Student Graphics Work for Filling Glasses

Problem Two - At the Movies

At the Movies

     Brave won The Academy Award, last year for Animated Feature Film. Ticket prices in our area during the run of this film were approximately $12.50. 

     The year I was born, Gigi won a total of nine awards one being best picture. During that year, my parents could purchase a movie ticket for about $0.70. Had they seen a musical on Broadway, tickets would have cost about $7.75. 

     If ticket prices for musicals rose at the same rate as did those for movies, what would it cost to see a musical version of Shrek? 

Bonus: Imagine that the size of the dollar bill has grown in proportion to the movie prices. What would its size have been when Gigi was in the movie theaters? 

Find out what Broadway tickets really cost today. Are you surprised? Was our model a good predictor? Why or why not? 

Don't forget:
No names - intials and period only!!!! Set up your blogger profile and you will not have to worry about it again.  ;-)  Also, check the requirements for your submissions on the first post, you don't want to loose any credit.

Problem 1 - Filling Glasses

Filling Glasses - Due Aug 23rd.

If we were to fill a glass with water at a constant rate (for example, 1 cubic inch per minute), we could graph the height of the water in the glass as time goes by.

Suppose we fill the three glasses below in such a manner. Match up each glass with the graph that best describes the height of the water in the glass over time.

Explain why you matched each graph with each glass. Why do you think they belong together?

Extra Credit: Draw the glass in paint, that would correspond to the leftover graph and send it to me at:

jleckman@madisoned.org

Make sure to put the initial of your first name and the initial of your last name and your class period on your post.

MATCH THE GLASSES TO THE GIVEN GRAPHS

Welcome To Your POW Blog

Welcome!  Each week you will find your Problem of the Week here.  These will be published on Sunday and you have until the following Friday class period to submit your response.  You will be graded on the following criteria:

1. You have restated the problem in your own words. (10%)
2. You have provided a reasonable answer. (40%)
3. You have supported your answer with reasons why or how you got your answer.  (Remember this is a math class so your opinion is not accepted as the reason, you must support your answer with mathematics.)  - (40%)
4. You have written your responses in complete sentences and proper grammar.  (There is an automatic spell checker built into Blogger so spelling should not be a problem for you. (10%)

Make sure to put the initial of your first name and the initial of your last name and your class period on your post.

Your posts and the solutions will be posted the following week.  All posts are monitored before publication.

Good luck and have fun!
Ms. Leckman