...When reading “Scrubbing in Maine”, I noticed that Barbara had the same experiences she had in Florida. For example, when she first moved to Maine, her first priority was to find a place to live. Now like Key West, the price range was about the same. “There are plenty of condos and “ executive apartments” for $1,000 a month or more, but he only low-rent options seem to be clustered in an area about a thirty-minute drive south, in the soothingly named town of Old Orchard Beach. Even there, though, the rents are right up at Key West levels- well over $500 for an efficiency” (Page 54-55). While trying to find a job in Portland she realized that “Portland is just another $6-$7 an hour town”, (Page 59-60) just like Key West. So she had to get two jobs to survive living in Maine, because “Just as in Key West, one job will never be enough” (Page 60). Soon after finding two jobs, first one was working for a nursing home on the weekends and on weekdays she was going to be working as a maid for Merry Maids. “This is the friendliest and best paying maid service I have encountered- $6.65 an hour, though as a punishment this will drop to $6 for two weeks if I fail to show up for a day” (Page 61). After working for Merry Maids for a little bit, she got to know her co-workers. Now unlike Florida and how most of her co-workers were struggling to find a place to live or already struggling with where they were at, in Maine that wasn’t quite the problem. “Almost everyone is embedded in extended...
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...From Nickels to Dimes; My Future Plan Alex L. Dore BUS 215 Instructor Magnuson October 05, 2014 From Nickels to Dimes; My Future Plan “To spend your life living in fear, never exploring your dreams is cruel. To work hard for money, thinking that it will buy you things that will make you happy is also cruel. To wake up in the middle of the night terrified about paying bills is a horrible way to live. To live a life dictated by a paycheck is not really living a life.” (Kiyosaki, 2001) This is a quote I found that I feel really summarizes majority of Americans within our Country. Lack of knowledge and not being able to learn how to manage finances has seemed to become a plague, and the climb to reach a debt free style of living seems to be to big of a ladder to climb. My future is not only for me, however it is also for my wife and three amazing children. Not only will I be the one feeling the impact of financial hardship, they will as well. To prevent this I have found some tools that will indeed help me climb that ladder to become not only debt free, but to have a better plan as I slowly move forward to retirement. First on the plan to retirement and financial success you really have to figure out what you’re going to be working with. Knowing how much money is coming in from you employment or any other means is important. Especially know what is going out, here is what I feel is not only mine, but others biggest problem when dealing with their cash. People tend to get...
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...and a or b == "yellow" and a != b: return("orange") else: if a or b == "blue" and a or b == "yellow" and a != b: return("purple") else: return("Error: Please enter two different primary colors.") main() 8. Change for a Dollar Game Design a change-counting game that gets the user to enter the number of coins required to make exactly one dollar. The program should ask the user to enter the number of pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters. If the total value of the coins entered is equal to one dollar, the program should congratulate the user for winning the game. Otherwise, the program should display a message indicating whether the amount entered was more than or less than one dollar. def change_to_cents(pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters): cents = pennies cents += nickels*5 cents += dimes*10 cents += quarters*25 return cents def display_change(pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters): print...
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...Ian Carlos C. Dela Cruz Comp 102 IT-1A Exercise No.1 import java.io.*; public class JavaApplication3 { /** * @param args the command line arguments */ public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException{ // TODO code application logic here InputStreamReader ian = new InputStreamReader(System.in); BufferedReader reading = new BufferedReader(ian); double a,b,c,ave; System.out.print("\tRainfall for April: "); a= Double.parseDouble(reading.readLine()); System.out.print("\tRainfall for May: "); b= Double.parseDouble(reading.readLine()); System.out.print("\tRainfall for June: "); c= Double.parseDouble(reading.readLine()); ave = (a+b+c)/3; System.out.print("\tAverage Rainfall: " + ave ); } } Exercise No. 2 import java.io.*; public class Trigonometry { public static void main(String args[])throws IOException{ InputStreamReader ian = new InputStreamReader(System.in); BufferedReader reading = new BufferedReader(ian); System.out.println("Input value:"); Double number = Double.parseDouble(reading.readLine()); Double sine = Math.sin(number); Double cose = Math.cos(number); Double sum = sine + cose; System.out.println("sine: " + sine + " \tcosine: " + cose...
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... Display (“The color you made is Purple”) Else Display (“The color you made is Purple”) Else Display (“The color you made is Orange”) Else Display (“The color you made is Orange”) Else Display (“The color you made is Green”) Else Display (“The color you made is Green”) Else If color1 = else or color2 = else then Display (“You failed to enter a valid color!”) End if 8. //This is a program asks the user to enter the number of coins required to make exactly one dollar. //Declare the variables Declare Real pennies Declare Real nickels Declare Real dimes Declare Real quarters Declare Real dollars //Get input from the user Display “Enter the number of pennies :” Input pennies Display “Enter the number of nickels :” Input nickels Display “Enter the number of dimes :” Input dimes Display “Enter the number of quarters :” Input quarters //convert pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters to dollars Set dollars = dollars + pennies S et...
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...she hands the teacher the manipulative and then touches the correct number on her communication device. For 1, she is able to complete the task with 100% accuracy. For 2, she is able to do it with 95% accuracy. For numbers 3-5, Erica will grab a handful of manipulatives and hand them to the teacher. She is currently working on placing the manipulatives in the teachers hand one at a time and then touching the correct number on her communication device to help her keep track. When Erica had the four coins placed in front of her and she was asked to give a specific one, she is able to give the penny with 50% accuracy, Nickel 50% accuracy, Dime 25% accuracy, and Quarter with 75% accuracy. When Erica is shown a coin and asked to find the same coin on her communication device, she is able to find a penny with 100% accuracy, a nickel with 50% accuracy, a dime with 75% accuracy and a quarter...
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...money in your piggy banks to buy things from your classroom store. Challenging Problem/Question- Students would need to learn how to count money (dollars and cents), they would need to learn how to save their money to buy a more expensive item, and they would have to know that when they spend money, they will end up with less money in their bank than what they had originally. Lesson- The students will listen to the story, “The Coin Counting Book” by Rozanne Lanczak Williams. The teacher will use the interactive whiteboard and projector to show samples from the book of dollars, pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters and count them with the class to show the value. For example, the value of a nickel is five cents and five cents is equal to five pennies. The teacher will explain how students can use smaller coins such as pennies, nickels, and dimes to make an amount larger, such as two dimes and a nickel will equal twenty-five cents. The teacher will set up centers that include instructional games at the computer center, such as Math Blaster money games and another center will include math games for the students to play on the interactive whiteboard solving math word problems. There will be a table activity for students using a play cash register and money board with six pictures of items and their values. The group of students can choose one person to operate the cash register and the rest of the students would have their own individual money board with pictures of six items and their...
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...Adapted Lesson Rose Davis SPE 514 SEQUITA LIPSCOMB Introduction I was able to observe in Ms. Brianna Roos, Special Education resource classroom the week of April 1st – April 5th, 2013 at Hamilton Creek Elementary School. On April 5th, I was able to teach my adapted Mathematics lesson to a small group of 3rd graders in the 90-minute math block. The small group contained six Specific Learning Disability students. The opportunity to perform and teach this lesson proved to be challenging, but at the same time very rewarding. Specific Learning Disabilities “Specific Learning Disability means a disorder in one or more of the basic psychological processes involved in understanding or in using language, spoken or written, that may manifest itself in an imperfect ability to listen, think, speak, read, write, spell, or to do mathematical calculations, including conditions such as perceptual disabilities, brain injury, minimal brain dysfunction, dyslexia, and developmental aphasia. This does not include the learning problems that are primarily associated with visual, hearing or motor disabilities, cognitive impairment, emotional disturbance, or that of environmental, cultural, or economic disadvantages” (SLD, n.d.). Teachers and parents may look for the following patterns in students of specific learning disabilities: •Short attention span, unable to concentrate on a task...
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...to the main topic and goes off on tangents. Almost only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades Used in response to someone saying "almost" in a win/lose situation. The full expression is "Almost only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades." An alternate form puts "and flinging shit from a shovel" at the end. Armchair quarterback An armchair quarterback is someone who offers advice, especially about football, but never shows that they could actually do any better. As mad as a wrongly shot hog If someone is as mad as a wrongly shot hog, they are very angry. (Same as, Angry as a bear or Angry as a bull). As rare as hen's teeth Something that is rare as hen's teeth is very rare or non-existent. At a drop of a dime If someone will do something at the drop of a dime, they will do it instantly, without hesitation. At loose ends If you are at a loose end, you have spare time but don't know what to do with it. At the bottom of the totem pole If someone is at the bottom of the totem pole, they are unimportant. Opposite is at the top of the totem pole. At the end of your rope If you are at the end of your rope, you are at the limit of your patience or endurance. Baby boomer A baby...
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...Nickel and Dimed In Barbra Ehrenreich’s novel Nickel and Dimed she gives you a play-by-play analysis of her life as a low-income working. She is setting out to reveal whether it is possible to be a single parent, with a low-income job, and kids. She feels the best way to do this is not to just spit out the already published statistics, but to go on a little adventure and actually becomes a person with a minimum paying job. Nickel and Dimed is her whole experience as an unskilled worker first-hand. And in what I would say is the thesis of the novel, Ehrenreich exemplifies exactly what she is trying discover; how does anyone live on the wages available to the unskilled? The argument is simple. Can you live on the salary of a low paying job?...
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...Mississippi / second grade / Math Content Strands: Number and Operations, Data Analysis and Probability, and Measurement, Algebra Number and Operations 1. Understand and represent relationships among numbers and operations 9 addition, subtraction, multiplication ). Compute fluency using effective strategies or rote memory. a. Recall addition and subtraction facts. ( DOK 1 ) d. Round up to three digit whole numbers to the nearest hundreds. ( DOK 1 )Determine and compare the value of money up to $5.00 using the appropriate symbols for dollars and cents. ( DOK 1 ) f. Determine and compare the value of money up to $5.00 using the appropriate symbols for dollars and cents. ( DOK 1 ) 2. Analyze patterns, numbers, relationships, and functions. b. Use number patterns to skip count by 2's, 3's, 5's, and 10's. ( DOK ) LA / second grade / Math GLE - Grade Level Expectation Number and Number Relations 3. Make reasonable estimates of the number of objects in a collection with fewer than 100 objects ( N-2-E ) 4. Count and write the value of amounts of money up to $1.00 using cents and dollars ( N-2-E ) (N-6-E) (M-1-E) (M-5-E) 9. Add and subtract 1- and 2- digit numbers ( N-6-E) (N-7-E) 10. Round numbers to the nearest 10 or 100 and identify situations in which rounding is appropriate (N-7-E) ( N-9-E) Day 1 Monday: Write some simple two and three digit whole numbers on the Promethean board. Explain to the children that they will be rounding these numbers to the nearest...
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...values of the money he began with. 4. How much money did he lose? B. Model: 1. Demonstrate how to count money. Always start with the bill or coin of greatest value and work down to the bill or coin with the least value. C. Guided Practice: 1. Give the class a bag of play money. 2. Tell them to count how much change they have and record their answer as #1 on their blank sheet of paper. 3. Continue with questions. (See Process Questions, next.) Choose volunteers to demonstrate and explain how they got their answers. Process Questions-- 1. How much is 1 dollar bills, 1 quarter, 3 dime, and 4 pennies? ($1.59) 2. How much is 2 five dollar bills, 4 dollar bill, 3 quarters, and 1 penny? ($14.76.) 3. How much is 1 ten dollar bill, 2 five dollar bills, 6 dimes, and 4 nickels? ($20.80) 4. How much is 1 twenty dollar bill, and 1 dime? ($20.10) 5. How much is 1 twenty dollar bill, 1 dollar bill, 8 pennies, and 3 quarters?...
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...Name Date MTH156 Final Exam Chapters 1-7 50 problems – 5 points each 250 points possible Solve all problems and attach your solutions document in your Individual Forum (IF). Remember to show all steps and check your work carefully. |Correct |Appropriate Steps Shown? |Credit Earned per Problem | |Solution? | | | |Y |Y |Full Credit | |Y |N |Partial Credit | |N |Y |Partial Credit | | N |N |No Credit | | |Remember to simplify your answers. |Grading - | | | |Comments | | | | | | |Write the fraction as a...
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...For my experiment, I used American coins dated after 1982. The metal compositions of the coins are as follows according to The United States Mint. The penny is 2.5% CU/Balance zinc (copper plated zinc). The nickel is 25% nickel/balance CU (cupronickel). The dime is 8.33% balance CU (cupronickel). The quarter is 8.33% Balance CU (cupronickel). Tarnish on coins happen when the metal combines with oxygen. Oxidation, which causes tarnish, is a chemical reaction. Oxidation also happens with reduction, which is when something gains electrons. pH (on the pH scale) stands for “the power of “H”, or hydrogen. The lower something is on the pH scale, the higher its acidity. Rust can weaken a coin or any other metal material. The green patches on coins are called copper oxide. It is caused by oxidation. When an acid reacts with tarnish, it makes the coins shiny. In order for oxidation to occur, the air has to be damp. In my experiment I used specific solutions to clean coins. Lemon juice has a ph of 2.2. Baking Soda has a pH of 8.4. Water has a Ph of 7. Orange juice has a Ph of 3.70. Cola has a Ph of 3.18. Dishwashing liquid has a pH of 7.80. Solutions with a pH less than 7 are acidic and solutions with a pH greater than 7 are alkaline or basic. Pure water is neutral and isn’t an acid or a base. pH is an important measurement used in various medical, biological, chemical, environmental, and nutritional labs. pH standards are determined using a concentration cell with transference, by measuring...
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...FLM 100: INTRODUCTION TO FILM HISTORY FLM 100: INTRODUCTION TO FILM HISTORY Author Note This paper was prepared for FLM 100: INTRODUCTION TO FILM HISTORY, MODULE 1, taught by MARC THOMSON. Directions: Using word processing software to save and submit your work, please answer the following short answer questions. All responses to questions should be one to two paragraphs, composed of five to seven sentences, in length. Your responses should include examples from the reading assignments. 1. Explain the role of the Kinetoscope during the period of cinema's invention. How did the Kinetoscope modify the capabilities of earlier camera and projection systems? The Kinetoscope was designed to show moving photographs by Edison and his assistant Dickson, who did much of the work. Dickson used Eastman film that he sliced 1 inch wide. He spliced them from end to end, with four holes on either side of the frames in order for toothed gears to pull the film through. The Kinetoscope was activated by viewers putting a coin in the slot. The viewers viewed the short film through a peep hole. 2. What steps did France's Lumière brothers take to make cinema a commercially viable enterprise? What kinds of Lumière movies were the most popular? How did the Lumières' activities influence the development of world cinema? The Lumiere brothers invented a projection system which helped make cinema a commercially viable enterprise....
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