Blog post #1 - Paul Hernandez

1.      My full name is Paul Hernandez Jr.

2.      No nickname

3.      67 inches

4.      I am 20 years old.

5.      Around 8am

6.      Milky Way or skittles

7.      My favorite snack food would probably be fruits like bananas or pineapple.

8.      Right now that would probably be Turnstile for hardcore/punk music and for sad/lighter music it would be The National.

9.      I play in a hardcore/punk band and we play a lot of shows In MD and surrounding states, so that’s what I do with most of my time. Also exploring and hanging out with friends.

10.   What is your mathematical background? (Not limited to the list below…list other topics if needed)

Basic math       algebra1           algebra2           statistics          probability        

High school Precalculus                                   

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

comfortable (C)    

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

uncomfortable (U)        

13.   What is your comfort level with any of the following algebraic and precalculus concepts?

Write one of the following next to each topic:

Very comfortable (V)     comfortable (C)     uncomfortable (U)     extremely uncomfortable (E)

Equations - C

Factoring - U

Adding/subtracting/multiplying/dividing fractions/rational expressions - U

Simplifying expressions - U

Simplifying rational expressions (fractions and fractional polynomials) - U

Operations on roots and fractional exponent expressions - U

Operations involving whole number exponent expressions - U

Finding common denominators - U

Inequalities - U

Functions - C

Absolute value- U

Linear functions - U

Systems of equations - U

Domain and range - C

Inverse functions - U

Transformations (shifting, scaling, stretching, etc) - U

Quadratic functions - U

Completing the square - U

Exponential functions - U

Logarithmic functions - U

Base e - U

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

Trigonometric concepts - E

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

15.   Have you taken American university’s math 160 (applied precalculus) class? No.

16.   Which social media formats are you familiar with?

Texting facebook          pinterest           flickr     wordpress        blogspot           tumblr            twitter

google plus       Instagram

I am familiar with all of these.

17.   Which social media formats do you use most frequently?

Texting/ facebook/Instagram

18.   What is your major? Audio Production

19.   Why are you taking this math class? To fulfill a math credit and to be able to take some physics/audio based classes.

20.   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? I plan on taking Math 211 – applied calculus.

21.   What do you hope to learn in this class? I hope to learn all the things I need to know to do well in math 211.

22.   Is there anything else you would like me to know about you? Not that I can think of.