Grades Have Been Posted

Grades have been posted. Sorry for the delay. Have a great summer and best wishes to you all!

Monday June 21, Session 7

You should have HW #7 already, but it wasn't posted here. I am putting up HW #8, 10, and 11 as well. HW #9 should be added by Wednesday. This will be all we are doing before the final. No more quizzes (except those that have to be made up). You should have enough time between class time and out of class time to complete them all.

I will definitely be late today and possibly as late as 5pm. Please work on the different homework assignments until I arrive. Thanks.

Homework #7

Homework #8
Homework #9
Homework #10
Homework #11

Monday June 14, Session 5

Homework 6

Wednesday June 9, Session 4

Homework 5

Monday June 7, Session 3

Homework 4

1) $280 Video
2) 14 years Video

Wednesday 6/2 Session 2

HW Assignment 3 (Due Monday 6/7/10)

1) $1600 Video
2) $180 Video
3) $22 Video
4) $176 Video
5) 220 more sheep than goats Video
6) 28 workers Video
7) 68 books Video
8) $7/duck and $12/chicken Video
9) $.35 per apple Video
10) 88 Video
11) $36 Video
12) 4 years ago Video

Wednesday 5/26/10 Session 1

HW Assignment 1 (Due Wednesday 5/26/10)
HW Assignment 2 (Due Wednesday 6/2/10)
Remember: No class on Memorial Day 5/31/10. Have a great weekend!

Answers for HW #1:
1) $60 Video
2) $286 Video
3) $150 Video
4) 144 Video
5) 180 Video
6) 168 Video
7) 15 Video
8) $114 Video
9) $22 Video
10) 40 Video
11) 136 Video
12) 11 Video

Answers for HW #2:
1) $5.50 for goldfish Video
2) 12 stamps Video
3) $10.50 altogether Video
4) 6 cows, 8 ducks Video
5) 4 $50 bills and 6 $20 bills Video
6) 12 $5 bills and 8 $20 bills Video
7) 48 more crayons Video
8) $210 Video
9) $3 Video
10) 7 pens Video
11) $1560 Video
12) 1050 pieces of paper Video
13) $1.80 Video
14) 1832 pennies Video
15) 61 stamps Video
16) 14 apples Video
17a) 1760 17B) 120 more boys than girls Video
18) $1800 Video
19) $140 Video
20) 78 stickers Video
21) $6.40 Video
22) $1125 Video
23) 2.45m Video
24) 336 sq. in. Video
25) 200 people Video
26) 25 years older

More to come...

Welcome to NJCU Math 205 Problem Solving

Welcome to the 2010 Summer Session of Math 205 (Problem Solving). I will be using this blog as a means of communicating with you outside of class and posting important resources that you might need.

The goal of this class is two-fold with both aspects being of equal importance.
1) We want to spend time solving problems (individually and cooperatively) that may be typical of what students in elementary, middle and high school might encounter in their mathematics classes. We not only want to learn to arrive a correct answers, but to put ourselves in the students shoes and consider the problems as they might, solving them using the resources that students have available to them.
2) We want to prepare each student in the class to pass the mathematics section of the particular Praxis test that each will be taking.

Because we have only 10 sessions, attendance is critical and in class we will emphasize cooperative work as well as individual performance, so it is essential that students work together in a mutually supportive atmosphere.

Class activities will include:
1) Quizzes (formative assessments) [10%]
2) Group explorations and presentations [10%]
3) Presentation of new material with Q&A [participation 10%]
4) Tests (Mid-Term on 6/14 and Final on 6/28) [10% each]

Outside of class activities will include:
1) Homework (smaller assignments during the week and larger assignments on weekends [50%]