Wayne+Wilson

The hardest part i'm finding for me with chapter one is when dealing with parentheses. 8 x 12 / 4 (3) + 4 My strategy for these has been to change it to a times. 8 x 12 / 4 x 3 + 4. Then following the order of operations.
 * Week One**

After completing the homework I realized that I need to watch if I'm given Diameter or Radius when working with circles. Also I need to memorize the formulas for finding the surface area of a cylinder and box. Cory: I think it is more important to understand conceptually how surface area is figured rather than memorizing these formulas. For cubes, it is just the surface area of each side. For cylinders, it is the circumference times the height (label area) plus area of the top and bottom, if needed. sA of a cylinder = 2πr² + 2πr sA of a rectangle = 2lw + 2lh + 2wh Also I had a hard time figuring out how to do square roots by hand. I went back and read the sections notes as I missed class that day. I found finding the square of larger numbers easier then smaller numbers.
 * Week Five**


 * Week Eleven**

What can I should I be going over in preparation for the final? I plan on doing the chapter reviews and also going over the chapter tests that we took in class. Also I seemed to have struggled with calculating original sales prices when you have the discount price and percent off. I think you said that I didn't need to know this for the final but can't remember. Cory: No, that won't be there. I would suggest that the chapter reviews and tests are enough, especially from chap. 5 on. The final review we do in class will be the best because I will have seen the final by then.


 * Week 15?**

Just to thank you for your help this semester Cory. I feel much more confident in my math skills and know what I need to work on. Which is exactly what I wanted to get out of this semester. I plan on taking math 1010 next. Cory: Awesome! You'll do fine.