Applied Mathematics Upgrades
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Unit A -- Getting To Know Your Calculator

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C.O.R.D.® Objectives   
  
1.  Enter numbers, fractions, and decimals into a calculator and read the
   output displayed by a calculator.
   2.  Use the parentheses keys on a calculator.
   3.  Add, subtract, multiply and divide fractions on a calculator.
   4.  Add, subtract, multiply and divide fractions on a calculator.
   5.  Add, subtract, multiply and divide fractions on a  calculator.

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Author's Note:  At my high school, students with gaps in their math skills were routed into Applied Math classes.  When I saw that my students had a lack of number sense,  I asked the following additional objectives.  I trust these activities will help your students learn.  Samuel Eugene Smith

 

Additional Objectives -- Use no calculator.
   6.  Operations on fractions, decimals, and percents.
   7.  Change fractions to percents.
   8.  Calculate the percent of a number.

 
   

6.  Operations on fractions, decimals, and percents.

 

Review of Fraction Operations, 1 ............................................................. 1*
Review of Fraction Operations, 2 ............................................................. 2*
"Why Should A Man ... Wear A Plaid Shirt?"  .................................... 3*
SHAQ #1 Short Answer Questions #1 ................................................... 3

"What Object Can Go Around the House...?" ....................................... 4

 
   

7.  Change fractions to percent.

 

Grab Bag!  A Whole-Class Activity ................................................... 5 - 6*
"What is the Motto of Tom & Ray, ...?" .................................................. 7*
Captain's Choice  A Small-Group Game ................................................ 8

 
 
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8.  Calculate the percent of a number.

 

Sort It Out! -- A Whole-class Activity .............................................. 9 - 13

"In 1868 the Element Helium Was...." .................................................. 14

"Where's Waldo?  Waldo Semon, the Inventor of Vinyl...." ............. 15

"This Animal Product Sells For Up To $15 Per Pound...." ............... 15

 
   

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