Consumer Mathematics

Consumer Mathematics is an elective course open to juniors and seniors only. It concentrates on practical applications of mathematics. Some of the topics included in the course are money management, budgeting, car purchases, house purchases, taxes, investments, and insurance. Students should have taken an Algebra course before this course; this should be the student’s last high school math experience.

eCM Moodle

Click here (or to the left on the Moodle icon) and find a record of all of the slides and problems as worked out on our Promethean whiteboard from each day of class, and much more! You will need to have your LRC login and password (and on your first visit, you might need an enrollment key from me).
LHS Scholar email
 Click here (or to the left on the envelope) to navigate to the LHS student email portal, aka VMware Zimbra.
LHS Google domain
 Click here (or to the left on the graph paper) to navigate to the LHS Google Apps domain, aka Google Docs.

Our chapter eleven quiz will occur on Wednesday, February 1.

The last day to submit Q3 make-up work is Friday, March 16th (one week before the end of the quarter.)

Projects & such

The following assignments should be turned in during class on each indicated day:

Day
Assignment
  
#
2/3
 “Spending Spree” Project furnish your place
6
2/14
 “Floor Plan” Project design your space
7

Late work will be penalized 10% for each day that it is overdue.

I will announce extra-credit opportunities in class from time-to-time. In many cases you will also find these posted on our weblog, or noted in the slides from that day's class. Look at each one and consider whether you want to give it a try. Every successful extra-credit submission will replace your lowest homework, classwork, or bellwork score. (Extra-credit work has no effect on projects, or quiz scores.)

 

Make-Up Work

If you are absent for any reason, you should complete the make-up work assigned for the day you missed, from this list:

Day
Lesson
§
 Make-up Work
#
1/23
Home Priorities & Limited Budgets
10-1
10-2
p200: 1-3; p21: 1-4
91
1/24
 Should You Buy on Sale
10-3
 p203: 1-7
92
1/25
 Appliances and more...
10-4
 utility meter worksheet
p205: 1-7, 1-4
93
1/26
 Area and Perimeter (applied!)
10-6
 wallpaper worksheet
p209: 1-5, 1-4
94
1/27
 Buying Paint
10-7
 buying paint worksheet
p211: 1-7
95
1/30
 Simple Telephone Plans, Tiling
10-5
10-8
p207: 1-10; p213: 1-7
96
1/31
 Problem Solving & Quiz Prep
10-9
 p214: 1-5, 1-3; p215: 1-3
97
2/1
 Chapter 10 Quiz
Ch 10
 p217: 1-5, 1-8; p218: 1-6
98
2/2
 A Little More Area, Please
Ch 10
 carpet-tile worksheet
99
2/3
 Arithmetic Practice: Long Division
~
 no calculator worksheet
100
2/6
 Balanced Diets & Human Health
11-1
 p223: 1-7
101

2/7

 Restricted & Special Diets
11-2
 p225: 1-6
102
2/8
 All About Calories
11-3
 p227: 1-8, 1-10
103
2/9
 Solving Proportions, Again
11-4
 p229: 1-12, 1-6
104
2/10
 Burning Calories
11-5
 p231: 1-11
105
2/13
 Food-related Calculations Practice
Ch 11
  
106
2/14
 Problematic Foods
11-6
 p233: 1-8
107
2/15
 Problem Solving and Quiz Prep
11-7
 p234: 1-3, 1-2; p234: 1-5
108
2/16
 Chapter Eleven Quiz
p237: 1-5, 1-8
109
2/17
 Phone Plans, Again
~
  
110
2/21
  
 
111
2/22
  
 
112
2/23
  
 
113
2/24
  
 
114
2/27
  
 
115
2/28
  
 
116
2/29
  
 
117
3/1
  
 
118
3/2
  
 
119
3/5
  
 
120
3/6
  
 
121
3/7
  
 
122
3/8
  
 
123
3/9
  
 
124
3/12
  
 
125
3/13
  
 
126
3/14
  
 
127
3/15
  
 
128
3/16
  
 
129
3/19
  
 
130
3/20
  
 
131
3/21
  
 
132
3/22
  
 
133
3/23
  
 
134
3/26
 begin Q4
 
135
3/27
  
 
136
3/28
  
 
137
3/29
  
 
138
3/30
  
 
139
4/2
  
 
140
4/3
  
 
141
4/4
  
 
142
4/5
  
 
143
∞
  
∞
  
∞

Make-up work for a day’s absence is due the day following your return to class. If you complete it and turn it in on the first day you return to class, you will receive a 10% scoring bonus. Like other work, it will be penalized 10% for each day that it is overdue.

Oh, and here is a previous version of this page from the first quarter, and another from the second quarter for your reference.