Thursday, November 29, 2012

Planet Money podcasts

This is my favorite podcast show. Click on the links below to hear it... 

Episode 417: Lance Armstrong And The Business Of Doping - very interesting! 

http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2012/11/16/165308529/episode-417-lance-armstrong-and-the-business-of-doping 



The U.S. government set up a fake bank to catch drug dealers in the Caribean... and it worked! great story! 

Episode 418: How The Government Set Up A Fake Bank To Launder Drug Money

http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2012/11/20/165590860/episode-418-how-the-government-set-up-a-fake-bank-to-launder-drug-money 

Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Alg 2 quadratic regression on calculator Ti 83

Directions on how to do this on the calculator here...

http://school.lardbucket.org/math/calculator/regression.php 


Sunday, November 25, 2012

Link to Algebra 2 video lessons

Algebra 2, second try for the Budget link

On the previous post, the link to the sample budget spreadsheet didn't work. Let's try this one... 

https://skydrive.live.com/redir?resid=DD862520A086A24F!197&authkey=!ACQ_WyK5D0bBgUI 

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Algebra 2 budget HW

Click on the link below to see a sample spreadsheet that I made. I did not do a very good job with the "plan columns" but the spend column is correct, meaning it equals ZERO at the end. Also see the air accounts. Hope this helps... 

https://skydrive.live.com/redir?resid=DD862520A086A24F!197&authkey=!ACQ_WyK5D0bBgUI 

Also here are your expanses for Month 2. So finish Month 2, update your Savings "air accounts" , and plan for month 3, and email it to me.

Month 2. – Algebra 2, budget.
 
Week 1
-          Income, pay check for Job 1 = $2000
-          Taxes  200
-          Tithe = ??
-          Walmart
o   Cereal 5
o   Tooth brush 4
o   Milk 20
o   Pencils 3
o   Potato 6
o   Rice 6
o   Beans 5
o   Coffee 5
-          Bus 2
-          McDonalds 14
-          Bus 2
-          Income, paycheck for tutoring math J = 500
-          Taxes 50
-          Tithe??
-          School snacks = 0.50 + 2 + 4
 
 
Weeks 2
-          Electricity bill 56
-          Water bill 24
-          Internet bill 30
-          Cable TV 45
-          Stake house 55
-          School snacks = 0.50
 
Week 3
-          Taxi 12 + 12
-          Gift for grandmother 20
-          School snack 4 + 3
-          Groceries 45
-          Coke 2.50
 
Week 4
-          Donation to crèche 100
-          Bus 2 +2 +2 +2 +2
-          Itunes music 9
-          Girafas 13
-          Snacks 3 + 4.