Assignment for Tuesday, April 1

TMath Assignment:  Pie Chart
*use the percentages you figured for YOUR bag with the proportion for degrees in a circle.
*draw your lines accurately; color your pie slices.
Due Thursday with your packet

Pre-Algebra Stock Market directions:  
We are using smartstocks.com, so go there.
Getting your account - You will need to have an account that connects to your email address; one that you can check if you forget your password.  You need to have a user name that includes your name (minimum) and is "school appropriate."  See Mr. Jeff if you are still having trouble creating your account.
Logging in - Scroll down a bit until you see where you log in ...
*you will need to type in your email address and your password.
*you will see three menus and our group should be listed below those.
Your Dashboard contains several things you need to be familiar with.
"My Portfolio" - this will tell you how much cash you have available and that's about it.
Buying & Selling Stocks - the trade tab and the buy/sell stocks link on your dashboard will both take you to where you can begin buying and selling stocks.  Once on this page, go to ...
Ticker Look-Up will allow you to type in a company name and get the ticker abbreviation for each stock that you want to look up.  Clicking on that company will then bring up the line graph representing the trading history.  You can figure out the values (positives and negatives) from there.
To actually Buy or Sell your stocks, click on that option on your dashboard.  Once there, you will type in the abbreviation for the stock you want and select the stock.  If buying, click "buy," and type in the number of shares that you would like to buy, then say, "make this trade."  If selling, you will need to do the same things, but sell instead.
To see where you stand in the group, go to "My Group Rankings."  
*Start out with 2 or 3 stocks until you get the hang of it.
*Try to spend as much of your million as you can.
*You may adjust the number of stocks you own, buy, and sell at any time.
*Do NOT reset your money.
*DO practice buying and selling; also note that green indicates a stock is rising and red indicates a stock is going down in value.  Do you know what it means to "buy low and sell high?"  Think about it.
Mr. Jeff will go over specific questions in class tomorrow; don't panic!