Tuesday, May 29, 2018

New Worksheet - Triogonometry Word Problems

Practice trigonometry problems with this worksheet. Use it to hone your understanding in Physics or Trigonometry.



Problems
1. A 5’9” man stands 15 feet away from a building. Using a protractor to measure the angle between himself and the top of the building, he gets an angle of 13 degrees. How high is the building?
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2. A 5’5” girl stands 11 feet away from a building. Using a protractor to measure the angle between himself and the top of the building, she gets an angle of 61 degrees. How high is the building?
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3. A 5’8” man stands 38 feet away from a building. Using a protractor to measure the angle between himself and the top of the building, he gets an angle of 57 degrees. How high is the building?
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4. A road bed rises 210 feet for each 3551 horizontal feet of road. Find the angle of inclination of the roadbed.
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5. A road bed rises 331 feet for each 4323 horizontal feet of road. Find the angle of inclination of the roadbed.
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© 2018 Laura Glassel – lizzietutoring.blogspot.com

Wednesday, May 23, 2018

New ACT prep courses - May and June 2018 [updated]

Is your high-school student taking the ACT test this year?

Here is an opportunity to help your student get ready for the test by---
- finding out what to expect on the test
- learning test-taking strategies
- reviewing the content that the test covers

I am offering the test preparation course at four different times (each track will cover the same material). New registration deadline. See below.

Track 1 is full. Please sign up for one of the other sessions, or contact me about setting up individual times.
Track 1 will meet for two two-hour sessions. Each session will cover two sections of the ACT.
It will meet on Thursday afternoons from 1:00-3:00 p.m.
Dates: May 17 and 24
Location: 7096 Ticonderoga Trail, Eden Prairie, MN 55346


Track 2 is full. Please sign up for one of the other sessions, or contact me about setting up individual times.
Track 2 will meet for two two-hour sessions. Each session will cover two sections of the ACT.
It will meet on Friday afternoons from 1:00-3:00 p.m.
Dates: May 18 and 25
Location: 7096 Ticonderoga Trail, Eden Prairie, MN 55346

Track 3 will meet for two two-hour sessions. Each session will cover two sections of the ACT.
It will meet on Wednesday afternoons from 1:00-3:00 p.m.
Dates: June 13 and 20
Location: 7096 Ticonderoga Trail, Eden Prairie, MN 55346

Track 4 will meet for two two-hour sessions. Each session will cover two sections of the ACT.
It will meet on Thursday afternoons from 1:00-3:00 p.m.
Dates: June 14 and 21
Location: 7096 Ticonderoga Trail, Eden Prairie, MN 55346

Cost: $90.00 per student for the entire course. Includes materials.

Registration deadline: Friday, June 8, 2018

To register, fill out the contact form on the right.

Tuesday, May 22, 2018

New Worksheet - Newton's Laws of Motion

Acceleration
1. A roller coaster car rapidly picks up speed as it rolls down a slope. As it starts down the slope, its speed is 5 m/s. But 7 seconds later, at the bottom of the slope, its speed is 39 m/s. What is the average acceleration?
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2. A car advertisement states that a certain car can accelerate from rest to 85 km/h in 9 seconds. Find the car's average acceleration.
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3. An eagle accelerates from 11 m/s to 27 m/s in 5 seconds. What is the eagle's average acceleration?
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4. You drop a rock from a bridge, and it takes 3.8 seconds for it to hit the river below. How many meters did the rock fall?
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5. You drop a rock from a bridge that is 48 feet high. For how long does the rock fall?
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Newton's Second Law of Motion
1. A 57-kg water-skier is being pulled by a speedboat. The force causes her to accelerate at 3 m/s2. What force causes this acceleration?
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2. How fast is a 1100-kg elevator accelerating if it is being acted upon by a force of 2200 N?
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3. What is the mass of a cart if it is accelerating at 21 m/s2 and is being acted upon by a force of 748 N?
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© 2018 Laura Glassel – lizzietutoring.blogspot.com

Tuesday, May 15, 2018

New Worksheet - Surface Area Calculations

Practice surface area calculations for squares and rectangles with this worksheet.

To determine the area of a rectangle, multiply the width by the length.

Find the solutions to the following problems:
1. A rectangle is 5.9 inches long and 9.8 inches wide. What is the area?
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2. A rectangular board is 3.7 meters long and 0.17 meters wide. The cost for the board is 27 dollars per square meter. How much does this specific board cost?
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3. A table is 1.8 meters long and 1.2 meters wide. A table cloth is being sewn for this table, and the table cloth is to hang down 0.4 meters on each side. What is the area of the table cloth?
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4. The floor of a room is 23.5 meters long and 10.25 meters wide. It is being tiled with square tiles that have sides that are 0.75 meters long. How many tiles are needed to cover the entire floor?
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5. A carpenter wants to cut out a rectangular board that has an area of 18 square inches. The length of the board is to be 3 times the width of the board. What is the length? What is the width?
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© 2018 Laura Glassel – lizzietutoring.blogspot.com

Tuesday, May 8, 2018

New Worksheet - Chemistry - Lewis Structures

Draw the Lewis structures for the following atoms:

1. Sr

2. Ge

3. Br

Give the chemical formulas for the following molecules:

4. beryllium oxide

5. lithium sulfide

6. chromium (III) chloride

7. sodium nitride

8. Which of these atoms has the greatest desire for extra electrons: Ca, Se, or Br? ________________

9. Which of these atoms has the largest atomic radius: K, Ge, Se, or Kr? ________________

10. Draw the Lewis structure for NBr3.

© 2018 Laura Glassel – lizzietutoring.blogspot.com

Tuesday, May 1, 2018

New Worksheet - Basic Algebra Operations 7

Solve the following problems.

1. 4x = x + 9
x = ______________

2. 14 = 2x + 4
x = ______________

3. x + 5 = 2x + 1
x = ______________

4. x + 7 = 3x + 1
x = ______________

5. 2 + 3x = 17
x = ______________

6. x + 7 = 2x
x = ______________

7. 5 + x = 13
x = ______________

8. 12 = 2x + 4
x = ______________

9. 2x + 5 = 15 + x
x = ______________

10. 3x + 1 = x + 13
x = ______________

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