of the hyperbola, I would first give he or she the definition of the two words ellipse and hyperbola. An ellipse is a set of all points in a plane such that the sum...
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