Name of Assignment:Application & Reflection: Linear Programming Subject:Algebra II Facilitator/Teacher:Amanda Alexander Description of Work/Assignment: This assignment made us find the most logical, useful amount of sales for a business using given information. We implemented linear equations and used scientific calculators to find our answers.
Which 21st Century Skill do you feel this assignment addresses, and why? This assignment required me to use with Financial, Economic, and Business Literacy. We were given a task to find the most optimal way to maximize profit for a fictional business.
What are you most proud of from this assignment, and why? I am most proud of the fact that I participated in my group rather than keep quiet to myself.
How did you develop and/or improve upon your 21st Century Skill with this assignment? I think this is the first time I am using my financial, economic and business literacy skills. It allowed my to see algebra from a different perspective.
What was most difficult about completing this task? The most difficult part about completing this task was coming up with names for both of the problems.
How could you improve this work? If you could start over, what would you do differently? If I could redo this assignment I would spend less time and resources making my graph look nice, since I think I spent a solid 5 minutes making my lines straight without the help of a ruler.
How does this relate to what you have learned in the past? This project is just like any other group project + any math word problem we have completed during high school, except the fact that these word problems are grounded in reality and can be applied to real world scenarios.
Link to Slideshow: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1tWB39axu07RKcgbIF76Aogdnt978pXfqRu3AGpo070E/edit#slide=id.gf8ec68951a_0_11