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Precalculus|PackerCollegiateInstitute Counting! Todayweregoingtostartlearninghowtocount.Like,yeah,youalreadyknowhowtocount.1,2,3,4,5,Duh.But weregoingtocomeupwithshortcutstocountingthings.Like,countingwithoutcounting.WHAAA?Letmeillustrate. Howmanylightningboltsarethere?_____ Howmanylightningboltsarethere?_____

Okaysothewayyousolvedbothproblemsweredifferent.Andclearlythesecondwaywaswayfaster.Whatweregoing todoistolearntocountwithoutcounting. 1.Aquickquestion:Atotallymadeupfact:therewereonlyfourdifferenttypesofdinosaurs:theIguanodon,the Juravenator,theAllosaurus,andtheGigantosaurus.Eachdinosaurcameinoneofthreecolors:red,purple,andblue. TheMuseumofNaturalHistorywantstohaveamodelofeachdifferentlookingdinosaur.Howmanydifferentmodels doesthemuseumneedtocreate?Andmoreimportantly:somehowconvincemethatyourresponseiscorrect. ` 1

Comment [sjs1]: Havestudentsworkonthis individually.Talkaboutthevariouswaysstudents evidencedit.Hopefullysomewillhavelistedthem allout,somewouldhavemadesomesortoftree diagram,andmaybesomewouldhavemadeagrid (dinosaurkindononeside,coloronanother) Thefirstmethodofrandomlylistingisjustrandom itslikethefirstpictureofthunderboltsYoumight missone!Howdoyouknowyouvegottenthemall? Theothermethodsarewaysofcountingwithout countingtalkabouthowthemultiplicationfitsin thereandhowitisanicewaytoorganizeyourdata.

2.Anotherquickquestion:Thereisonemoreadditionalpieceofmadeupfactforyoutoconsider.Eachdinosaurhad one,two,three,four,orevenfiveclaws.Withthisadditionalpieceofinformation,howmanydifferentmodelsdoesthe museumneedtocreate?Andmoreimportantly:somehowconvincemethatyourresponseiscorrect. 3.Ms.TramontingivesyouamultiplechoicevocabularytestwritteninAzerbaijani. Gec gyn rngi var: ___ A. Mavi B. Yal C. Qrmz D. Qara E. Sar 2 +3 = ____ A. alt B. be C. sfr D. on doqquz Okean edilir:____ A. konfet B. su C. pul D. karandalar

Comment [sjs2]: Thetreemethodwouldwork greathere.However,thegriddoesntquitework well,becausewehavetogointo3D. However,talkaboutwhatitwouldlooklikein3D. Drawthe3Dshapeontheboard,andtalkabout whateachsmallvolumerepresentsandhowit coversallpossibilities.

Comment [sjs3]: Agoodquestionforthis: Whatisrelevantinformationfromthisproblem? andWhatfeelslikeitisirrelevantinformation?

Howmanydifferentpossibletestsresponsescouldshegetback?Explain! 4.Ms.TramontingivesyouafillintheblankvocabularytestwritteninEstonian.Sheputsmorewordsinthewordbank thancanbeusedhowevernowordinthewordbankisusedmorethanonce. Fill in the blanks: Koer lks ___________. Oli ____________ in puud. ____________ Lehmad olid lhedal. Samuti oli ____________. Word bank: kakskmmend metsa viima ahvide tiik magama Howmanydifferentpossibletestsresponsescouldshegetback?Explain! ` 2 magama

5.Ms.TramontingivesyouafillintheblankvocabularytestwritteninEstonian.Sheputsmorewordsinthewordbank thancanbeusedhoweverthewordsinthewordbankcanbeusedonce,twice,thrice,orevenfourtimes! Fill in the blanks: Koer lks ___________. Oli ____________ in puud. ____________ Lehmad olid lhedal. Samuti oli ____________. Word bank: kakskmmend metsa viima ahvide tiik magama Howmanydifferentpossibletestsresponsescouldshegetback?Explain! 6.Nowcompareyouranswerstotheprevioustwoproblems.Isitsignificantlybetterforyouasastudenttoknowyou cantrepeatwords,moderatelybetter,orjustslightlybetter?Justifyyouranswer.Ifyoucancomeupwithawayto mathematicallyexpresshowmuchbetter,dothat! 7.Newscrabblegame.Youplayfirst.Youhavethefollowingsevenscrabbleletters.Youhaveacomputeratyour disposalwhichwillcheckallpossiblearrangementsofthoseletterswhetherornottheyarewords.1Youwillthenlook throughthisoutputtohelpyou!Canyoufigureouthowmanydifferentarrangementsthecomputerwillcreate?(And whileyoureatit,whatsthebestwordyoucancomeupwith?) magama

Comment [sjs4]: Thisisaquestionwhichasks studentstocomparetwoquantitiesandcomeup withaconclusion.Comingupwithametricisharder andthatcouldleadtoagoodclassdiscussion.

Thebestwordcanbefoundhere:http://bit.ly/NoozzQ

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8.(a)Youhavethefollowingscrabbletiles.Butyouarentplayingscrabbleanymore.Instead,youdecideyouwantto findouthowmanydifferentfourletterarrangementscanyoucancreate(theydonthavetobewordssoEBEP works!).

Sohowmany? (b)Howmanydifferentthreeletterarrangementscanyoucreate? (c)Howmanydifferenttwoletterarrangementscanyoucreate? (d)Howmanydifferentoneletterarrangementscanyoucreate? (e)Wellgooverthisinmoredetaillater(promise)butdoyouseeanythingdifferentbetweenProblem7andProblem 8a?Canyouusethesamemethod/reasoningtosolveboth? 8.(a)Howmanysecondsareinacentury(assumingnoleapyears)?

Comment [sjs5]: Idontanticipatekidswill mathematizethisitsasmallenoughnumberof lettersthattheywilljustlistthem.Andthatsokay! Wellgetatthesethingslaterwhenwemovefrom explorationtoorganizing/solidifyingour information.

Comment [sjs6]: Seeminglyrandomquestion Theywillprobablydoitwithdimensionalanalysis. Weshouldtalkaboutitasatreediagram:CENTURY hasarrowsto100yearsandeachyearhasarrows to365daysandeachdayhasarrowsto24hours andeachhourhasarrowsto60minutesandeach minutehasarrowsto60seconds.

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(b)Youaretakinga25questionhighenergyparticlephysicstestwith6choicesforeachquestion,andyouknow nothingabouthighenergyparticlephysics.Eep!Scary!Howmanydifferentwayscouldyoufillinthetest?Thenwrite downifthatresultsurprisesyou,orifitwasexpected.

Comment [sjs7]: Again,thiswillbeeasy.We cantalkaboutthisinthetreediagram,orthe6 dimensionalcube(!)ButIliketheideaoftalking aboutthe__________etc Ilike8abecauseitputsincontexthowHUGEthe answerin8bis.

10.Applebeesdecidesifyouwanttogettwosoups,youshouldbeallowedto.Infact,youareallowedtogettwoofthe samesoup!(Similarlyfortheothermenu!)NowhowmanydaysinarowareyougoingtoApplebees?Isitalotdifferent thaninthepreviousscenario?

http://www.applebees.com/menu/picknpair(accessed10August2012)

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11.MozartsMusikalischesWrfelspiel(MozartsDiceGame) Aminuetisahighlystylizedpieceofmusicintime.Mozart,inhisinfinitepianofortewisdom,createdalittlegame whereyourollapairofdice,addthemtogether,andtheydefineamusicalmeasuretobeplayedintheminuet.Youdo this16times,togetthe16measures. Assumeforthefirstmeasureyourolla2.Youlookonachartthattellsyouwhattoplay,andyoudplaythatmeasure.In thiscasethechartwouldread: Ifontheotherhand,yourolledat10forthefirstmeasure,youlookatthechartthattellsyouwhattoplay.Inthiscase, thechartwouldreadandyoudplaythismeasure: Asamplechartisbelow.EventhoughIveonlyplaced8measuresinthere,assumeyourteacherhadthepatienceto pasteallthemeasuresintheresoeverycellisfilledwithameasureofmusic!
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Comment [sjs8]: IdeacamefromJohn Scammell: http://thescamdog.wordpress.com/2010/06/02/mo zartsdicegame/

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Thisisarealthing.Rolltwodie16timesandrecordyourresults:
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Gotohttp://bit.ly/mozartdicegameandenteryourresults.Ignoremeasures1732(thatsforthetriothatcomesafter theminuet,whichweshantconcernourselveswith)andlistentoyourcomposition(clickonPlaysomeMusic.You cangeneratethescoresheetforyourpiecetoo!Youjust(kinda)composedaminuet!(WithalittlehelpfromMozart.) ` 6

(a) Beforedoinganycalculations,estimatehowmanydifferentminuetsthatMozartcangeneratewithhislittle dicegame.Like,justwriteanumberestimationbelow.Noonewilllookatthisbutwritealldigitsofyour numberout(noexponentnotation).

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(b) TrytofigureoutmathematicallyhowmanydifferentminuetsMozartcangenerate.Donotonlygetyour answer,butexplaininwords(andpossiblydiagrams/charts)howyougotyouranswer. (c) IfMozartwasasuperfastwriter,withhisquillandall,andcouldscriptoutaminueteveryminute(seewhatI didthere?Anagrams!Scrabble!),howlongwouldittakehimtowriteoutallthedifferentpossibleminuets? (d) Youretossingdice,whichisrandom.Areyouequallylikelytogeteverysingleoneoftheminuets,oraresome minuetsmorelikelytopopupthanothers?Explainhowyourethinkingofyouranswer. ` 7

Comment [sjs9]: Puttingthishugenumberin context

Comment [sjs10]: Willgenerateagoodclass discussionandhopefullywellstartpreviewing someprobmaterialwhererollingaSUMof2is waylesslikelythanrollingaSUMof6.Sothe answerisclearlysomeminuets(theoneswith6s and7s)arefavoredandtheoneswiththe2sand 12sareunfavored. Ilovethisquestion!!!