Date: Mon Oct 14 07:20:57 PDT 2002
Student's Name: John
Answer(or question to Mentor): 1. I think it is 1,320 feet because I divided 4 and 5,280 and 5,280 is one mile and there are four quarters in a mile.
Date: Tue Oct 15 15:12:25 PDT 2002
Student's Name: John
Answer(or question to Mentor): 2. 100x6=600 so there are 600 strikes of lightning in a minute. I multiplied 100x6 because there are 100 strikes per second and there are 60 seconds in a minute. Per hour 600x60=36,000. I multiplied 600x60 because there are 60 minutes in a hour. Per day, 36,000x24=864,000. I multiplied these numbers because there are 24 hours in a day. Per week 168x864,000=145,152,000. I multiplied these numbers because there are 7 days in a week. Per month 4x145,152,000=580,608,000. I multiplied this because there are 4 weeks in a month. Per year 12x580,608,000=6,967,296,000. I multiplied this because there are 12 months in a year.
Date: Sat Oct 19 15:48:04 PDT 2002
Student's Name: John
Instructor Comments:
Christina,
Can you please answer your student as soon as possible?
Thank you, Dr. Bowers
Date: Mon Oct 21 20:03:58 PDT 2002
Student's Name: John
Mentor Reply: Hi John: My name is Tina. I see that you have tried out the challenge problem first. Your method seems right, but in the first few calculations there is a wrong answer, which caused the rest to also be wrong. Try it again from the beginning, and watch your steps carefully. Can you also please do the first problem also. Get back to me and good luck! ~Tina
