Grading rubric.

· Identifies more than two ways that algebra affects business and science.

· Identifies and analyzes how any of the algebraic concepts explored can solve everyday problems in life and provides examples.

· Analyzes more than two ways algebra can solve everyday problems in business or science

· Explains a surprising finding about how algebra affects personal life, business, and science and provides examples.

By successfully completing this assignment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assessment criteria:

· Competency 5: Apply mathematical concepts to the social and natural sciences, business, and everyday life.

§ Identify at least two ways that algebra affects business of science.

§ Identify and analyze how any of the algebraic concepts explored can solve everyday problems in life.

§ Analyze at least two ways algebra can solve everyday problems in business or science.

§ Explain a surprising finding about how algebra affects personal life, business, and science.

This is the final component for your course project.

At this time, take a moment to read through the Algebra in the Real World and Everyday Life course project description and Algebra in the Real World and Everyday Life Scoring Guide to ensure that you have met the requirements of the project. It is also a good idea to review the following activities that focus on this project:

Unit 2 - A Formula Used in Everyday Life Event.

Unit 3 - A Linear Equation or Slope Used in an Everyday Life Event.

Unit 4 - Algebra in Business and Science.

Unit 5 - A Sequence or Series in Real Life.

In this project, you are asked to gather ideas from the discussion board to create a clearly formatted paper and to incorporate additional insights and edits as appropriate. To do so, complete the following:

· Organize the information from the discussions into a paper format. Make edits as appropriate based on feedback from your instructor and peers. Your edits may come from additional insights you have had during the last few units of this course.

· Identify and analyze at least two ways that algebra affects business or science.

· Identify and analyze how any of the algebraic concepts you learned about-whether in this activity or in any previous activity in this course-can solve everyday problems in your life, in business, or in science.

· Analyze at least two ways algebra can solve everyday problems in your personal life, and be specific in your analysis of each one. (Note that here we are focusing on everyday problems rather than on general applications. If you have identified how algebra solves everyday problems-rather than just the application of algebra-you can use those for this task. Just make sure you clearly justify why it fits this topic.)

· Answer the following reflection question:

§ What surprised you the most about how algebra affects your personal life, business, and science?
Your paper should include:

· A table of contents.

· Headers (Hint: You may want to have a header for each type of topic-algebra applied to personal life, algebra applied to business, and so on.)

· A title page.