Go over some advantages/disadvantages of having a credit card. Write an essay - "The Pro's and Con's of Owning a Credit Card"

Continued from previous lesson

Continued from previous lesson

We began with the lateral ("Roof") areas of pyramids, using the Elmo and a small model pyramid. We examined the formula for the lateral area, worked a few problems and then went on to the total surface are (Lateral Area plus area of base). We used a ruler to measure our "model" pyramid, computed both areas and then worrked several practice problems.

We worked through several textbook review problems.

We began with a discussion in which we compared the concepts of lateral areas of a prism as opposed to the total surface area of the same prism (e.g., a Kleenex box, a chopped-off hexagonal pencil, etc.) and worked a number of problems in which we computed both areas.

We reviewed the relationship between relations and functions and the worked several problems in which we looked at sets of ordered pairs and graphs of relationships and determined if they were functions.

Using a map scale to determine mileage between cities, for example,the difference between cities is 4 1/16 in. and the map sacle is 11/16 in. - solve the proportion to find the number of miles. Complete exercises.
Find elapsed time - find the number of hours for example - 1:00pm minus 10:15pam is 2 hrs. 45 min. complete exercises.
Explain/give examples for finding equivalent fractions - complete selected exercises.
Explain the Schedule X tax form - for those who earn more than $100,000 a year - go over examples then assign exercises to be completed.

Continued from previous session.

Continue time zones/complete exercises adjusting time based on travel from one part of the country to another.
Go over/give examples of formulas for area (A=LxW) and perimeter (P=2L+2W) for example, to seed a lawn you need to know the square area so that you know how many bags of seed you need (each bag covers 350 sq.ft.) multiply length times width of yard then divide by 350. To find perimeter (for fencing a yard) multiply 2x length and 2x width and add the two.
Explain that weight loss is achieved by burning off more calories than you take in, for example, foods have different calories and you have to burn/use 3500 calories to lose 1 pound. Also, different exercises use more calories than others, such as, 2 hours of swimming will use more calories than brisk walking, etc. Complete exercises
When stores set a selling price for an item, managers consider the cost of the item, costs for employees, store rent, any other overhead, plus the profit they want to make on the item for example, cost $25.04 - overhead 18% - profit 10% = selling price $32.06 - complete selected exercises.
Shopping for a credit card - look on the internet and compare at least 4 different credit cards - name of company, sponsoring organization, annual fee, credit limit, and APR, minimum payment, grace period, and any other types of terms found. Determine the "best" card.