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Jay Waggoner and Matt Lora have a combined 53 years experience of teaching in the classroom and many, many hours of one-on-one tutoring. Although Jay may not appreciate how it will be noted that there is a significant age difference between us, our success as a small company is the product of understanding, monitoring and helping students maintain key mathematical disciplines. Our goals are established by our line of "trendy" and creative products.
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Preview of AP AB Calculus,No Calculator,limits using L'Hopital's Rule - or not, Puzzle 9

AP AB Calculus,No Calculator,limits using L'Hopital's Rule - or not, Puzzle 9

This offering is a "mathacrostics" puzzle affording teachers and students another opportunity to practice and/or review finding limits using L'Hopital's Rule - or not. It is intended to help students prepare for the no-calculator part of the AB AP calculus test. For this reason (and several others) a sheet with complete solutions of all problems given in the puzzle will be included. This puzzle is one of 30 puzzles created for a "first quarter college calculus-type course" - in high school, home
Preview of AP AB Calculus,No Calculator,derivatives of inverse trig functions, Puzzle 7

AP AB Calculus,No Calculator,derivatives of inverse trig functions, Puzzle 7

This offering is a "mathacrostics" puzzle affording teachers and students another opportunity to practice and/or review finding derivatives of inverse trigonometric functions. It is intended to help students prepare for the no-calculator part of the AB AP calculus test. For this reason (and several others) a sheet with complete solutions of all problems given in the puzzle will be included. This puzzle is one of 30 puzzles created for a "first quarter college calculus-type course" - in high scho
Preview of AP Calculus,36 Puzzle Package,3 Beginning of Year,3 End of Year,30 for Year

AP Calculus,36 Puzzle Package,3 Beginning of Year,3 End of Year,30 for Year

The Three Pre Calculus and Three Post Calculus Puzzles This is a six puzzle set of pre- and post- calculus course puzzles that are different from the “mathacrostics” puzzles. Three of the puzzles might best be given before the study of Calculus begins, 3 would best be given after the study of Calculus is completed. The six puzzles are: First, a Pre Calculus Mathematician Search wherein the puzzle-doer will search in a "word search" type puzzle for many of the mathematicians, ancient and lat
Preview of No Calc Calc Mathacrostics - an AB AP No Calculator Puzzle Book

No Calc Calc Mathacrostics - an AB AP No Calculator Puzzle Book

These individual puzzles (at present thirty puzzles), and the Calculus Mathacrostic Puzzle book they will make up are intended: to be a “last second” no-calculator Advanced Placement preparation review of a, perhaps, forgotten topic in first quarter Calculus; to be a more pleasant additional assignment (with mostly nice and semi-nice answers) on topics that the teacher feels a class needs more work on; to be given to an individual student who the teacher has noticed needs more work in a certain
Preview of Complete Set Algebra II Board Sessions, Rev/Solutions, Common Core, ACT/SAT Prep

Complete Set Algebra II Board Sessions, Rev/Solutions, Common Core, ACT/SAT Prep

This set of Board Sessions consists of an entire year's worth of material from a typical Algebra II class. The order may be a bit different from the order in which the buyer/user is used to . . . but that's the beauty of having all twenty sessions . . . you can use the problems in any order and whenever your heart desires. The intent is to give a teacher problems for their students to do at the board. ( An early aside . . . Though this was NOT their original purpose, any of the twenty sessions i
Preview of ALGEBRA 1 (HALLOWEEN JOKE) PERCENT INCREASE/DECREASE word problems w/ solutions

ALGEBRA 1 (HALLOWEEN JOKE) PERCENT INCREASE/DECREASE word problems w/ solutions

KIDS will decode a funny joke involving an assortment of percent increase and decrease word problems. Some problems involve finding original and new prices using a percent increase AND a sales tax. This worksheet COVERS every kind of basic INC/DEC percent problem. Solution worksheet is available too.
Preview of AP AB No Calculator,derivatives using the power, product, quotient rule,Puzzle 2

AP AB No Calculator,derivatives using the power, product, quotient rule,Puzzle 2

This offering is a "mathacrostics" puzzle affording teachers and students another opportunity to practice and/or review finding derivatives using the power, product, and quotient rules with just polynomial functions. I HAVE responded to the notifications from two purchasers noting that there are mistakes and HAVE corrected the puzzle TWICE now (and believe me, I DO appreciate knowing that I've made mistakes) . . . and I DO believe that I've/we've found ALL the mistakes on this puzzle. (At the
Preview of Cartesian Cartoon Puzzle,middle school graphing,reflections,Plane and Simple

Cartesian Cartoon Puzzle,middle school graphing,reflections,Plane and Simple

Plane and Simple In this graphing puzzle, the student will: 1). plot points in the first quadrant of a coordinate plane. 2). reflect a plane-figure across the y-axis Please do not be intimidated by the 8.1 Core Standard number if it appears in the "core numbers" . . . it is the one that has the student work with reflections (among other things). Our reflections are not all that complex. Our Cartesian Cartoon Puzzle series is intended to offer different slants and blends from most of the
Preview of Dang, You're Fast at Math,Mental Math,Adding,Subtracting,Squaring,Percents

Dang, You're Fast at Math,Mental Math,Adding,Subtracting,Squaring,Percents

The intent of this puzzle book’s “companion volume”, A Substantial Prime Number of Neat Numbers, was to help with awareness of math facts and properties that would benefit ALL pre-college test takers . . . grade level requisite exams, graduation exams, SATs, ACTs, quiz bowls, math counts. Dang, You’re Fast at Math! works with various math short cuts and “tricks.” Though it can benefit all math students it does reach beyond classroom topics and aims at those teachers and students who desire,
Preview of AP AB No Calculator,finding Calculus areas under a curve, Puzzle 24

AP AB No Calculator,finding Calculus areas under a curve, Puzzle 24

This offering is a "mathacrostics" puzzle affording teachers and students another opportunity to practice and/or review finding Calculus areas under a curve using geometry and arithmetic. It is intended to help students prepare for the no-calculator part of the AB AP calculus test. For this reason (and several others) a sheet with complete solutions of all problems given in the puzzle will be included. This puzzle is one of 30 puzzles created for a "first quarter college calculus-type course" -
Preview of 3, After Calculus Ends Puzzles, Formula Matching,Crossword,Mathematician Search

3, After Calculus Ends Puzzles, Formula Matching,Crossword,Mathematician Search

This offering is the set of all three puzzles that might work nicely as exercises after that actual "hard-core" study of Calculus ends. Obviously, the goal of the three puzzles is to give a little review of the Calculus course just finished and a little more prep for the AP and/or Calculus final exam. The three puzzlesfind 14 major contributors that have helped make Calculus what it is today. Upon conclusion of the review/essay there's a fill in the blanks "secret message" that gives a sobering
Preview of 6 Puzzle Package,Calculus, 3 Before,3 After the course

6 Puzzle Package,Calculus, 3 Before,3 After the course

This offering is the six puzzle set of all pre- and post- calculus course puzzles. Three of the puzzles might best be given before the study of Calculus begins, 3 would best be given after the study of Calculus is completed. The six puzzles are: First, a Pre Calculus Mathematician Search wherein the puzzle-doer will search in a "word search" type puzzle for many of the mathematicians, ancient and later, who made contributions to the foundation of what was needed to "build" calculus. Upon conc
Preview of AP AB No Calculator,finding area of  region between two more curves, Puzzle 29

AP AB No Calculator,finding area of region between two more curves, Puzzle 29

This offering is a "mathacrostics" puzzle affording teachers and students another opportunity to practice and/or review finding the area of a region between two or more curves. It is intended to help students prepare for the no-calculator part of the AB AP calculus test. For this reason (and several others) a sheet with complete solutions of all problems given in the puzzle will be included. This puzzle is one of 30 puzzles created for a "first quarter college calculus-type course" - in high sch
Preview of A Calculus Formulas Matching Puzzle, After Calculus puzzle

A Calculus Formulas Matching Puzzle, After Calculus puzzle

This offering is a Calculus Formulas Matching Puzzle wherein the puzzle-doer will have to pair up entries in a left hand column that has formulas and expressions from calculus with a right hand column that is composed of what the formulas will get. Upon conclusion of the review/essay there's a fill in the blanks "secret message" that gives an apt definition. This puzzle will also be listed in a package of three after calculus puzzles, a package of six beginning AND ending school calculus puzz
Preview of AP AB Calculus,No Calculator,working with implicit differentiation, Puzzle 11

AP AB Calculus,No Calculator,working with implicit differentiation, Puzzle 11

This offering is a "mathacrostics" puzzle affording teachers and students another opportunity to practice and/or review working with implicit differentiation of transcendental and polynomial functions. It is intended to help students prepare for the no-calculator part of the AB AP calculus test. For this reason (and several others) a sheet with complete solutions of all problems given in the puzzle will be included. This puzzle is one of 30 puzzles created for a "first quarter college calculus-t
Preview of Three, Before Calculus Begins Puzzles, Package

Three, Before Calculus Begins Puzzles, Package

This offering is the set of all three puzzles that might work nicely as exercises before that actual "hard-core" study of Calculus begins. Obviously, the goal of the three puzzles is to give a little background about what is needed for Calculus and how Calculus actually came about. The three puzzles are:First, a Calculus History Essay wherein the puzzle-doer will have to work with some of the exponents that will come up throughout the year when differentiating and, particularly so, when integr
Preview of Cartesian Cartoon Puzzle,middle school graphing,name polyons,perimeter,OH My!

Cartesian Cartoon Puzzle,middle school graphing,name polyons,perimeter,OH My!

OH My! In this graphing puzzle, the student will: 1). plot points in a coordinate plane (no fractions). 2). draw line segments. 3). reflect segments and plane figures across the x- and y-axis. 4). name polygons by the number of sides. 5). find the perimeters of some polygons. 6). find the area of a square. 7). recall the number of degrees in a right angle. Please do not be intimidated by the 8.1 Core Standard number if it appears in the "core numbers" . . . it is the one that has the s
Preview of AP AB Calculus,No Calculator,using "u-substitution" definite int., Puzzle 27

AP AB Calculus,No Calculator,using "u-substitution" definite int., Puzzle 27

This offering is a "mathacrostics" puzzle affording teachers and students another opportunity to practice and/or review using "u-substitution" in early definite integration. It is intended to help students prepare for the no-calculator part of the AB AP calculus test. For this reason (and several others) a sheet with complete solutions of all problems given in the puzzle will be included. This puzzle is one of 30 puzzles created for a "first quarter college calculus-type course" - in high school
Preview of AP AB Calculus,No Calculator,working derivatives rectilinear motion, Puzzle 21

AP AB Calculus,No Calculator,working derivatives rectilinear motion, Puzzle 21

This offering is a "mathacrostics" puzzle affording teachers and students another opportunity to practice and/or review using first and second derivatives in rectilinear motion (Part I). It is intended to help students prepare for the no-calculator part of the AB AP calculus test. For this reason (and several others) a sheet with complete solutions of all problems given in the puzzle will be included. This puzzle is one of 30 puzzles created for a "first quarter college calculus-type course" - i
Preview of AP AB Calculus,No Calculator,testing for MAXIMUMS and minimums, Puzzle 17

AP AB Calculus,No Calculator,testing for MAXIMUMS and minimums, Puzzle 17

This offering is a "mathacrostics" puzzle affording teachers and students another opportunity to practice and/or review testing for MAXIMUMS and minimums using the 1st derivative test. It is intended to help students prepare for the no-calculator part of the AB AP calculus test. For this reason (and several others) a sheet with complete solutions of all problems given in the puzzle will be included. This puzzle is one of 30 puzzles created for a "first quarter college calculus-type course" - in
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About the store

Experience

Jay Waggoner and Matt Lora have a combined 53 years experience of teaching in the classroom and many, many hours of one-on-one tutoring. Although Jay may not appreciate how it will be noted that there is a significant age difference between us, our success as a small company is the product of understanding, monitoring and helping students maintain key mathematical disciplines. Our goals are established by our line of "trendy" and creative products.

Teaching style

Jay Waggoner and Matt Lora agree that students and teachers will have success in the math classroom by using 3 simple rules. 1) Teaching and Learning has to be FUN! 2) Students must memorize basic facts about numbers and their operations. 3) Monitoring of student performance must be weekly and should be cumulative using calculator and non-calculator assessments.

Awards & shining teacher moments

Jay Waggoner: Teacher of the Year Award at Shawnee High School (Lima, OH) 1996

My own education history

Jay Waggoner: BA and MA in teaching Mathematics Matt Lora: BA and MA in teaching Mathematics

Additional biographical information

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