Cool things you can do with Excel!

Week 3: January 28

MATH 459/ELMA 559 ~ Technology in Elementary and Middle School Mathematics Instruction ~ Spring 2004

Class meeting schedule and topics

Wednesday, January 28 ~	Cool things you can do with Excel
Wednesday, February 4 ~	Programming and interactivity in Excel
Wednesday, February 11 ~	Simple activities on the TI-15 calculator

Homework Assignments

3. Due Wednesday, February 4

   Required work

   • Complete the "How old are you?" assignment ("http://www.math.iup.edu/~tshort/courses/math459/how_old_are_you.doc).

   • Complete the "Random Numbers and Rolling Dice" assignment ("http://www.math.iup.edu/~tshort/courses/math459/random_numbers_rolling_dice.doc).

   Optional work

   • Use Excel functions to compare the birth dates and birth years of two people and determine which is older.

   • Complete the other optional tasks that are given on the assignments.

4. Due Wednesday, February 11

   Required work

   • Complete the "Coded Messages in Excel" assignment ("http://www.math.iup.edu/~tshort/courses/math459/excel_codes_assignment.doc).

   • Complete the "Grade Point Average" assignment ("http://www.math.iup.edu/~tshort/courses/math459/grade_point_average.doc).

   Optional work

   • Figure out how to code and decode spaces and punctuation using a lookup table substitution code.

   • Complete any other optional tasks that are given on the assignments.