Welcome to Applied Math

with Mrs. McNelis

* Please find your seat (name on card)

About Mrs. McNelis* Grew up in Philly and NJ* Went to Virginia Tech (LOVE college football!)

* Enjoy running and sports* Coach XC* Teach AP Stat, Applied Math, Stat & Data Analysis

* Graduated with degree in Math, minors in Spanish and Statistics

* 8th year with CB

About Applied Math…* “Real World” or “Business” math

* Prepare you for the kind of math that you will do in your everyday lives

* “When will I ever use this stuff??” EVERYDAY!

* Need this to graduate?

* Income* Checking and Savings Accounts

What will we be learning about?

* Credit Cards* Buying a car* Interest (good & bad)* Taxes* Insurance* Loans and Mortgages

* 3 ring binder (lots of handouts!)* Book (will keep in class)

Materials

* CALCULATOR (scientific, 4 function)

Policies* Expectations* Food* Cell phones* Dress code

* Absences* Lates

Attendance

* Cuts

Homework/Classwork* Amount * Grading* Receiving credit* Late assignments

* Announced/unannounced* Calculators

Tests and quizzes

* Hats/sunglasses

Projects* Amount/type* Grading* Lateness

* Classwork = 70%* Tests/Quizzes/Projects = 30%

Grading

* Borderline grades (79.48%)* Normal grading scale (93% = A, 90% = A-, etc.)

Extra Help• Before school• 4th block

• Thursdays after school

* Final Exam: MC, at end of course* Core assessments (2): in class

Final Exam / Core Assessments

Final Course Grade* MP1 = 40%* MP2 = 40%* Final Exam = 14%* PA 1 = 3%* PA 2 = 3%

Wikispaces* Please write this down!

http://mcnelis.wikispaces.com

• Please get out your laptop from the cart in the back of the room.• Log in to your computer• Go to Mrs. McNelis’ wikispace• Go to the “Applied Math- Rvw” page• Click on the pre-assessment on the page and complete the pre-assessment• The secret word is…..

MATH