GETTING TO KNOW YOU

1. Nicole Bard
2. 
   
3. 5'2.25"
4. 18
5. 8:30AM ish
6. Chocolate. In all forms.
7. Apples with peanut butter/nutella/honey
8. Katy Perry!
9. Being busy!! Lots of jobs/activities
10. Algebra 1/Geometry/Algebra2/Precalc/Trig/Applied PreCalc

1. What is your comfort level with any of the following calculus concepts?
    
   Write one of the following next to each topic:
    
   Very comfortable (V)     comfortable (C)     uncomfortable (U)     extremely uncomfortable (E)
    
   Curve sketching C
   Instantaneous rate of change U
   Derivatives (of constant, linear, polynomial, power, rational, exponential, trigonometric, logarithmic functions) E
2. Difference quotient C/U
   Limits U
   Continuity U
   Chain rule (an application of composition of functions) U
   Product and quotient rules for dervatives U
   Finding local and global maximums and minimums C
   Determining inflection points U
   Area under a curve U
   Anti-derivatives EEEE
   Integration (of constant, linear, polynomial, power, rational, trigonometric, exponential, logarithmic functions) U
   Integration by parts U
   Integration by substitution U
    
    
3. The following are concepts from algebra and precalculus that students taking applied calculus should be comfortable with.

 

What is your comfort level with any of the following algebraic and precalculus concepts? (please note that weakness in any of these areas may make most aspects of this class more challenging than others)

 

Write one of the following next to each topic:

 

Very comfortable (V)     comfortable (C)     uncomfortable (U)     extremely uncomfortable (E)

 

Equations V

Factoring V

Adding/subtracting/multiplying/dividing fractions/rational expressions V

Simplifying expressions V

Simplifying rational expressions (fractions and fractional polynomials) V/C

Operations on roots and fractional exponent expressions C

Operations involving whole number exponent expressions C

Finding common denominators C

Inequalities C

Functions C/U

Absolute value C

Linear functions C

Systems of equations C

Domain and range C

Inverse functions C

Transformations (shifting, scaling, stretching, etc) V

Quadratic functions C

Completing the square C/U

Exponential functions C

Logarithmic functions C

Base e U

Graphing (trigonometric, quadratic, linear, exponential, and logarithmic functions) C/U

Trigonometric concepts C

 

1. Have you taken American university’s math 160 (applied precalculus) class? If yes, was your grade a “b” or better? YES
    
2. If you have not taken American university’s math 160 (applied precalculus) class, have you taken a college level (not a college equivalent high school class) equivalent?  If yes, was your grade a “b” or better?
    

 

 

1. Which social media formats are you familiar with?
    
   Texting facebook          pinterest           flickr     wordpress         blogspot           tumblr   twitter
    
   google plus      Instagram
    
    
    
    
2. Which social media formats do you use most frequently?
    
   Texting facebook          pinterest           flickr     wordpress         blogspot           tumblr   twitter  
    
   google plus      Instagram
    
3. What is your major? Business Admin: Marketing and Management
4. Why are you taking this math class? Kogod Requirement
5. Will you take other math classes in the future at American University or will this be your only math class? If yes, which classes will you take? Statistics
6. What do you hope to learn in this class? Calculus! Bare minimum...
7. Is there anything else you would like me to know about you? Math is really hard!!!