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This document contains 10 questions that students are asked to solve or simplify using the graphing calculator. The last two pages of the document include an answer key as well as explanations as to how students would have made the most common mistakes. Rounding, substitution, scientific notation, More… square roots, radicals, negatives, exponents, absolute values, mixed numbers, improper fractions, simple right triangle trigonometry are addressed

: According to Wikipedia, the London Eye is the largest Ferris Wheel in the Western Hemisphere. It took 7 years to build the Eye and it was originally known as the Millennium Wheel. The circumference of the Eye is approximately 424m. The total weight of the wheel alone is 2100 tonnes, which makes it 20 times heavier than Big Ben. Over 3.5 million people ride the Eye every year. One complete rotation on the Eye takes about 30 minutes. On a clear day, you can see up to 25 miles in each dire

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