culturally relevant math 70 question: Jo…
culturally relevant math 70 question:
John Jr. went fishing with his dads skiff, and hired a deckhand. they caught 400 lbs. of kings and sold out for $2/lb. The tribe takes 6% tax. After taxes, John Jr. keeps 40%, and gives his dad and his deckhand each 30%. How much does John Jr. make? How much do his dad and deckhand make?
Matteo Tamburini 4:48 pm on October 5, 2010 Permalink
Awesome
Angela Picard 3:07 pm on October 20, 2010 Permalink
Here is that problem that I was talking to you guys about last week- sorry it took me so long- I have been in and out of office this whole last week.
I usually make this problem a part of my first of second class lecture (either for Math 98 or 99). You could have them answer their questions according to their own plan or use the fictional character below.
Jane Smith has just started school and is a freshman at NWIC. She is thirty four years old, has two young children and hasn’t seen a math problem since she was in high school. However, she is at a point in her life where school is a top priority and she is trying to figure out how to get a transfer degree in two years so that she can transfer to larger University and complete her four year.
To graduate from the Northwest Indian College with a Two-Year Degree a student needs to complete 90 credits. If Jane would like to graduate in two years- How many credits would she need to take per quarter (FALL/WINTER/SPRING)?
Jane, like many students, took a placement test and was placed into Math 98 (or other 99) and would need to take Math 99 as well before enrolling in the college level Math class. These are both 5 credit classes that do not count toward the 90 credits she needs. So, after re-evaluating her credit load she finds she needs to take 100 credits to graduate. Now, how many credits does she need to take per quarter to get done in two years?
Jane has financial aid and wants to know how much money she is putting toward this degree. She believes that knowing how much each class costs will help her stay focused by not wanting to have any of her financial aid go down the drain. If each credit cost $95 each how much will her tuition cost for 100 credits?
(Could also add another part here about how many hours should be spent as study time for each hour in class (two hours of study time per one hour of class)).
matteo tamburini 7:54 am on October 21, 2010 Permalink
Thank you Angela!
John Frey 4:21 pm on October 25, 2010 Permalink
Here is one that I used in Math 98 (chapter 3) last Friday: By 2015, President Crazy Bull wants to increase the number of graduates at Northwest Indian College by 27 students less than twice the number of graduates in 2010. If the difference in the number of graduates between 2015 and 2010 is 24, how many graduates does the president want by 2015? How many were there in 2010?