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Alex Freedgood

70 inches

19 years old

10-11 am

Butterfinger

Pringles

Dillon Francis

Sports, hockey, trap shooting

High school Precalculus

What is your comfort level with solving math word problems, math application problems, and conceptual math problems?

C

What is your comfort level with math computations and calculations/using formulas and following steps and procedures?

C

Equations VC

Factoring  VC

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

Simplifying expressions C

Simplifying rational expressions (fractions and fractional polynomials) UC

Operations on roots and fractional exponent expressions UC

Operations involving whole number exponent expressions C

Finding common denominators VC

Inequalities VC

Functions VC

Absolute value C

Linear functions C

Systems of equations C

Domain and range UC

Inverse functions UC

Transformations (shifting, scaling, stretching, etc) UC

Quadratic functions C

Completing the square VC

Exponential functions C

Logarithmic functions C

Graphing (trigonometric, quadratic, linear, exponential, and logarithmic functions)

Trigonometric concepts C

Have you taken American university’s math 151 (finite math) class? If yes, was your grade a “b” or better? No

Have you taken American university’s math 160 (applied precalculus) class?

No

Which social media formats are you familiar with?

Texting, facebook, Instagram

Which social media formats do you use most frequently?

Texting and Facebook

What is your major?

Business

Why are you taking this math class?

So that I can take Calc

Will you take other math classes in the future at American University or will this be your only math class? If yes, which classes do you anticipate taking?

Yes, stats and calc