Wednesday, December 24, 2008

(12) DUE: Tuesday, January 13

  • Do 4.4 (8, 9B, 10, 11C, 11D, 12, 13, 14, 15)

(11) DUE: Monday, January 12

  • Read 4.4
  • Do 4.4 (1, 3, 4, 7, 8). Draw.

(10) DUE: Friday, January 9

  • Do: 4.3 (13, 16, 19). Draw!

(9) DUE: Thursday, January 8

  • Read 4.3
  • Do: 1, 2, 3, 7, and 8. Draw!

(8) DUE: Wednesday, January 7

  • Read and underline Network packet
  • Jesus network
  • Candidate network
  • Disgital Trails
  • Quitting Smoking
  • NSA's Math Problem

Saturday, December 13, 2008

(7) DUE: Tuesday, January 6

  • Scheduling Quiz
  • Hand in:
  • Thank you for copier for Donors Choose: five sentence minimum
  • "Critical Maths" from NUMB3RS
  • College Application portfolio page

(Note: SAT test has been rescheduled to Tuesday, January 20. All SAT questions after December 19 will be included in Term 3.)

(6) DUE: Friday, December 19

  • Scheduling & Critical path quiz
  • Portfolio page using your college application list
  • Show table, graph, critical path, EST and LST

(5) DUE: Thursday, December 18

  • Do 4.2: 9 and 10

(4) DUE: Wednesday, December 17

  • Read 4.2
  • Do: 1 and check in the back of the book
  • Do: 2, 4, and 5

(3) DUE: Tuesday, December 16

Put in at table:
  • List of at least 10 tasks necessary to apply to college.
  • List the time each takes
  • List the immediate prerequisite task.
These will be used for s graph and to calculate the critical path.

Saturday, December 6, 2008

(2) DUE: Monday, December 15

  • Read 4.1
  • Do: 2 (look at answer in back to make sure you are doing it right)
  • Do: 4 and 7
Please be prompt on Monday since Dan Doherty from Shawmut construction will be our guest, talking about shceduling in the real estate development business

(1) DUE: Friday, December 12

  • Go to Wikipedia. Go to these pages and write down interesting facts that you find and YOU understand.
    • Graph theory (only need to look at beginning of article)
    • Six Degrees of Separation
    • Kevin Bacon game (found on Six Degrees page)
    • Facebook (also found on Six Degrees page)
      • If you are on Facebook, please try to use the application that Wikipedia cites that will calculate the degrees of separation between you and anyone else. (Since I am not on Facebook, I can't do it, but am really curious if it works.)
      • How many degrees of separation are you from Barak Obama? Anyone else famous?
    • Social Network
  • Be prepared to come and tell us what you found.

(22) Due: Thursday, December 11

  • Chapter 3 Matrices test
  • Chapter 3 portfolio with added transposition sheet.
    • Turn in BEFORE test. After test is late, subject to syllabus rules.

(21) DUE: Wednesday, December 10

  • Graph a star on graph paper -- obviously.
  • Transpose if over the x-axis using matrices. Show new matrix. Draw on the same graph.
  • Transpose it over the y-axis using matrices. Show new matrix. Draw on the same graph.
  • Graph the initial star again.
  • Transpose it 45 degrees counterclockwise. Show new matrix. (Round to tenths.) Draw on this second graph.

(20) DUE: Tuesday, December 9

  • Do problems on handout
    • 15 about plant nursery store sales
    • 8 about windows and doors
  • This will prepare you for the matrix test on Thursday.

Sunday, November 23, 2008

(19) DUE: Monday, December 8

  • Leslie Matrix Quiz

  • 3.5: do 6 and 7.
    • Can be used with quiz.
    • Points added to quiz for these problems if correct and show all work (write out matrices)

(18) DUE: Friday, December 5

  • 3.5: Do problems 3 and 4

(17) DUE: Thursday, December 4

  • Read 3.5 (pg. 154 - 155)
  • Do: problem 1

(16) DUE: Wednesday, December 3

  • 3.4: Do problems 2 & 3 (Deer)

(15) DUE: Tuesday, December 2

  • Read 3.4 (page 149 - 151)
  • Do problems 1 and 4

(14) DUE: Wednesday, November 26

  • Geometric Transformation page for PORTFOLIO
    • Reflect over y-axis
    • Reflect over x-axis
    • Identity
    • Inverse
    • Rotate counterclockwise by 90 degrees

Saturday, November 15, 2008

(13) DUE: Tuesday, November 25

  • Decode the message in the book
  • Write your own message with its own keyword for PORTFOLIO
    • Give message and its matrix
    • Give keyword and its matrix
    • Show how to scramble the message and its matrix
    • Show how to un-scramble the message
  • NEAT!
  • Complete Chapter Review: #6 and #10

(12) DUE: Monday, November 24

  • Read Chapter 3 Extension on Keyword matrices (page 159 - 160)

(11) DUE; Friday, November 21

  • Matrix test
  • Portfolio Pages
    • 3 definition pages
    • 2 example pages
    • 1 GOOD original problem
  • Equals 6 pages!

(10) DUE: Thursday, November 16

  • Review questions (page 162 - 164)
    • Do: 3, 11, 8, 9
    • SHOW your work.
    • Check your answers in the back. If wrong, go back and redo.

(10) DUE: Wednesday, November 19

  • Linda Sue
    • Completely. Neatly.
    • Homework Quiz grade!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(8) DUE: Tuesday, November 18

  • 3.3 - #3
  • Portfolio pages
    • 3 definitions pages
    • Don't do inverses or identity examples until tomorrow

Sunday, November 2, 2008

(7) DUE: Monday, November 17

  • 3.3 - #9 and #11
    • Note the point matrix needs to be transposed to a 4 x 2 matrix!

(6) DUE: Friday, November 14

  • Do: 3.3 (11 on page 147)

(5) DUE: Thursday, November 13

  • Read 139 - 141
  • Finish Manufacturing toys (Kangaroos)

(4) DUE: Wednesday, November 12

  • Read 132 - 134
  • Do: 3.2 (6, 10, 12)

(3) DUE: Monday, November 10

  • Read 129 - 134
  • Do: 3.2 (2, 3, 4, 8, 9)

(2) DUE: Friday, November 7

  • DO: 3.1 (6, 9, 11, 13, 17)

(1) DUE: Thursday, November 6

  • Chapter 3: Read 120 - 122

(29) DUE: Wednesday, November 5

  • Respond to Five Questions about American this Election May Answer.
    • It need not be typed, but must be neat.

Saturday, October 25, 2008

(28) DUE: Tuesday, November 4

  • Write up your simulation of McCain vs. Obama using your pollsters percentages.
    • Pollsters percentages and date of poll.
    • Simulate polling 100 voters 100 times.
    • Make histogram of your 100 results.
    • Calculate mean and standard deviation of your 100 trials of percentage wins by McCain and by Obama.
    • Conclusion
Let's see who gets closest!

(27) DUE: Monday, November 3

  • Complete pollster graph through November 2nd
  • Make sure you have the most recent poll.
  • Complete swing state sheet and have the three most recent polls.

  • Extra credit: Watch NUMB3RS on Channel 7 10 - 11PM on Friday night.
    • One sentence on the plot.
    • Write about the mathematics used.

(9) DUE: Friday, October 31

  • Sequence, Fractal, and Chaos test
    • Includes arithmetic, geometric, Fibonacci, and imaginary sequences
    • Includes explicit, recursive, and iterative functions
    • Includes sequence and iteration notation

(8) DUE: Wednesday, October 30

  • Complete Sierpinski Triangle made from pascal's Triangle

Sunday, October 19, 2008

(7) DUE: Wednesday, October 29

  • Watch NOVA on Channel 2 at 8 - 9 pm
  • Take notes!

(6) DUE: Tuesday, October 28

  • Play Chaos Game at http://math.bu.edu/DYSYS

(5) DUE: Monday, October 27

  • Bring in status of your swing state (at least three polls)
  • Add data to your pollster graph
  • Fill in more information about your pollster
  • Final report on your pollster and data through election day is due November 5!
  • Students without signed field trip slip will not be going to BU, but will stay in class and due sheet work!

(4) DUE: Friday, October 24

  • Complete sheets (5) and (6)

(3) DUE: Thursday, October 23

  • Sequence Sheets (3) and (4)

(2) DUE: Wednesday, October 22

  • Arithmetic sequences: recursive and explicit
    • Complete sheets (1) and (2)

(1) DUE: Tuesday, October 21

  • Sequence Sheet handed out in class
  • Signed permission to go on BU field trip

(26) DUE: Monday, October 20

  • SAT Questions Test
    • Study the SAT questions that we have done in class
    • 36 will be on the test

(25) DEU: Friday, October 17

  • Read Gallup article on the 20 questions a journalist should ask about a poll
  • Highlight key thoughts
  • Be prepared to present on Friday.

(24) DUE: Thursday, October 16

  • Watch presidential debate
  • Divide paper into 4 quadrants
    • Titles
      • Obama: what you liked and what you did not like that he said
      • McCain: what you liked and what you did not like that he said

(23) DUE: Wednesday, October 15

  • Normal and polling test
    • Empirical/simulation: table, x-bar and s
    • Theoretical: trees, table, and mu and sigma
    • Article on normal distributions
    • Articles on polling

Sunday, October 5, 2008

(22) DUE: Tuesday, October 14

  • Pollster and Poll Project
    • Type up information on pollster sheet
      • Who is this pollster?
      • What question did they ask?
      • What else do they ask in polls?
      • How large a sample size?
      • Margin of error?
      • Anything else.
    • Make a very neat graph of your data. Show:
      • Important events
      • McCain, Obama, Other
      • 50% line
      • Margin of error as shaded area
Heads Up: Normal TEST on Wednesday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(21) DUE: Friday, October 10

  • Read the article Precisely Wrong vs. Approximately Right
  • Answer the questions on the reverse side.
  • This will take you about 45 minutes. Take the time. This is good stuff.

(20) DUE: Thursday, Octrober 9

  • Read and underline the most important items in the 8-page article 20 Questions a Journalist should ask about polls.
    • What does it say about margin of error?
    • What does it say about polling methods and their efficacy?
    • A sample is ONLY reasonable if the respondents are picked by the _________ .

(19) DUE: Wednesday, October 8

  • Listen to the Presidential debate tonight.
  • Write down three statements that you support from McCain and from Obama
  • Write down three statements that you don't support from McCain and from Obama
  • Womever you supported before the debate, your opinion of their being a better president has:
    • Increased
    • Decreased
    • Stayed the same

Sunday, September 28, 2008

(17) DUE: Monday, October 6

  • Make a tree diagram for flipping a coin 4 times.
    • Score 1 point for each head.
    • Calculate the mean (x-bar) and standard deviation.
  • Find three sites that give polls for your undecided state.
    • Keep track of when they unanimously announce that a winner is predicted
    • When this happens, cut/glue/mark the state and its electoral votes on our class chart
  • Collect more information about your pollster and its polls. Be prepared to plot your polls on Thursday or earlier.

(16) DUE: Friday, October 3

  • Write up what you have learned about:
    • Empirical vs. Theoretical data
    • Simulations vs. Tree diagrams
    • Normal distribution and how it relates to 2-dice sums

(15) DUE: Thursday, October 2

  • Read Normal Distribution and Standard Deviation Facts (2 pages).
    • LEARN!
  • On your histogram for 100 datapoints, mark x-bar, x-bar + or - 1s, x-bar + or - 2s, and x-bar + or - 3s.
  • Calculate percentage within 1s, 2s, and 3 s

(14) DUE: Wednesday, October 1

  • Complete 100 datapoints.
  • Make a histogram of the data.
    • x-axis: possible outcomes (2 - 12)
    • y-axis: frequency (fill one box per datapoint)
  • Make table
    • 1st row: Possible outcomes (2 - 12)
    • 2nd row: Frequency (counts)
    • 3rd row: percentage of total number of datapoints (round to tenths)
  • NEAT. Colorful.

Sunday, September 21, 2008

(12) DUE: Monday, September 29

  • Dollars for Education Investigation
    • You may work with others, subject to the rules on Academic Honesty
    • COMPARE and CONTRAST the Eastern and Western states. Don't just list statistics.
    • Hand in:
      • Cover problem
      • Typed report
      • Dataset sheet
      • Back-to-back stemplot
      • Signed Academic Honesty
    • Make sure your compare Massachusetts to both the Eastern and Western states
    • Are you proud/happy that you live in MA re: support of public education?

(11) DUE: Friday, September 26

  • Histogram, Boxplot, and Stemplot TEST
    • Prepare ONE 5 X 7 notecard with any thing you want on it to help you on the test.
      • You may want TI-83 calculator steps

(10) DUE: Thursday, September 25

  • Do problem (4) SAT
  • Write up notes on histograms, boxplots, and stemplots
    • Explain CUSS for each

(9) DUE: Wednesday, September 24

  • Do problem (3) TV Age with histogram and stemplot

(8) DUE: Tuesday, September 23

  • Do problem (1) Fitness, and (2) Babe Ruth on histograms and stemplots

(7) Due: Monday, September 22

  • Choose:
    • Watch NUMB3RS @ 10 pm Friday night on channel 4
      • Write a one line synopsis of the story
      • Write a paragraph about the math
    • Go online and find an election poll taken within one week.
      • 6Ws and your opinion

(6) DUE: Friday, September 19

  • CUSS data on money in pocket from class
    • Center
    • Unusual
    • Spread
    • Shape

(5) Due: Thursday, September 18

  • Graph time to school in a back-toback stemplot with the sides being:
    • Public transportation
    • Car

(4) DUE: Wednesday, September 17

  • Graph histogram and boxplot for class data on STAT paper handed out in class:
    • Number of siblings
    • time to schoool
    • Shoe Size

Saturday, September 6, 2008

(3) DUE: Tuesday, September 23

  • Polling experiment
    • Put 20 objects (all the same size) in a bag: 11 of one color and 9 or another color. (Paper will do, but game pieces, buttons, Fruit Loops, etc. might be better. Just make sure that you can't tell them apart when they are in the bag.)
    • Pick 10 out, one at a time and replacing after each pick.
    • Record the percentage of the MAJORITY (the one with the 12) color.
      • Example: You have 12 red and 8 white. You pick 3 red and 7 white. Answer: 30%.
    • Bring your data to school so we can analyze it.

(2) Due: Monday, September 22

  • Find your own article in a newspaper or online
    • If you look online, possible keywords: election, polls, voting
  • Paste it to a sheet of paper
  • List and explain the 6 Ws
    • Who did they survey?
    • What did they ask them?
    • When was the survey done?
    • Where were the people who were surveyed from?
    • Why (the motive) was the survey done?
    • How was the survey taken?

(1) DUE: September 12

  • Read your statistics survey article. Write a brief summary (2 - 3 sentences) that your table partner can read and know what the article said.

Monday, August 18, 2008

(5) Due: Thursday, September 11

  • Complete the distance algorithm for the Billiards Portfolio.
  • Billiards test, including:
    • Procedures of our class
    • Understanding of what is Discrete Math
    • Billiards problem
  • Billiards Portfolio
    • Complete. Neat. Useful.
    • Make sure your billiards tables diagrams and the table of findings is attached. Answers are not good enough.
    • Must be handed in before test. See syllabus.
    • Easiest 100!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(4) DUE: Wednesday, September 10

  • Complete your work on the number of bounces in the billiards problem
    • Find the algorithm.
    • Write it up on the Billiards portfolio sheet

(3) DUE: Tuesday, September 9

  • Work on Billiards problem.
    • Systematically, select table sizes.
    • Mark start (S) and finish (F).
    • Keep a table of results including: ending packet, distance traveled, and number of hits
    • Look for patterns
    • Your group is counting on you to find patterns and ask questions
    • DISCOVER THE ALGORITHM FOR DETERMINE WHICH POCKET THE BALL WILL LAND.
      • Write up your answer on the portfolio sheet.
      • Explain how you can prove this is true!
  • (Don't fall behind. There are three parts to this investigation and then a test on it on Thursday. You need to have done these assignments to do the test.)

(2) DUE: Monday, September 8

  • Multiple Intelligence: complete including bar graph

  • Game of 21
    • Play many times. Perfect your strategy to win.
    • Complete the questions. Neatly!
    • Be prepared to present in class.

(1) DUE: Friday, September 5

  • Paper Work
    • Complete the Student Survey.
    • Read and sign the Syllabus. Cut off the bottom of the back side. Put the rest of the syllabus in your binder.
    • Complete the book slip.
  • Supplies
    • Pad of 4 x 4 graph paper ($1.00 from Ms. Hessney)
    • 1" 3-ring binder
    • Pencil with eraser
    • Graphing Calculator
  • Wolves & Sheep
    • Complete solving Wolves & Sheep.
    • Answer questions - NEATLY.
    • Be prepared to present to the class on Friday.

Saturday, May 10, 2008

(14) Friday, May 23

  • Group report on MONDAY - FRIDAY to Marlene, Elina, and Hong
    • Describe assignment
    • Conclusion
    • Back up explanation
      • Calls answered
      • Difference of Time/call and Duration/call
      • Percentage busy
      • Time waiting/call
      • Revenue, fixed expenses, profit, profit per partner
    • Recommendation
    • Further options to simulate
    • Back up data

(13) DUE: Tuesday, May 20

  • Test on Torn Shirts for Monday simulation.
    • Open book and notes.

(12) DUE: Monday, May 19

  • #12 - 18 (pg. 112 - 113) Two lines without call waiting with Summary Table
  • Two lines with call waiting with Summary Table

  • Completed 4 scenarios with 4 summary tables (one line, one line with call waiting, two lines, two lines with call waiting

Saturday, May 3, 2008

(11) DUE: Friday, May 16

  • #4 - 11 (pg. 112)
  • Summary One Line with Call Waiting MONDAY

  • #12 - 14 (pg. 112 - 113)
  • Summary Two Lines without Call Waiting MONDAY

(10) DUE: Thursday, may 15

  • Summary of One Line (using # 1 - 25)
  • #1 - 3 (pg. 112)
  • Summary of One Line MONDAY

(9) DUE: Wednesday, may 14

  • #17 - 25 (pg. 109 - 110)

(8) DUE: Tuesday, May 13

  • #9 - 16 (pg. 108 - 109)

(7) Due: Monday, May 12

  • Torn Shirts: 1 - 8 (pg 108)

(6) Friday, May 9

  • Activity 9: Torn Shirts (1 - 16)

Saturday, April 12, 2008

(5) DUE: Tuesday, May 6

QUEUING THEORY PROJECT

Simulation Test.
    • Go over the study guide questions.

(4) DUE: Friday, May 2

  • Salvage Value (pg. 98)
    • use you table number times 2 for the order number.
    • Example: Table 2 orders 4 dozen, etc.

(3) DUE: Thursday, May 1

  • Complete 2 simulations for Activity 8 Hot Dog at Frankfurter High

(2) DUE: Wednesday, April 30

  • Activity 8: Hot Dog Sales at Frankfurter High (1 - 11)

(1) DUE: Tuesday, April 29

Simulations
  • Extension 1: What are the Possibilities? (pg. 97)
  • Complete theoretical probability distribution for rolling ONE die 1 time
  • Complete empirical distribution of rolling ONE die 1, 5, 10, 20, 50 times.
    • Use random number generator (MATH - PROB - RandInt(1, 6, 1))
    • Calculate average roll

  • SUMMARY OF QUEUE PROJECT -- so I can give you suggestions

(7) Due: Tuesday, May 6

QUEUING THEORY PROJECT

(6) DUE: Tuesday April 29

QUEUING THEORY Project
  • Summary of what your project. Be as specific as you can be. I will comment on it to help you be successful.

Tuesday, April 8, 2008

(5) DUE: Thursday, April 17

  • Finish "Book Check Out" (page 81)
  • Start "Queue at the WC" (page 81)
    • To be completed in class on Thursday and handed in on Thursday

(4) DUE: Wednesday, April 16

  • Finish Activity 7 : Arm & Leg Ticket Sales
  • Read LL Bean case student (page 81)

(3) DUE: Tuesday, April 15

  • Activity 7 (1 - 11)

(2) DUE: Monday, April 14

  • LP Interview Project

(1) DUE: Thursday, April 10

  • Read FOUR Queuing articles.
  • Write one summary statement about each.
  • Write one statement about the math in the situation.

Sunday, March 30, 2008

(17) DUE: Monday, April 14

  • LP Interview project. typed.

(16) DUE: Friday - Tuesday, April 6 - 10

  • LP presentation with overhead, TI-83, and poster

(15) DUE: Friday, April 4

  • Hand in LP explanation of problem, LP sheet, and extension.
  • Stapled together with cover sheet on top.

(14) DUE: Thursday, April 3

Activity 6: Jurassic Oil.
  • answer the questions
  • Do a LP sheet
  • Neat.

(13) DUE: Tuesday, April 1

  • Decided if you are going to work independently or with a partner or two on the

DESIGN YOUR OWN LINEAR PROGRAMMING PROBLEM

  • Come in on Tuesday with your answer and hand it in.

Sunday, March 16, 2008

(12) DUE: Monday, March 31

  • Write up neatly and completely:
    • Nurses' schedule (pg. 59)
  • Linear Programming Test
    • If you do better than last linear programming test, I will knock off that grade.

(11) DUE: Friday, March 28

  • Worker Scheduling Project (pg. 60)
    • Write up neatly and completely.

(10) DUE: Thursday, March 27

  • Pizza Pi Extensions:
    • #1: Wages
    • #2: Workers
    • #3: Supervision

  • Write up neatly and completely.

(9) DUE: March 26

  • Pizza Pi + #17 (pg. 57)
    • Use LP outline. Add question 16 from page 57. This is the reflection on the answer.
    • Everyone does the LP page.
    • Prepare an overhead for presentation tomorrow.

Sunday, March 9, 2008

(8) DUE: Tuesday, March 25

  • Art Posters (pg. 47).
    • Everyone does the problem on LP paper.
    • Prepare one overhead per group. Be prepared to present.
  • Project 1 (pg. 48): Application of Trim-Loss Concept

(6) Monday, March 24

  • Activity 4 "Cutting Time" (pg. 43 - 46)
    • Answer questions #1 - 21, but write answer on a Linear Programming (LP) sheet.

(6) DUE: Thursday, March 20

  • Linear Programming Test
    • Can you follow and fill in linear programming outline?
    • Can you graph the constraints.
    • Can you determine the feasible corner points?
    • Can you find the optimal solution?
    • Can you REFLECT on the optimal solution? Why does it make sense?
Is there anything to memorize? NO!
If you can't do any of these steps, come in after school. It's in your hands.

(5) DUE: Tuesday, March 18

  • Do "Not Whole Plywood" problem.
    • NEATLY.
    • Quiz grade.
    • No lates, since we will go over it in class.

Saturday, March 8, 2008

(3) DUE: Thursday, March 13

  • Extension 2.
    • Use the sheet outline.

(2) DUE: Wednesday, March 12

  • Read and complete: pages 29 - 31 (#1 - 22)

(1) DUE: Tuesday, March 11

  • Find operations research case study. Prepare a very, brief presentation.
    • Maybe underline and write a few notes.
    • Be prepared to present any day in the next four weeks.

Sunday, March 2, 2008

(5) DUE: Monday, March 10

  • College Analysis
    • Typed.
    • Use Equation Editor.
    • Neat. concise. Correct spelling & grammar.
    • Make sure you explain one revision that you made and the resulting ordering.
    • Attach slip to upper left corner.

Sunday, February 3, 2008

(4) DUE: Thursday, March 6

  • Draft of college analysis through multiplication of matrices and results.
  • Follow the outline used for cars.
  • We will go over these in class on Friday so you can writ up your final analysis for Monday.

(3) DUE: Wednesday, March 5th

  • CAR analysis
    • Follow outline used in class.
    • Neat, but not typed.
    • Show matrices function ([A][B] = [C], etc.)
    • If you change the inputs or the weights, explain.
    • Give your conclusion succinctly.

(2) DUE: Tuesday, March 4th

  • MATRIX RESEARCH PAPER DUE.
    • See blog (14) for March 4th.
  • Select 3 cars that are available for sale.
    • Determine 4 criteria/measures:
      • Price + one other numerical measure
      • 2 categorical measures
    • Make a table like page 138 with the measures as rows and the cars as columns

(1) DUE: Monday, March 3rd

  • Read 127 - 129 in Will this Line Ever Move?

  • Write a list of colleges that you have applied
  • Write a list of variables that are important to YOU in determining how you evaluate colleges

(15) DUE: Friday, February 29

  • Newspaper article: Dr. Strangelove & Game Theory"
  • Audience: O'Bryant newspaper
  • Show evidence that you understand prisoner's dilemma and know how it was used in Dr. Strangelove.
  • Cite specific quotes, scenes from the movie.

(14) DUE: Tuesday, March 4

  • Research paper.
    • Check the rubric. make sure you have everything you need.
    • Compare to the Contra Dance example to make sure you did not leave anything out. Obviously, all research papers will be different not only in content, but also topics discussed.
    • Does it have what is needed for your audience -- someone who knows how to multiple matrices (rows by columns and marking band), but nothing else about matrices.
    • Spell check.
    • Use TABLES and Equation Editor (from OBJECTS) where needed. If you cannot get them to work, ask for help and/or do them by hand -- neatly.
    • Presentation is important. Neat. Clear. Complete. Well organized.

Expect that someone more than me will see these. Maybe your English teacher, Mr. Stembridge, or someone at 26 Court. (I may have to give lessons in multiplying matrices!)

Go for it!

(13) DUE: Thursday, February 14

  • Go on the internet: Find out about Prisoner's Dilemma
    • What is it?
    • How is it represented in matrices?
    • Real world applications
  • Write up to hand in. Just has to be readable. Not beautiful.

(12) DUE: Wednesday, February 13

  • IRS: Pay your taxes or not? Risk an audit?
  • * - ? - !. Show all work.

(11) DUE: Tuesday, February

  • 7.5 (3, 4, 8) * - ? - !

Saturday, January 26, 2008

(10) DUE: Monday, February 11

  • Read and understand pages 419 - 426

  • Select research topic. Order them: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, etc. Put your name on it!

(9) DUE: Friday, February 8

  • Read 419 - 421
  • Do: 7.5 (1, 2)

(8) DUE: Thursday, February 7

  • Do: 7.4 (1, 5, 6)

(7) Due: Wednesday, February 6

  • Read 409 - 412
  • Do: 7.4 (2, 3)

(6) DUE: Tuesday, February 5

  • Quiz on Markov Chain

(5) Due: Monday, February 4

  • Do: 7.3 (6, 7, 9, 13)

(4) Due: Friday, February 1

  • Read pages 398 - 401
  • Do: 7.3 (1)

(3) DUE: Thursday, January 31

  • Leslie & Leontief Input-Output Models Quiz

Monday, January 21, 2008

(2) DUE: Wednesday, January 30

  • Do 7.1 (1 - 3, 5). * - ? - !

(1) DUE: Tuesday, January 29

  • Complete linear algebra sheet. DON'T solve any problems without matrices ("by hand").
  • Read page 386.

(15) DUE: Monday, January 28

  • Midterm exam.
    • One page per question.
    • Do all four questions.
    • Use an example for each.
      • For the Recursion and Graph Theory examples, solve the problem

Sunday, January 13, 2008

(14) DUE: Friday, Jan. 25

  • How does the Hill code work and how secure is it?

(13) DUE: Thursday, Jan. 24

  • How does keyword matrices work and how secure is it?

  • Do NUMB3RS activity on straddling checkerboard codes. How does it work and how secure is it?

(12) DUE: Wednesday, Jan. 23

  • Bring in questions for midterm review.
  • Revised Matrices test with complete answers AND explanations of what you did wrong.

(11) DUE: Tuesday, Jan. 22

  • Review portfolios, quizzes, and tests for midterm

(10) DUE: Friday, Jan. 18

  • Matrix test
  • Matrix portfolio, including pages on codes (extension)

Sunday, January 6, 2008

(9) Due: Thursday, January 17

  • Leslie matrix problems

(8) DUE: Wednesday, January 16

  • Chapter review (6, 8, 9, 14-15, 16, 17). * - ? - !

(7) DUE: Tuesday, January 15

  • 3.4 (2 & 3)
  • Read 3.5 (1 - 4)