BOB

Okay, so for this unit, I think I did pretty well once I got the hang of using the right operations at the right time. The only problem I was having before was that I would subtract or add something at the wrong time, such as when buying a car (when you need to add values before and after you add the taxes). I think I strong point for me was that for the options questions I had a fairly easy time with it because by the time we got to it the only new thing was the common sense added to the answers. Good luck on the test everybody!

BOB - Personal Finance

ok so i think i'm going to do good on this test, i've gone over the notes quite a few times and i feel like i just get scared of the longer questions =\ so hopefully i do ok =)

BOB

This unit was okay for me, it's pretty easy to understand....it's just that there are lots of formulas that you have to remember that I can have trouble with. With the formulas I remember them right now(well, i think so)...but when I get the test I sometimes just blank so then I forget the stuff that I have learn &/or studied. So, I'm hoping that I won't blank out on the test tomorrow!!! That's all that I can think about to write....GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!

BOB

I think i'll do good on the test tomorrow (or in a few hours, depending on what time it is right now). I understood this unit alot more than the past units. Sometimes the answers came to me easily, probably because i remember working on personal finance from grade 11 Applied Math. Like for example, when we first used TVM Solver at the beginning of this unit, it was pretty straightforward to me.
Some things I might have trouble on is questions on mortgage. Theres a lot of information to take in and it gets confusing at times. But then once everything is organized, then the answer is easy to find. For example, the question that involved Lucy Brown who wanted to buy a condo. That was very confusing, mostly because the way the word problems or worded, and i guess i just didnt really read it carefully or understand it well. But seeing the way it was done, it seemed so easy.
Also leasing is a bit of a pain in the butt. There's alot to do, like finding the depreciation, taxing it, down payments, monthly payments, blah blah blah.
Hopefully i do good on this test, right now i feel confident about it, but tests are always surprising.
Wish me luck! :)
(Sorry for the horrible grammar. Hehe. :))

BOB

Hey guys, i just finished my scribe post and now im BOB-ing. Well, for this unit, i didn't really have much trouble with it, but i guess, my muddiest point would be the words used in personal finance. I understand taxes and all, but sometimes, some names of deductions are unfamiliar to me and I end up using it differently. My strongest point is that after i break it down, i know where all the numbers go on the calculator! I hope that everyone does well on this test! Goodluck!

BOB - Personal Finance

I'd say this unit was a bit okay for me since I sort of remember a bit of it from applied grade 11.

For me, I feel that I do understand what's happening for the most part, but what has troubled me the most in the unit I think would be the whole process in leasing something. Because you have to find extra things like the residual value, depreciating value, etc.. and I find it a bit hard for myself to just remember how to get those values in order to continue on with the problem. I think I'm good to go with organizing the information on long looking questions though.. so I don't need to worry much about that. But, I tend to second guess myself of whether some certain value goes in which variable spot on the TVM Solver app. Looks like I need to study more.

Good luck everyone.

a[x_x]bc - macs

BOB

Dear Bob,

Tomorrow is the test and I hope I will be doing a good job with it because I have been actually studying harder and harder each day because I want to pass applied math very much and I want to increase my mark. These past 2 weeks we studied about financing a car, computers, mortgages, and making a net worth statement which I really didn't get to learn much about the things I have missed because of the Music trip and my Folk Dance Camp so I'm a bit scared for the test. In the future we're going to have to do all of this to survive and to calculate everything to be able to not be overcharged with things so we save up money and have it a teensy bit easier in life which is why we learnt in math about if we should Lease or buy a Car or Computer or to Rent or Buy a house. One thing I really disliked in this unit is calculating Mortgages I still don't quite understand how to do it properly such as your property after 1, 2, 5, or 10 years. Which is why I shall study and give it my all tonight and tommorow morning to understand how to do the questions that were given to us since day 1 of the Personal Finance Unit. Remember the formulas given to us such as the GDSR, PV of Loan, Equity of House, and Debt/Equity ratio. I hope that's all the formulas given =s maybe something about Net Worth = Assets - Liabilities. Well back to the studying and good luck to all my fellow classmates or to anyone out there who have a quiz, test, or exam to do tommorow^^. David-san signing out(:

BOB

Uhm... today we started the new section, Periodic functions and also finished the Personal Finance. That is not the hard unit but we must be careful when read the question, and remember some formulae :
+GDSR
+PV of Loan ( when we lease a car)
+Equity of house
+Debt/Equity ratio
...I think that's it, ^^ Good luck to u guys and also good luck to me :P

BOB FM(Financing w/Math)

Dear Bob FM,

Tomorrow is the test and I hope and getting a higher mark than my last tests so I can bump up my mark a bit.This past 2 weeks we studied about financing a CAR, COMPUTERS, MORTGAGES, and making a NET WORTH STATEMENT. Will we all face all those things in the future for our needs that's why we need to do the math and be smart about whether we should LEASE or BUY a car or computer; or; RENT or BUY a house. The one thing I love about this unit is, we actually apply this to our daily lives and it happens most of the time when we need to purchase something. Budgeting is one thing we need to consider when it comes to financing something we need in order to save alot of money. Also, one thing I unLOVED about this unit was calculating things about MORTGAGES such as your property after 1,2 or 5 years and all that. But, as I study I will most likely learn how to tackle those problems with no sweat. I guess that's all for my BOB FM. Hope we all get high marks in the test and have a nice day. This is BOB FM ,Ace Burpee saying GOOD LUCK with BOB FM.

BOB

BOB post.... I found this unit pretty easy since it's just like a review from Accounting class; debit and credit, owner's equity etc. The only thing i found abit confusing was when to use the TVMSolver (when to change it from END to BEGIN) I still don't quite understand it, and i hope we can go through it in class. Other than that, all i need to do is look back at my notes.

Net Worth = Assets - Liabilities

Debt/Equity Ratio = (Total Liabilities - Mortgage) / Net Worth

Good luck

BOB

Hey everybody ! Test is tommorow! At the moment I'm studying as much as I can to do awesome at this test because I really want to pass this course. The unit is pretty easy except for the wording of course *sweat* I have trouble understanding the wording of the questions for this unit >< But I think once I get it it's gonna be a bit smoother on the road to answer the questions.

Well for this unit I learnt how to properly use the protractor once again *laughs at self* I had forgotten how to actually properly use one=S but, luckily I slowly remembered how to and I've been doing alright for the questions. Good luck on the test tommorow guys going back to studying!

BOB- vectors

ok for some very strange reason i find this unit quite difficult at times but i hope that by practicing more with the formulas that adamson referred to, i can figure out the problems i just think that i get stuck when it says "due" or "with a bearing" in the word problems. otherwise i think i'll be ok... but i gotta go back to studying =(

BOB

Hey guys its alvin. right now im studying for the test tomorrow. the only muddiest point i have is the wording, some of you guys probably have the same problem as me. but 1 thing that i found useful is if u actually write the actual words down on ur paper, it begins to make sense. per instance:

1 banana vs 1 apple

re-write 1 banana then below it write 1 apple. then all u have to do is figure it out 1 by 1. my strength pretty much if i get the wording, i can solve it right away- -so pretty much everything is okay, im just worried about the wordings for tomorrow. well goodluck guys!

Dear BOB

Dear BOB,

So there's this girl(LOL). That's not my BOB. Anyways. Guys study for your test tomorrow. Do more problems. Go over all the problems that we did in class or homework. Make sure we all get it. Vector is one of the easiest unit but we still got to do our best to pass the test. Well, the part I didn't get in Vector unit is how to find the BEARING. But as I re-do all the problems we did then I'll be able to get it hopefully. The one thing I understood and liked about the unit is measuring. Using a scale and sketching on the paper and writing down the right degree. So, I think that's all for now. Good Luck on the Test tomorrow. Eat an energy bar(VECTOR) before you take the test to do well for the test. Alright laters mathers.

Yours dearly,
Wilfred N.

BOB

Alright, test moonday on vectors; probably the shortest unit in this class. I really don't find anything too difficult in this unit, except when trying to draw the diagram; I tend to overthink the question an second guess my diagram. That would be my down fall to this test; don't overthink the question.



Formulas you should remember (all found in April 22 slides):

- Sine Law

- Cosine Law

- Pythagoras Theory

- Properties of Angles



Another thing you should remember to use is, the TRISOLV2 program which can help you find angles and sides (TRISOLV2, April 23 slides). You can use the TRISOLV2 program to try to solve the question; you can also use it to help check your work. All in all goodluck to everyone on the test tomorrow.

HI allll !! Test tomorrow >"< .In this chapter, we just have few formulae: law of cos, law of sin, Adding 2 vectors, but when apply there formula to exercises, we must be careful . Finally..good luck

Well the test is on monday, and i hope i do good, but the problem i have is drawing the diagram. I can do everything else okay, but its difficult for me to draw the diagram. I'll ask others on how to draw the diagram, but i'm sure i'm not the only one with this problem.

BOB

Kay so...since we're going to have a test real soon, I'll post up my blog now. Um.. this unit went by pretty fast compared to the other units and I'm not sure if I'm even ready for the test. I found drawing vectors in scale diagrams the easiest. However, what I found difficult was seeing the letters in the angles.. the alternate sides and corresponding sides.. the Z's and the F's. But after going over the homework from previous nights I think I got the hang of which angles belong where. The only thing I'm concerned about now, is whether or not I'm doing the work right... Mr. K, can you post up the answers to our homework so that I can compare my answers to the actual answers to the questions? It'll help me a lot when I study over the weekend =). Anyways, the other thing I don't understand is how to use the function TRISOLV2 on my calculator because the day we were learning how to use it, my batteries died out. But I don't mind it much because I like dealing with the formulas Sine Law and Cosine Law. Other than that, I hope I do well on both the pre-test and the test 'cause I really want to bump up my mark.

SO Statistics is the hardest unit, and I'm sure everyone agrees with me. I know how to do the work, its remembering how I did it that [gives me a hard time]. I haven't had much time to go on the computer to check posts, so I just download the homework, and print it. I guess what really got to my head is i expect what i recently learned to be on the pretest, so I totally forget what the earlier work we did. That would be shade norm function, and all the little problems that come with it. Like for instance, find 5 deviations to the left or right, adding and subtracting the deviation to the mean, and all that jazz. Hopefully I'll do alright and leave my first answer on the paper and don't second guess myself.

BOB

well this was a pretty hard unit, and i know many of you agree. I for one had many weak areas that I need to improve upon. I know that i can't stop studying, i hope i do good on the test. The concepts of knowing when the right time to use normalcdf, normalpdf, binomcdf, and binompdf is starting to become a bit clearly but still I may need to further my knowledge.

good luck to everyone tommorow.