Thursday, October 29, 2009

We did mental math this morning and then handed them in because the 10 spots were up. Then Mr.Max went around and did a homework check on the driveway question that was due from the other day. For the last part of class we talked about the driveway question on excel and did it as a class.

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

We handed in our tests we did yesterday to Mr.Max at the beginning of class. Yesterday we got to work on them alone, and then at ten to ten he took the cardboard pieces away and we got to work on them with friends/class members. Today, Mr.Max handed out a math portfolio he borrowed from a teacher in Winnipeg. We worked on question number two together as a class.

Thursday, October 15, 2009

Today we did mental math then went right into talking about question number seven as a class. About interest rate, and monthly payments, etc.

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

We did mental math and then we discussed Sally's car analysis and what situation would suit her best. Then we talked about Templates: Excel Spreadsheets 1)net worth statements 2)Debt Equity Ratio 3)G.D.S.R Gross Debt Service Ratio. We did an example together as a class using The Patridge Family and placed numbers for their car payments, rent, heat, etc.

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Mr.Max did a homework check and then part of the class we worked on the two questions for everyone who wasn't done. Then we started going over question number 5 as a class.

Thursday, October 8, 2009

Today we made a spreadsheet from the question we did yesterday on car payments/loans from the bank. We learned different kinds of formulas for simple interest. I would rather do the questions on a calculator.

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

We did mental math today and then we went right into learning a new lesson on Personal Finance. This can help us with everyday life because we did an example on buying a car and borrowing money from the bank. We wrote down the steps from the calculater on our papers.

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

We did mental math today, then we wrote two questions down on paper to hand in for marks. It was called our Sequence test.

Thursday, October 1, 2009

We did Mental Math, then we went over question number 7 together four different ways. Then we got Instructions to pick 5 questions from 2,3,4,8,10,11,13,14,15,16 & Do ALL M/C and then it was a working class.