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President Barack Obama was sworn in to office for his second term on January 21, 2013. This inauguration was held on Martin Luther King Day. Whether you are a member of the Democratic or the Republican Party, there is historical significance to the swearing in on that holiday. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was asked about whether he thought there would ever be a President of color. "I've seen levels of compliance with the civil rights bill and changes that have been most surprising," King had

Several High School students use the TI84 graphing calculator for their math classes. The most asked questions are always “How do I do this” and “My calculator is broken, how do I fix it?” This brief tutorial should help you with some of the basic instructions for students and teachers to get started on the calculator. Please look for other files helping with graphing, regressions and other calculator steps. 1. Resetting the Calculator 2. Changing between Radian and degree modes 3. Catalog 4. No

Several High School students use the TI84 graphing calculator for their math classes. The most asked questions are always “How do I do this” and “My calculator is broken, how do I fix it?” This brief tutorial is the second in a series. The first tutorial addressed Resetting the Calculator, Changing between Radian and degree modes, Catalog, Normal and Scientific Notation and Storing Values. This tutorial will address graphing equations and inequalities. Please look for other files helping wit

Many homeowners try to pay more on their mortgage each month in the hopes that it will save them money in the long run. Is this an accurate belief? For this exercise, you will determine the minimum payment for different mortgage products. You will also decide whether it is worth paying early. Note this exercise will not address the possibility of late or early payments, tax breaks for making an extra payment every year and other variables. Some of those are addressed in the extension assignment

Step 1: Solve for x or y in one equation. Choose the x or y that has either a 1, 2, 4 or 5. Look for the multiples in that order. NEVER CHOOSE AN X OR Y WITH A "3" as your keeper. ? Step 2: Substitute your new value into the other equation. This will create a longer equation, but the equation will have only one variable and will be much easier to solve. ? Step 3: Solve for x AND solve for y. ? Step 4: Check your answers algebraically by substituting your found values into both equation

It is ironic that in this age of recession, baseball players are doing better than they ever have before. Teachers are chastised for asking for full time wages for working 10 months a year, while ballplayers play a game for 6 months a year and the average major league ballplayer is paid FIFTY TIMES (average major league salary $2 million/year … Starting teaching salary $40K) that of a beginning teacher. Since the rising salary is a fact of life, let’s figure out just how much these players con

More than 200 years ago, a wealthy Pennsylvania merchant named Jacob DeHaven lent $450,000 to the Continental Congress to rescue the troops at Valley Forge. That loan was apparently never repaid.The descendants say that they are willing to be flexible about the amount of a settlement and that they might even accept a heartfelt thank you or perhaps a DeHaven statue. But they also note that interest is accumulating at $190 a second. New York Times May 27, 1990