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Welcome to Applied Math with Mrs. McNelis

Welcome to Mrs. McNelis' Applied Math class! Prepare for the math you'll use in your everyday life, including topics like income, savings, credit cards, buying a car, interest, taxes, insurance, and loans. Attendance, homework, classwork, tests, quizzes, and projects all contribute to your final course grade. Extra help is available after school. Access pre-assessments on Mrs. McNelis' website.

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Welcome to Applied Math with Mrs. McNelis

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  1. Welcome to Applied Math with Mrs. McNelis * Please find your seat (name on card)

  2. Books

  3. About Mrs. McNelis * Grew up in Philly and NJ * Went to Virginia Tech * Graduated with degree in Math, minors in Spanish and Statistics * Enjoy running (half marathon, 10K, etc.) * Coach XC * Also teach AP Stat, and Stat & Data * Three sons: 5 year old, 2 year old twins

  4. CAMERON IAN EVERETT

  5. 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?

  6. What will we be learning about? * Income * Checking and Savings Accounts * Credit Cards * Buying a car * Interest (good & bad) * Taxes * Insurance * Loans and Mortgages

  7. Materials * 3 ring binder (lots of handouts!) * Book (will keep in class) * CALCULATOR (scientific, 4 function) Policies * Expectations * Food * Cell phones * Dress code

  8. Attendance * Absences * Lates & Cuts Homework (0%)/Classwork (50%) * Amount * Grading * Receiving credit * Late assignments

  9. Tests/ Quizzes/ Projects (50%) * Announced/unannounced * Calculators * Reviews Projects * Amount/type * Grading * Lateness

  10. MP Grade * Classwork = 50% * Tests/Quizzes/Projects = 50% * Borderline grades (79.48%) * Normal grading scale (93% = A, 90% = A-, etc.) Final Exam / Core Assessments * Final Exam: MC, at end of course * Core assessments (2): done in class

  11. Final Course Grade * MP1 = 40% * MP2 = 40% * Final Exam = 14% * Core 1 = 3% * Core 2 = 3% Extra Help • Certain days after school

  12. Website http://www.cbsd.org/Page/5374

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

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