Projects

Here are the projects we used.

__Project 1 - Enrollment at Everett Community College__ This was a small project - mainly to get them familiar with Excel and with the applications focus of the class. We showed them how to do the same type of problem using tuition data first.

Objectives:


 * Use real data and algebra to make and justify decisions
 * Explain in words the meaning of the variables and functions that arise in a given real world context
 * Create and analyze appropriate mathematical models in realistic contexts
 * Interpret & explain in words general properties of graphs, including statistical graphs and graphs of functions
 * Use Excel to analyze data

__Project 2 - Buying A Car__ This was a much bigger project, focused around using math to decide which car to buy. The mathematical content is focused around a number of appendices, and a paper ties all the ideas together.