Monday, June 11, 2007

Homework Fun - Week Threeo

Hi Guys,

I hope I didn't throw anyone with my "Spanglish" title. In English it would read "Homework Fun - Week Three." Just to bring everyone up to date with my happenings, my internet is down at home so I have to walk BLOCKS to the public library just to get my e-mail. Man, will I ever have a story to tell my kids... Anyway, I am scheduled to have Qwest come and install internet service this next Thursday (thanks for the suggestion German).

I did finish the GT class last week, so expect a high level of instruction this next year. In fact, it is going to approach perfection. Just wait. You'll see. :)

On a more serious note, we only had about 50% participation this past week so if you happen to see (or e-mail) other students in the class, remind them to log on and tell me they are continuing to progress on their homework.

Goodbyeo Studentos,

Mr. Cookie

95 comments:

Mr. Cookie said...

Okay, so to answer a specific question -

compound interest -

the idea behind compound interest is that you gain (or pay, depending on your situation) interest on your interest, which is what separates it from simple interest where you only pay interest on the principle. The formula for simple interest (not that you asked) is: (amount owed = principle * rate * time) where rate and time are in the same units of time (like months or years or days, whatever). So if a person borrowed $100 at 6% interest for 3 years they would owe ($100 * 1.06 * 3) $118. Compound interest takes it up a notch and its equation is (amount owed = principle * rate^time) so in that same example the person who borrowed $100 at 6% compound interest for three years would pay ($100 * 1.06^3) $119.10. Not a big difference in this example, but it is HUGE when you look at credit card companies who charge outrageous interest (some as high as 30% yearly) and compound the interest DAILY. I hope this helps.

Mr. Cookie

Mr. Cookie said...

Oh yeah, and books read so far, I'm at 7. The 4 assigned by OB1, a Patricia Cornwell (At Risk), a Stephen White (Kill Me), and a professional text (Being Bright in Middle School). Next on my agenda is Friedman's The World is Flat. Has anyone read that?

♥.laura.♥ said...

my life is soooo boring. it sux butt. i have some serious butt-suckage over here. so ya. grrrrr.

I_Love_Codie said...

OK WOW.
so anyways today i announce that Codie and i have been together 4 months.

btw COOK(this question is 4 you) you were saying this yr how you knew everyones relationships...so did you know about me and codie.
formisano and obie knew...

♥.laura.♥ said...

i am sooo sick of all the lil summer "relationships" that have been happening. like ok. so person1 likes person2, but person2 is goin out with person4. person3 doesnt know wats goin on, so she just goes out with person5. then person4 starts to like person1, so they go out. then idk. its soooooooo annoying tho. seriously. if ur gonna go out with someone, then do it for more than 2 minutes. jeez.

♥.laura.♥ said...

i finished week 3. so ya.

♥.laura.♥ said...

mr cook....for the # 4s, how do u do the GCF of 39v, and 30uv??? i dont get it.....

CINCINNATI AMIGOS said...

is any body on right now i had a b-ball camp

CINCINNATI AMIGOS said...

laurao are you ono because i saw you walking down the bgidge back to your place and we wehere in the car that had the lawnmower in the back and you just got done talking to those 2 boys on the bikes

Anonymous said...

hello every 1 im on and i finished the homewrk

Anonymous said...

hi

♥.laura.♥ said...

HI BRYAN!!!! o ya hi zach. ya that was....ummmm......garrett, and josh. ya garrett tried to run me over (sighs) and ya. ahhh....!!!. its rainin here....so boring. and if it would actually RAIN...not for like 2 seconds, but actually downpour, then i could go....PUDDLE JUMPING!!! yay. so much fun...

♥.laura.♥ said...

some one talk to me....pleez? omg ok so today, i was really tired cuz i stayed up till 3 last nite, and ya. so i went to the store, and i got a vault and a full throttle, and i mixed em, and it was soooooo good. i was sooooo hyper!!!

Savannita con una cola said...

thanks cooky, oops sorry, cookie.

Savannita con una cola said...

did u know that my horse smells good? and i dyed part of my dogs tail hot pink. and my hair has pink too.

Savannita con una cola said...

i love the warriors series. i dont know if CA has read it yet or not, but if not then she should. hi laurrrra and zzzack and bryyyyan and cookie and mmmme. oh ya, and heatttthhhherr. i feel like watching star trek.

Savannita con una cola said...

la la la la. bored. u should all go see horseland, the adult part.


oh ya, and cookie, i decided u should see that "bobby and tommy" video. i think ur finally mature enough. its on albinoblacksheep.com i think. search it there or on utube. the rest of u can see it too.


does anyone here have anything they would like to send to our troops in iraq? we're sending a box of food and toys for the kids there and letters and stuff so call me if u have anything to add. u know my #. if not, call anna or lyndsay or sarah or jessah or somebody.

Savannita con una cola said...

lyndsay, r u busy on weds. evening? call me.

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Savannita con una cola said...

there, half the comments r MINE!!!

Anonymous said...

mr. cookie
i finished week 3 problems, but im checking them right now, and #4 on the two-step equation word problems, its 15, but their answer is 14, which you cant do, so yea. and the rest of all the problems i got them all right

Anonymous said...

ive been awake since 4:00am, and im not tired. i was hungry since i didnt really eat anything yesterday, so i ate 1/2 of a bag o grapes, and a bottle o vanilla milk. it was yummy, but now i dont feel good.

♥.laura.♥ said...

omg....i was just gonna say something....o ya. im goin to country jam on sunday....who else is goin??? cuz thats when toby keith is playin...ya ya ya!!!!

crazy chica said...

So sorry Cookie. jk. Anyways my family went to the shrine circus and get this we only stayed for the first half. There was this one girl who had a serious wedgie and it was making me mad. So I got problems #3 and #4's done! Asta la vista!!!!!!!

crazy chica said...

hahahahahahahaha no one is on when i am!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mr. Cookie said...

Hey Guys,

So, I am at a technology conference at PHS today and tomorrow. There are so many more TOYS I NEED for the classroom. There is this mobile mouse that you can use to control your computer from anywhere in the classroom, of course it is best used with a Smart Board, which I also need. And I need the TI Navigator system...if only OB1 wasn't such a cheap skate...

Heather - I DID know you were going out with someone, but didn't know who. You'll have to bring him buy to meet me so I can get a picture of him, his address, cell phone number, and other vitals so I can e-mail it to your dad.

Laura - Nice job on the math homework!

To find the Greatest Common Factor of 39V and 30UV you do a factor tree for each to find their prime factorizations. 39V's would be 3*13*V and 30UV's would be 2*3*5*U*V. Then you circle what they have in common - 3*V or 3V which is what your GCF would be.

Neigh - I shared (hope you don't mind) your Solving for Sanity paper at the conference last week. They seem to think you could get it published if you wrote it for a different audience (i.e. not directly to OB1). I agree.

Well, back to technology.

Mr. Cookie said...

Oh, who's ookalabooka?

Mr. Cookie said...

Oh, and Lauren, you get extra credit. Nice job finding the mistake.

RoK ON ALL THE wAY To tHe MOoN!!!! said...

hello everybody...this is anna and i am having troubles with the fricken blog so yea...but i have all problem #4s done...and i wont be able to do it 4 a week cuz im goin to Violin camp and ill b playing the violin for a week non stop so i wont b able to do math....its gona b soooo much fun though!!!!! its at Beaver Creek! so yea......byea

RoK ON ALL THE wAY To tHe MOoN!!!! said...

cook are you on?

RoK ON ALL THE wAY To tHe MOoN!!!! said...

yea...ummmmmm....i have a question.....how am i soposed to know when each assigment is due???? im just kinda doin them on my own scedual cuz i dont know when there due....?

yea...ive only read one book...The Giver. I LOVED IT!!!!! but yea...im in the middle of reading Speak....its good too!

RoK ON ALL THE wAY To tHe MOoN!!!! said...

hello.......

RoK ON ALL THE wAY To tHe MOoN!!!! said...

bla bla bla....my mom is reading the compound interest thingy mr cook wrote.....???

♥.laura.♥ said...

ooooo i get it now....thanx cook. i bet u 20 bucks u dont know who im goin out with...ill tell u anyways.....NO ONE!!! heheheh. ummmmmmmm i was gonna say something......o ya. OOKALABOOKA IS BRYAN!!!!!

CINCINNATI AMIGOS said...

any one on someone please it is zach from 6th grade going into 7th

CINCINNATI AMIGOS said...

hola e speek esponal

CINCINNATI AMIGOS said...

fine be that way

Savannita con una cola said...

hey, i saw cinderella at the caberay (or however that's spelled). i just realized what ur pic is about.

Savannita con una cola said...

zzzac u still on?

Savannita con una cola said...

hmm, i guess not. oh ya and about getting that thing published, um, that's ok. it would be really cool but too much work. ya i know i did work really hard to get it done for a grade, but i mean, that's a GRADE. if i was offered extra credit for getting my paper published (hint hint) then i might try. but i still might not. becuz its just a school paper, i mean, if i really want something published then i wouldnt write it to OB. i would write it different i guess. idk, that idea just scares me. maybe when i grow up i can write a book and include that idea in it. but the essay is too small to be published. cool idea tho.

CINCINNATI AMIGOS said...

hi

CINCINNATI AMIGOS said...

any one on please someone

CINCINNATI AMIGOS said...

hi

crazy chica said...

Mr. Cookie you didn't say hi to crazy chica!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (huh) I am mad at you now!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My summer is like laura's for another 41 days and then in 41 days the fair starts and I pretty much live there at the fair grounds. Heeeehehehehehehe. I am bored. You know what is said? Ok it's friken' summer and I have to get up at friken' 6:50 am instead of like maybe 1:00 pm. Ya that sucks butty. Anyways hi every one hope you are having a good summer! Exept for: Bryan
Oh oh oh, no one can touch kitty's a.k.a. Zach's hair without the 7th but now 8th graders premision.

Bye Bye
Crazy Chica (Kelso)

crazy chica said...

On my last comment I said said instead of sad, sorry!!!!!!!!!!!!

crazy chica said...

every one I have a blog and it is called http://letshavesummerfun.blogspot.com take a look and make some comments

chocolate superhero (2 the x-treme) said...

oh oh oh!!!!!!!! guess what???? so my last game in softball was yesterday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! it ws sooooooo sad! anywhoo.... after the game we all rolled in the dirt and dumped water on our coaches.... then i watched part of josh and (i think) matt's game.... idk... ya but. then i had 2 go home... but 1st i ran through the sprinklers in front of PHS and it was soooooo fun. oh but yesterday this creepy dude on a bike like turns around on his bike and is like checking me out so i look away and then i look up and he's stopped and he was staring @ me and then he's all "hey baby" and i turn around cuz i think he's talking 2 somebody else, but i was the only person there. so i got SOOOOO freaked out and ya...

chocolate superhero (2 the x-treme) said...

ya and the guy on the bike was like 25 and ugly.

chocolate superhero (2 the x-treme) said...

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chocolate superhero (2 the x-treme) said...

mr cook guess what??? i had a deam last night and u and ms. formisano. and ob1 were in it.... u had a quesadilla and i was like huh? and then ur all "would u like a quesadilla tux?" and fomisano was like "yes, sarah, eat a quesadilla" and ob1 was like "please,*big word* they are *big word i hav no clue how 2 say*" and i was like wtf is up wit the quesadillas??? y do u want me 2 eat them? but i ate 1 anyway and almost died. and then all of the sudden mr cook, u wer all " oh and u hav 2 choose between math and softball because u can only do 1 next year and i'm all UH. SOFTBALL DUH. and then u ppls put me in jail. it was SO wierd.... but LARUEN K bailed me out... idk it was the wierdest dream i hav had in SUCH a long time

chocolate superhero (2 the x-treme) said...

i saw savvanah @ the pool and i think ur hair was mor purple than pink.... but that is my opinion... oh and i am getting my hair cut and re-dyed on MONDAY! so ya. isn't that exciting. oh and i saw SURF'S UP...(the penguin movie) it was hallarious and i loved it..... there was a cute little penguin with hiccups and gasious problems.... i lourved him.

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CINCINNATI AMIGOS said...

hello

Savannita con una cola said...

the hair is pink now, NOT purple. im lonely. ABBs i really hope that week in August works.

Savannita con una cola said...

OMG HIIII!!!

Savannita con una cola said...

finally someone is on at the sme time as me

Savannita con una cola said...

zac??? hello??

Savannita con una cola said...

*sniffs* did u leave already?

Savannita con una cola said...

waaaaaaahhhh

CINCINNATI AMIGOS said...

hello who are you bliss chick

CINCINNATI AMIGOS said...

hello who is it itis zach but who is bliss chick

Savannita con una cola said...

im neigh, duh

Savannita con una cola said...

savannah

♥.laura.♥ said...

omg ok so im at maddies house rite now, and last nite i stayed over, and im stayin over again, and ya. and ummmm at like 1 35 i chugged a redbull, and she dared me to chugg another one, so i did, and i felt really dizzy, and i like almost died, then i like killed myself cuz i ate peanut butter (this was last week) and ya. and then ya. it hurt. and ya. soooo...omg i have really bad tan lines....o well....tan lines are SEXY!!! ((especially on me)) lol.

CINCINNATI AMIGOS said...

hi

CINCINNATI AMIGOS said...

you on laura you are at maddies right now well tell eathan to call me at 4644797

Savannita con una cola said...

hi zac

Savannita con una cola said...

blah oh shi_ i just got in trouble for being online too much. well, bye

crazy chica said...

Every one should check out my blog. It's friken' awesome!!!! You can't talk about school or else you are voted off the no school island! It's http://letshavesummerfun.blogspot.com

Savannita con una cola said...

ha ha

crazy chica said...

It's cool. Savvanah you should look at it and make some friken' awesome comments.

crazy chica said...

hi no one is on when i am waaaaaaaawaaaaaaaawaaaaaaa

crazy chica said...

I finally figured out the picture thing.

Mr. Cookie said...

Hey Guys (especially Kelso),

I finished up with the technology program and....yes....actually built my own web page! I intend to keep daily assignments on it throughout the year, interesting links (like to this blog), and enrichment questions you can answer for extra credit. Anyway, the url is

www.geocities.com/darrenacook

Check it out and see if you can answer the question.

Oh, and, not to censor you or anything, but be careful with your language. Let's go for "Cookie wouldn't get in trouble if a somewhat sensitive parent read this"-type language.

Finally, I found this hilarious clip at

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRBIVRwvUeE

You've got to watch it.

One more day to get all the #4's done and check in...

Cookie

p.s. Abbs - Speaking of censorship and books, "Speak" is a great book. It was #1 on the ALA's most banned books list for almost a year after it came out (which just made it wildly popular - even I had to read it and it's a total girl book). I would recommend it to anyone with a caution towards some serious subject matter in there.

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CINCINNATI AMIGOS said...

hi

Savannita con una cola said...

hi

Emily said...

I did the 4's!

Savannita con una cola said...

MOAAAAA

Anonymous said...

guess wat guys..."98% of the worlds population is BRINGING SIXI BACK,but im the 2% who kept sexi...ha ha that is my saying and no one else can have it or i will hurt u...with my SUPER SPIDY SENSES...muh ha ha ha ha

Anonymous said...

speaking of which i got all my #4 things done...

Anonymous said...

ya be jealous cook...i have SUPER spidy senes u only have spidy senses

♥.laura.♥ said...

maddie that is MY saying....sry. but i came up with it. and we can be the dos % together. ya

Savannita con una cola said...

hi everybody

Mz. O'Brien said...

You guys are all a bunch of freaks. But you're my freaks! hey - there are way more people (my people, I mean 8th graders) blogging here than on my site. Is that because fewer people are done with their books? I'm leaving for Denmark on Thursday and hope to have new threads posted for all the books, so check them out. By the way, I'm doing very well with my math assignments. Just a couple of things I need a review on. Cookie, maybe when I return from transAtlantic journeys, we can get our girls together for a play date and you can help me review. Hey - it's been 20 years since I've done math. I'm pretty proud of myself. Hope you are all having a good summer. And check out my blog too. I'll have the new questions posted by the end of the weekend.

Emily said...

If anybody cares..... I am moving to Palisade in a week.

♥.laura.♥ said...

sweet moa, where at????

quasar_california said...

Hi Cookie I got the #4s done. I'm bored...oh, and I might not be able to post for the next set cause my friend from Pheonix is going to be here so yeah...I got the #5s done anyway...and the #6s...and the #7s...oops. Oh well.

quasar_california said...

Mr. Cookie--for the Q, do you mean Solidus or Virgule? The only other thing I could find was that it is just called the horizantal bar.

(If someone here already answered it, sorry--I haven't been reading back.)

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Lyndsay Dorris said...

i finished the 4s