You will copy this document to a text editor (e.g., Notepad or Notes), insert your responses, then copy and paste into the Submit Work form.  Instructions appear at the end of the document.  This will be standard procedure and you will quickly become accustomed to it.

As a reminder this note will precede the first few documents.

Preliminary Question-Answer (qa) Questions

There are 2 questions in this document, accompanied by some instructions. 

Copy this document into a word processor or text editor.

Answer the two questions posed in this document, inserting your answers, confidence assessments and self-critiques as explained. 

When appropriate, you will later be encouraged to use a calculator to do any arithmetic you cannot do mentally.  However the calculator is not appropriate to the questions that appear on this document.  Put the calculator aside and think through these questions.

When you are finished you will submit your work according to the instructions at the end of this document.

It is important that all the information in documents of this nature be submitted, so that all the information ends up posted at your page.

When submitting documents, do not delete anything from the original document.  Insert your answers, questions, comments, etc. as indicated, but do not otherwise change the original document. 

Question:  `q001.   If you are earning money at the rate of 8 dollars / hour and work for 4 hours, how much money do you make during this time?  Answer in such a way as to explain your reasoning as fully as possible.  A solution to this problem appears several lines below, but enter your own solution before you look at the given solution.

Your solution:  (type in your solution starting in the next line)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Confidence Assessment: (Type in a number from 0 to 3, indicating your level of confidence in your solution. 

3 means you are at least 90% confident of your solution, or that you are confident you got at least 90% of the solution

2 means that you are more that 50% confident of your solution, or that you are confident you got at least 50% of the solution

1 means that you think you probably got at least some of the solution correct but don't think you got the whole thing

0 means that you're pretty sure you didn't get anything right)

Given Solution:  8 dollars / hour means '8 dollars per hour', indicating that for every hour you work you earn 8 dollars.  If you work for 4 hours, then if you earn 8 dollars for every one of those hours you earn 4 * 8 dollars = 32 dollars.

 

 

Self-critique (if necessary): (If you believe your solution matches the given solution then just type in 'OK'.

Otherwise explain in your own words how your solution differs from the given solution, and demonstrate what you did not originally understand but now understand about the problem and its solution.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Self-critique Rating:  (If you believe your solution matches the given solution then just type in 'OK'.

Otherwise evaluate the quality of your self-critique by typing in a number between 0 and 3.

 

Question:  `q002. If you work 12 hours and earn $168, then at what rate, in dollars / hour, were you making money?

Your solution:  (type in your solution starting in the next line) 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Confidence Assessment: (Type in a number from 0 to 3, indicating your level of confidence in your solution. 

3 means you are at least 90% confident of your solution, or that you are confident you got at least 90% of the solution

2 means that you are more that 50% confident of your solution, or that you are confident you got at least 50% of the solution

1 means that you think you probably got at least some of the solution correct but don't think you got the whole thing

0 means that you're pretty sure you didn't get anything right)

 

Given Solution:  $168 earned in 12 hours implies that $168 / 12 = $14 were made per hour, so the rate is $14 / hour.

 

 

Self-critique (if necessary): (If you believe your solution matches the given solution then just type in 'OK'.

Otherwise explain in your own words how your solution differs from the given solution, and demonstrate what you did not originally understand but now understand about the problem and its solution.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Self-critique Rating:  (If you believe your solution matches the given solution then just type in 'OK'.

Otherwise evaluate the quality of your self-critique, using a number between 0 and 3.

3 indicates that you believe you have addressed all discrepancies between the given solution and your solution, in such a way as to demonstrate your complete understanding of the situation.

2 indicates that you believe you addressed most of the discrepancies between the given solution and your solution but are unsure of some aspects of the situation; you would at this point consider including a question or a statement of what you're not sure you understand

1 indicates that you believe you understand the overall idea of the solution but have not been able to address the specifics of the discrepancies between your solution and the given solution; in this case you would normally include a question or a statement of what you're not sure you understand

0 indicates that you don't understand the given solution, and/or can't make a reasonable judgement about whether or not your solution is correct; in this case you would be expected to address the given solution phrase-by-phrase and state what you do and do not understand about each phrase)

 

There are 10 more questions, but before you work them you should see how to submit your work.  So take a couple of minutes and submit a copy of the everything above this point in your document, using the Submit Work Form at http://vhcc2.vhcc.edu/dsmith/submit_work.htm.  The form has instructions but read the following:

It is suggested that you bookmark the Submit Work Form now, but if you don't you will be reminded later.