This ransom note project is designed for pre-algebra classes. This project was done in the 2006-2007 school year. Percent ransom notes and collages-Each year we make percent ransom notes and collages. We cut the letters from newspapers and magazines. They have to have a tag line for example- Percents are per hundred or Percents are used in shopping.- Percents are used to calculate Discount and Sale Price-Percents can make you wealthy-Take Interest in Percents-Interest rates vary at the bank-Interest is Very Interesting Real estate agents earn commission. No violent images are allowed. You are allowed to use pictures from magazines or newspapers to make a collage around your messages. Prizes will be awarded for the most creative designs. Both Algebra and pre-algebra have to watch a stock from A handout paper in class gives more details about the powerpoint presentation that needs to be completed by Algebra one - The Five Favorite Car project is due Make a booklet of five favorite cars or trucks. Graph their fuel economy for city and highway using inequalities. Also have a photo of each car or truck on each apge of the booklet. See me to view work samples from last year. Algebra one- See me for project details in class. Five sources are needed. Do not use Wikepedia. Approved mathematicians to study: Blaise Pascal Pythagoras Brahmagupta Charles Babbage John von Neumann John Mauchley Fibonacci Euclid Mohammed Ibn-Musa Al-Khowarizmi Augusta Ada Byron, Countess William Shockley Grace Hopper Leonhard Euler Rene Descartes Diophantus