2012 Spring – MAT 1275 – Reitz

The grades for Exam 3 have been posted on the “Grades” page (see the link in the menu bar above).  The exams will be returned to you on Tuesday, April 17th.

One-Time Only Special Offer (Due Tuesday, May 1st).  This optional assignment will allow you to earn back up to half of the points you missed on Exam #3.  The assignment should be completed on paper (handwritten or typed), and must be neat, complete, and stapled together for full credit.  The idea behind this assignment is for you to go back over your exam, figure out what you did wrong, and learn how to complete the problems correctly.

For each problem you missed, include the following items.  Leave a space in between problems (or put each problem on a separate page):

1. The problem number.
2. The number of points you missed on that problem.
3. One or more complete sentences describing specifically what you did wrong (Did you make a calculation error?  Did you make a mistake in a formula?  Did you simply not know the steps required to solve the problem?  Give me the details.)
4. A complete solution to the problem, showing all steps.

Some important things to know:

• If you need help figuring out what you did wrong, or how to do the problems correctly, a great resource is the Learning Center on the ground floor of the Atrium Building (AG-18).  They provide free tutoring during normal school hours.
• The assignment should be completed on paper (handwritten or typed), and must be neat, complete, and stapled together for full credit.
• When you hand in this assignment, you must include your original exam, stapled to the back of the assignment.
• For each problem, you will be awarded bonus points based on your work (up to the number of points you missed on that problem).  Half of the total bonus points awarded will be added to your exam score.

Example:  Suppose you scored 70 on the exam.  You complete the assignment (with one or two minor errors) and earn a total of 26 bonus points.  You will have half of those 26 points added to your exam score, giving you a new score of 70+13 = 83.

My neighborhood is at the Bronx not so far away from Crotona Park. It is really calm and most of the time quiet, the only moment which you can hear people voices is when it is time for kids to get out of school because is surrounded for at least three schools, in front, corner, and one at block away, looking from my house. What I like of my neighborhood is that you can feel free and confident of walking any time you want with no fear of nobody that can harm you, I think is just because in this area are mostly family houses and they look really friendly, also by the schools around is reason why you can notice at any time police surveillance.

My neighborhood is in Ozone Park located in Queens. It is a very calm, nice and quiet neighborhood. What I like about my neighborhood is that everything I need is mostly near by. The A train is one block away from my neighborhood, which makes it easy for me to get to school and work.

The three circles are the three satellite dishes on the roof.

I like the diamond shape pattern.

The lines on the windows are parallel and perpendicular lines.

Telephone number on a sign.

The door is shaped like a parabola.

A picture of a small waterfall pond with fishes inside.

My neighborhood, Cypress hills, is near East New York. I lived here all my life and the thing I like most about it is that its quiet. From one end to the other its completely calm. Even though if you travel to the next block there is chaos. Now this is what leads me to my dislike. That even though my block is quiet and calm, all around me there is chaos. Its like my block is in a little bubble and everything outside isn’t has nice. If you come to my neighborhood you should know its easy to get from the train to my house. So you don’t have to worry to much about being out side the bubble. Its also car convenient. Its has two gas stations at the end of the block. So you’ll never run out of gas.

My Neighborhood is Far Rockaway Which is technically Queens but being that it is so far out many consider it to be its own little island. It is very quiet where I live people stay to themselves so you will rarely see people hanging out. What I love most about my neighborhood is the beach is only 2 blocks away & the casino is less than 5 train stops away which can also be very annoying because of the tourist. A visitor should know nothing is convenient to everything is driving distance and besides the beach there’s nothing else to do.

Picture #1&2: Circles: windows on condo /Tic Tac Toe Board

Picture#3 Pattern : Boardwalk

Picture#4&5  Parallel Perpendicular lines: Slide/Pole

Picture#6 Numbers: Parking Space

Picture#7 Parabola: Basketball Court

Picture#8 Like: The Beach

I like the beach because its calming and a great place to relax & think.

Assignment (due Tuesday, April 17th).  This assignment has two parts — first, take a walk in your neighborhood and take some pictures (the Mathematics Treasure Hunt) .  Then, create a new blog post on the OpenLab about your neighborhood and the pictures you took.  This assignment will count double towards your OpenLab grade.

Part 1:  Mathematics Treasure Hunt.  Take a walk in your neighborhood  and collect photos of ALL of the following items.  If you wish, you can visit another neighborhood to complete this project.  Cell phone cameras are fine.

1. A photo with three circles.  You must tell us what the three circles are.
2. A photo of an interesting repeating pattern (examples of repeating patterns: bricks, fences, tiles). You must explain why you think it is interesting!
3. A photo with parallel and perpendicular lines.
4. A photo of numbers that do NOT represent money, time, or an address.  You must tells us what the numbers represent.
5. A photo of a parabola.  What is the parabola?
6. A photo of something you like.  You must explain what it is, and why you like it.

Part 2: Create a new blog post. Creating a new blog post allows you more flexibility than simply leaving a comment.  You have the ability to edit your work after you submit it, and to include photos and other media.  It also allows you to contribute to the public content of our course website.  Detailed instructions on creating a new blog post can be found here (see “Creating a Post” in the middle of the first page). You should create a new blog post including the following:

1. The title should include “Treasure Hunt”, the name of your neighborhood, and your name.
2. Your post should begin by describing your neighborhood (1 paragraph).  What do you like about it? What don’t you like?  What are two things that a visitor to your neighborhood should know?
3. You should include all 6 of the photos from your Mathematical Treasure Hunt.  For each photo, give a brief explanation (for example “this is picture #1.  The three circles are basketballs at the playground”).  For information on including a photo in your post, see page 10 of the instructions.
4. Under tags, enter “treasure hunt, assignment 7”

Extra Credit.  For extra credit, leave a comment on someone else’s post.  What did you find interesting about it?  Did any of the photos stand out for you? What do you know the neighborhood?  Find something to say!

UPDATES:
The Storage Limit has been INCREASED.  However, there is still a limit (it’s just a bit higher) — with this in mind, if you have the ability to reduce the size of your photos before uploading them, I request that you do so.  Deadline is extended to next Tuesday, 4/24/12
1.  These instructions are “stuck” to the top of this page.  After you create your post, it will appear below this.
2.  Extra credit — see the bottom of these instructions for extra credit.