Tyler Rose

Professor Little

MATH-160

13 January 2015

Getting to know you

(Blog submission number 1)

1.  My full name is Tyler Ian Rose

2.  I do not have a nickname.  

3.  I am about 70 inches tall.  

4.  I am 19 years old.  

5.  On any given day I wake up at 7:45am.  

6.  My favorite candy is Hershey's chocolate (of any kind).  

7.  My favorite snack food is pretzels.  

8.  My favorite musical artists/ band is the Beatles.  

9.  Hobbies/ things I do for fun include playing tennis and watching the news.  

10.  My mathematical background includes, Basic math, algebra 1, algebra 2, geometry, algebra3/ trigonometry, and MATH-151 last semester.  

11.  I am (E) extremely uncomfortable solving math word problems, math application problems, and conceptual math problems.  

12.  I am comfortable with math computations and calculations/ using formulas and following steps and procedures.  

13.  

C Equations

C Factoring

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

V simplifying expressions

C Simplifying rational expressions (fractions and fractional polynomials)

C Operations on roots and fractional exponent expressions

C Operations involving whole number exponent expressions

C Finding common denominators

C Inequalities

C Functions

C Absolute value

C Linear functions

V Systems of equations

C Domain and range

U  Inverse functions

V Transformations (shifting, scaling, stretching, etc)

V Quadratic functions

C  Completing the square

C  Exponential functions

E Logarithmic functions

E Base e

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

C  Trigonometric concepts

14.  I have taken AU’s MATH-151.  My grade was a B

15.  I am familiar with Texting and Facebook

16.  I use Texting and Facebook most frequently. 

17.  My major is Political Science, but may switch to business. 

18.  I am taking this math class because it is important if I switch to a Business Major. 

19.  Yes, I plan on taking more math classes, 170 and Stat, along with Macro and Micro. 

20.  I hope to learn all of the skills needed to succeed in my next math class and how to utilize my calculator correctly. 

21.  I have a twin