Daphne's reflection on Chapter 4

In this chapter we learned about square roots, cube roots, integral exponents, rational exponents and irrational numbers. I think I had the most difficulty with the rational exponents. It got confusing with the rational exponents when the exponent outside of the bracket was a positive or negative fraction (more so with the negative fractions). There were also many rules to remember, such as what to do with a power of a power, power of a product, power of a quotient, product of powers and quotient of powers. Working iwth integral exponents was not too bad because it was still pretty basic with no fraction powers. Working with irrational numbers was not too, too difficult, but with practice I eventually got the hang of it. Overall, I would have to say this chapter has been the hardest for me so far, and I would have liked to do better on the chapter test, but I didn't think it was too bad.         

Daphne's reflection on Chapter 3

I did not have any problems with this chapter. If I had any challenges, it would have been remembering what sides to use sin, cos, or tan with, but "SOH CAH TOA" helped a lot, so I didn't need to memorize anything. I made notes to help myself, such as "if the number is on the bottom, then multiply the # by (cos, tan, sin)".. ex) tan(33) = x over 30.5 = 30.5 x tan33. I think I did quite well on this chapter !

Daphne's reflection on Chapter 2

I did not find this chapter particularly challenging. The only thing I would pick out that I had a bit of a problem with at first was remembering to square the conversions between the SI and imperial systems. I did not do that at first, and I was confused as to why my answers were not coming up right. To help myself remember, I wrote down what each conversion would be on the formula sheet. One other thing that would be a little more challenging was doing things backwards. For instance, trying to find the diameter of a 3-D shape when given its volume or surface area. I just practiced, and eventually got the hang of it.

My reflection on Chapter 1

In chapter one, I learned how to do many concepts that I did not really know or did not know at all. Some things I learned were how to convert distance units within the imperial system, how to read both SI and imperial calipers and how to read the markings on an imperial ruler. One main thing that I learned how to do, but had a little trouble with was converting units from SI to imperial and from imperial to SI. At first I was a little confused as to whether I was supposed to divide or multiply, but I kept practicing and eventually got the hang of it. If I made a mistake on a question, I always did it again to make sure I knew what I did wrong and how to solve the problem properly. My goal for the chapter one test is to get at least an A. To reach that goal, I will go through chapter 1 again and review it, and practice parts that I may need help on.

My Intellectual Biography

My name is Daphne Lin and I am a 15-year-old student at Fraser Heights Secondary school. I am in Mrs. Vukaj's math 10 class. In the past I have generally been an okay math student. Of course I do better in certain parts of math than others, so I want/should work on my weaker points and try to get even better at my stronger ones. Math is definitely not one of my particularly favorite subjects and never really has been, but that does not mean I do not try in this class. I still want to do well and accomplish my goal mark, which is at least a high B. I have gotten at least 86 % each year and it would be great if I could keep that up. My plan on getting the mark I want is to work toward my goal by trying my hardest in everything I do in this course, always doing my homework, studying for tests and asking for help when I need it. I think all of those things will help ensure my success in this course. I can ask for help from my peers (classmates), teacher, my parents, or even a friend. I look forward to working with a new math teacher and
classmates this semester !