TIME TO GET AHEAD

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TIME TO GET AHEAD!
BE HERE NOW

• BRING IT!
• USE IT!
• SHARE IT!

STAN MATTOON MATH INSTRUCTOR COUNSELOR MERCED
COLLEGE
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MATH PAYS (FREE TUTORS)

• BETTER CHANCE OF PASSING MATH
• FREE TO EARLY BIRDS (THIS WEEK)
• VIA EOPS, DSPS, AND DEV STUDIES

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TRAFFIC SIGNALS

• STOP and read the syllabus
• CAUTION phone, mail, or fail
• GO ahead, buy text, get tutor, show up early and
  often

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TEAMWORK

• SHOW APPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR
• PARTICIPATE
• PROCURE TEXT CALCULATOR
• BE CONSIDERATE
• USE APPROPRIATE SENSITIVE LANGUAGE

COME LET US REASON TOGETHER!
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MATH PAYS (FREE MOVIES)

• VIDEOS FREE AT LIBRARY MATH LAB
• WEB SITES ON COOL LINKS
• BILL NYE ON P.B.S.

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MATH PAYS (FREE COMPUTER use)

• 256mb PENTIUM 4 WITH INTERNET MATH TUTORIAL
• DEV STUDIES C-1
• JOB SKILLS LAB C-5
• MATH LAB NP-4
• MOST AVAILABLE TILL 9pm M-TH but not on weekends
• AT LEAST 3 QUIZZES IN LAB

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APPLe-CATIONs

• If there are 30 apples and you take away 9, how
  many do you have?
• How many months have 28 days?
• What is 20 divided by half ?
• How many outs are there in an inning of bb?
• If you dont use a tutor for this class, what are
  the odds of passing?

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Pizza Concepts

• Radius
• Diameter
• Circumference
• Area
• Unit Price

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MATH PAYS

• LENGTH OF BANANA?
• CIRCUMFERENCE OF EARTH?
• HOW MANY BANANAS END-TO-END WILL CIRCUMSCRIBE THE
  EARTH?

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TIME TO GET AHEAD!
HAVE A NICE DAY!

• TAKE SYLLABUS
• Q1 due today
• Q2 in class soon
• HW 1 DUE SUN.
• EXAM 1 in 2 wks.
• GET TUTOR

• BRING IT!
• USE IT!
• SHARE IT!