Saturday, February 27, 2016

Division M1 session on Feb 21, 2016

Instructor:Mr. Isa Hafalir, Mr. Zia Hydari
Attendance:AbdulRafay, Adeel, Bilal, Ramy, Sohaib, Areej
Handout:MOEMS Vol 3, pp. 72–85 (please bring this handout to every class)
Problems Solved in Class:MOEMS Volume 3 handout: All problems on p. 72
From Geometry Chapter 2 handout: 2.44, 2.45, 2.53, 2.54, 
Concepts:Angles, parallel lines, triangles (esp. exterior angle), counting, greatest common divisor
Student Difficulties:Not counting systematically. Proofs. 
Homework:Finish all problems from Geometry Chapter 2 handout

If you face any difficulties, please make sure that you complete the old homework on Khan Academy missions: LinesAnglesShapes
Notes:CONTEST on Sunday Feb 28th. To prepare for the contest, please make sure that you have solved all problems in Geometry Chapter 2 handout. There will be additional problems similar to the ones in the MOEMS handout.


Wednesday, February 24, 2016

Division E session on Feb 21, 2016

Instructor:Rudina Morina
Attendance:
Handout:MOEMS Vol 3, p. 36
Problems Solved in Class:MOEMS Volume 3 handout: All problems on p. 36 except the last one

Concepts:
Student Difficulties:Students have not studied probability, which is why the last problem had to be left out.
Homework:
Notes:

Monday, February 22, 2016

Division M2 session on Feb 21, 2016

Instructor:Mr. Isa Hafalir, Mr. Ahmed Hefny
Attendance:Ayan, Adan, Omar, Baseer
Handout:Purple comet problems
Problems Solved in Class:- Problems 1-5 of 2015 Purple Comet test
- Examples from "Introduction to Counting and Probability"
Concepts:Counting:
- Counting number of elements in a list: Off-by-one errors, problem reduction: reduce a more difficult problem to a simpler one; transforming elements in a list does not change the number of elements.
- Counting using Venn diagrams- Constructive Counting: Define a generative process to create solutions such that the number of possibilities in each step of the process can be counted.
- Complementary Counting: When counting the number of solutions that satisfy a condition, sometimes it is easier to count the number of solutions that do NOT satisfy the conditions (let's call that x). The answer then would be:answer = number of all solutions - x
Student Difficulties:
Homework:Homework due 3/6:
Purple Comet Problems:
Problems 6-15
Counting:
 https://www.dropbox.com/s/zy3vdbrdj4ifrsw/CountingDay1.pdf?dl=0
Notes:* Please bring working sheets and pencils to upcoming sessions.
* A competition will be held on 2/28. It will cover all concepts discussed so far. Use purple comet handout for preparation.


Sunday, February 7, 2016

Division M1 session on Feb 07, 2016

Instructor:Mr. Zia Hydari
Attendance:AbdulRafay, Adeel, Bilal, Ramy, Sohaib, Areej
Handout:No new handout today; I returned graded competition questions
Problems Solved in Class:Problem 5–10 from the competition given out last week
Concepts:Angles, parallel lines, triangles (esp. exterior angle)
Student Difficulties:
Homework:Please complete the following problems from the handout that I gave a few weeks ago:
Monday: 2.31, 2.35
Tuesday: 2.36, 2.39
Wednesday: 2.42, 2.44
Thursday: 2:45, 2.46
Friday: 2.49, 2.50
Saturday: 2.51, 2.52. 

If you face any difficulties, please make sure that you complete the old homework on Khan Academy missions: LinesAnglesShapes
Notes:
Winner for Jan 2016 CompetitionAbdulRafay (winner); Areej (runner-up)