Date: Wed Oct 30 13:45:43 PST 2002
Student's Name: Jennifer
Answer(or question to Mentor): Dear April, I think the answer to part A is 5.625. Because 2/3 of the pole sticking out of the ground is 5 ft. than the entire pole sticking out of the ground is 7.5 ft. I then divided 7.5 by 4 so I could be able to find what 1/4 of 7.5 was, and it was 1.875. I then multiplied it by 3 so I could get 3/4 of 7.5, and I got the answer of 5.625. Jennifer
Date: Fri Nov 1 13:57:29 PST 2002
Student's Name: Jennifer
Instructor Comments:
April,
Please write a note to this student. Her answer is correct, which is fantastic! Encourage her to do the challenge problem.
Dr. Bowers
Date: Sun Nov 3 20:53:48 PST 2002
Student's Name: Jennifer
Mentor Reply: Hi Jennifer. You explained how you solved the problem very well and you got the correct answer. The challenge problem is vey interesting and I think you will enjoy solving it very much. Tell me what you think and i look forward to hearing your response.
April
Date: Mon Nov 4 08:48:36 PST 2002
Student's Name: Jennifer
Instructor Comments: April,
Nice opening and closing, although please capitalize the "i" and also I think, literally, you look forward to READING her response, right?
I also think you need to remind her that there are two questions to be answered. She did figure out how high the storm surged, but she needs to label her answer, and also figure out how much of the pole remained dry in 2002.
Dr. Bowers
Date: Mon Nov 4 14:52:13 PST 2002
Student's Name: Jennifer
Answer(or question to Mentor): Dear April, The answer to part b is 1.875. Because only 1/4 of the pole was above water I divided 7.5 by 4 and got my answer of 1.875. Jennifer P.S. HAVE A GREAT DAY!!!!
Date: Mon Nov 4 15:01:25 PST 2002
Student's Name: Jennifer
Answer(or question to Mentor): Dear April, Bob's home did not get washed away. I realised each of their poles were 10 feet high, and sence the 40% would equal 4 feet under the ground the part above the surface would be 6 feet, and because the storm only surged 5.625 ft. high Bob's house is safe, though it was very close and Bob should rethink his pole plan for next year. Jennifer
Date: Tue Nov 12 08:06:50 PST 2002
Student's Name: Jennifer
Mentor Reply: Hey Jennifer, and how are you today? You got all the answers correct and did a great job on this weeks problem of the week. I look forward to reading your answers for next weeks problem.
April
Date: Tue Nov 12 13:53:34 PST 2002
Student's Name: Jennifer
Answer(or question to Mentor): Dear April, Charle's Cheeseburger has 330 calories. First I multiplied 9, because it is the number of fat that equals 1 calorie, by 14 because that is how many grams of fat there are in the cheeseburgur. I got an answer of 126. I did the same kind of thing for the amounts of protein and carbohydrates in the cheeseburger and got 60, and 144. I then added all those numbers together and got my answer of 330. Jennifer
Date: Tue Nov 12 13:57:20 PST 2002
Student's Name: Jennifer
Answer(or question to Mentor): Dear April, Forget teh last thing I sent. I just reaslised that question was on the sheet I got but not on the internet, forget about that problem. Jennifer P.S. Do you think I did it right?
Date: Tue Nov 12 14:00:49 PST 2002
Student's Name: Jennifer
Answer(or question to Mentor): Dear April, If the recomended daily amount is 2000 cal. Charle just ate 330/2000 of her daily amout. Jennifer P.S. Our Science Teacher said it would be all right if we did it in a fraction and not a percent.
Date: Tue Nov 12 17:25:26 PST 2002
Student's Name: Jennifer
Mentor Reply: Hi Jennifer and how are you today? You explained how you solved the problem wonderfully and solved it correctly. It is fine that you left the answer for part one a fraction. Part 2 is solved similarly. I look forward to reading your response soon. April
Date: Sun Nov 17 20:47:14 PST 2002
Student's Name: Jennifer
Mentor Reply: Hi Jennifer. Hope you're doing well. I look forward to hearing from you soon. April
Date: Mon Nov 18 13:31:42 PST 2002
Student's Name: Jennifer
Answer(or question to Mentor): Dear April, 14/65 of the cheeseburger is fat. I added the number from the fats, carbohidrates, and protein and the result was 65. I put the amount that was fat on top asthe numerator. That is how Igot my answer of 14/65. - Jennifer
Date: Tue Nov 19 14:20:47 PST 2002
Student's Name: Jennifer
Mentor Reply: Hi Jennifer and thanks for submitting an answer. I see that you put the total number of grams of fat over the total number of grams of the whole burger (fat, carbohydrates, and protein). This answer is correct, good job. You can also solve the problem using the calories from fat over the total calories of the whole burger. The extension problem is very challenging and fun. I look forward to hearing your response. April
Date: Tue Nov 19 14:30:07 PST 2002
Student's Name: Jennifer
Answer(or question to Mentor): Dear April, There were 36 nuggets in all. I drew a block to represent all the nuggets, then I X out 1/3 of the nuggets. I then realised to get 3/4 of what was left I would have to split the entire bloch into 6ths. So I did and I X out 3/4 of what was left. Then to get 1/2 of that I split the entire block into 12ths, I then X out the 1/2 and I had 3 nuggets left. Sense there were 12 blocks each containing 3 nuggets I multiplyed 3 by 12 and got my answer of 36. - Jennifer
Date: Tue Nov 19 14:46:02 PST 2002
Student's Name: Jennifer
Mentor Reply: Hi Jennifer. You did a great job explaining how you solved the problem and you got the right answer. You have a good understanding of fractions and how to use a diagram to help you solve the problem. The problem can also be solved by working backwards. April
Date: Wed Nov 20 14:50:22 PST 2002
Student's Name: Jennifer
Instructor Comments: April--Wow!This is a great student, please tell her that you will nominate her answer to be posted. THanks for answering her so quickly, although I generally like to read the responses before they go out the first time.--Dr. Bowers
