Math 421 with Mrs. Spence (pm)

Sunday, May 10, 2009

Max Harris's brain teaser

Mom and Dad have four daughters,
and each daughter has one brother.
How many people are in the family?

Seven. The four daughters have only one brother, making five children, plus mom and dad.

Friday, May 8, 2009

Alyson Campbell's Brain Teaser

A man is wearing black. Black shoes, socks, trousers, coat, glovesand ski mask. He is walking down a back street with all the streetlamps off. A black car is coming towards him with its light off butsomehow manages to stop in time. How did the driver see the man?

Answer:
It happened during the day.

Thursday, May 7, 2009

Homework: 7 May 2009

7 May 2009

Page 261: #1-10, 19 (due 8 May 2009, 12:00)

James Kyte

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Homework: 6 May 2009

6 May 2009

Page 256: #1-11 odd (due May 7 2009, 12:00)

James Kyte

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Homework Assigned (Mrs. Spence)

In class today, we went over how to graph linear equations. We also learned about the difference between continuous and discrete graphs. Mrs. Spence gave us time to fix some of the problems we had done for today. She also assigned more for us to work on.

For tomorrow, we should have completed:
p219 #26 (if you haven't already)
p219 #1-20

[James wasn't in class, so I posted it for him.]

Welcome to Our Class Blog!

How to make a post:
Click on Sign In (top right corner).
Enter the username and password (given in class).
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To View Post:
Right click on View Blog.
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This week's homework blogger:
Your task is to create a post that includes the following information each day - what we did in class, what homework was assigned, and anything exciting that happened. If an assignment or test is scheduled, make sure you include the due date here AND in the class calendar!

To edit the class calendar:
Go to this link. Use the same login info as you did for the blog. Click on the Month tab to see the easiest view. Click on the date you for which you wish to enter an event. Type in the information and click Create Event to finish.

Brain Teaser:
Before the day you are to show your brain teaser to stump the class, enter it into the class blog. Make the title "Brain Teaser for enter date by enter name".

Tips:
If you want to include a hyperlink, select the text or image you wish to link to, click on the chain link icon, copy and paste or type in the url for the site. Right after the site url type a space then target="blank" before you okay the link. This will cause it to open in a new page so you don't lose your blog page!

Cartoon:
Before Friday, March 13 at 3:30pm, you need to find a good math cartoon and post its URL on our class wiki. To do this, click here to get to our wiki. Use the same login info. Then follow the directions on the Cartoons page. Have the cartoon page open so you're ready to copy and paste its URL!