Mr. Lange’s Math Blog

Hi all.

Hope you’re enjoying your summer.

Over the next few weeks I will be getting ready for September by planning all my lessons and getting my online class rolling.

CALCULUS students: Be sure to work on your summer pack and ask me to transfer you into the Calc Math review on ALEKS.

STATS students: Be sure to get moved into stats for ALEKS and work ahead.

Just email me any questions to slange@lausd.net and keep an eye on the SAS blog and my own blog and webpage www.mrlangemath.com

Send me a link to a webpage that explains the “Rational Root Theorem”

Visit  http://www.purplemath.com/modules/rtnlroot2.htm and tell me what the roots of    6x⁴ – 11x³ + 8x² – 33x – 30. are

Math Essentials: Start Practice Final and Work on Alg 1A Test

Geometry: Volume of a cone and pyraimid is 1/3 Base Area * Height Worksheets

Precalc: Work on Practice final Chapter 1/2 Material and ALEKS Ch 8 Test

5 points.  Post comment on blopg with answer or email me at slange@lausd.net

All classes:

What is the Golden Ratio?

What is an example of the golden ratio in real life?

Cite where you got your answer

Math Essentials: ALEKS   Algebra 1A Final Exam

Geometry: 11.1.3 Volume of Pyramids

Precalc: 8.7 Probability

5 POINTS EC… Post comment on my blog or email slange@lausd.net

Math Essentials: Send me a link describing the difference between mean, median and mode

Geometry:  Send me a link about Platonic Solids

Precalculus: Find the probability of being dealt a Royal Flush in Poker.  Explain what it is.

Math Essentials:  ALEKS/ Algebra 1 Final

Geometry 11.1.2 Pyramids  HW 11.1.2 Review and Preview  11.1.1 is Extera Credit

Precalc: ALEKS/Chapter 8 Wrap-UP

Suppose 5 monkeys take 5 minutes to eat 5 bananas.

1.  How many minutes would it take 4 monkeys to eat 4 bananas?

The answer is out there.

MAth Essentials: ALEKS Time/ Algebra 1A Final was given out and is due on the 20th.  Do 9 problems each day

Geometry: Finish Chapter 10 Closure and Take 8 Question Team Test

  Use this weekend to organize and finalize all of your assignments

Precalculus: Chapter 8 Test on ALEKS

Since I missed one earlier in the week

5 points each- Email me your answer or post it as a comment

Extra Credit One:

Use the graphing calculator listed on mrlangemath.com

http://my.hrw.com/math06_07/nsmedia/tools/Graph_Calculator/graphCalc.html

And find the intersection of y=3x-6 and y=-2x+20

Answer (   ,    )

Extra Credit Two:

Provide the name of one famous woman mathematician and what she accomplished.