Continuing Personal Finance.

Excel : J drive -->course work-->math -->0910Grade12Applied Math --> payment plan

Simple Interest :

I = P*r*t

(payment)=(principal + interest)

remember when making payment plans to go to your financial function.

Personal Finance

* use a machine to answer complicated and sophisticated money problems

T.ime V.alue M.oney Calculator

To get to the screen on the calculator press: APPS ENTER ENTER

N=number of times, in total, interest is compound (entire borrow or interest)
I%= interest rate as A.P.R ( annual percent rate)
PV=present value ( value now)
PMT= payment per period
FV= future value ( later in time)
P/Y= payment per year
C/Y= compounding per year

When Late....

If you are going to be late coming to class, call Mr. Maksymchuk's extension and leave a voice mail.
734-4511 ext. 2204

Post Secondary Day

I got signed out of class to attend presentations from various University and College 's...

I attended the following presentations:
University of Manitoba
University of Brandon
University of Saskatchewan
University of Winnipeg

- Overall, Winnipeg was the only one that slightly interested me... U of A bound baby!

More Sequence Wonderfulness

choose Five questions from : 2,3,4,8,10,11,13,14,15,16 and all of the multiple choice questions from the sequences handout*


F.O.R ( Friends Of Rachel ) are collecting food items for the Swan Valley Food Bank. Mr. Maksymchuk has challenged us to each bring a food item. Lisa will be writing down who has brought something and Maks will release the Hounds of Hell on us if we don't bring a food item.

Four Methods for Sequences and Series

Method #1 - Calculator (home screen method)
Method #2 - Excel
Method #3 - Shodor* http://www.shodor.com/interactivate/assessments/
Method #4 - Sequence Mode ( on Calculator)
- chance your mode from func. to seq.
- define your sequence as: u(n)=u(n-1)*0.969

_- Sequences and Series-_

NEW UNIT!
Two Perspectives:

1) Geometric/ Arithmatic Sequences
- Prediction
- Stability
- Exponential Growth
Scenario: Problem we use various techniques to generate sequences.

2) Fractal Analysis
- Perimeters
- Volumes

Definition:
Fractal:a rough or fragmented geometric shape that can be split into parts, each of which is (at least approximately) a reduced-size copy of the whole; self - similarity.

Sierpinski's Triangle:



Sierpinski's Carpet:


Fractal Fern:


Visual Fractal :



Waclaw Sierpinski ( 1882 - 1969 ): a polish mathmetician who created three well known fractals