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Re: Compute This B

Posted: October 26th, 2009, 2:51 pm
by ddudealex1
anything new in the rules this year? :?: :?: :?:

Re: Compute This B

Posted: October 26th, 2009, 6:50 pm
by brobo
Nope, they are EXACTLY the same, word for word.
Except that this year's topic is different, and so is the website.

Re: Compute This B

Posted: October 27th, 2009, 2:06 pm
by ddudealex1
good. :( :| :) ;) :D Now I'm very happy.

Re: Compute This B

Posted: October 30th, 2009, 2:23 pm
by brobo
will you have to make a chart in excel? i know you have to do something like make a line chart or scatter plot, but will we have to print out the raw data we find? like just put it into a normal excel chart?

Re: Compute This B

Posted: October 30th, 2009, 2:31 pm
by ddudealex1
Yes, you will have to use excel for your data. However, there will also be several questions that you will do in word.

Re: Compute This B

Posted: October 30th, 2009, 2:34 pm
by brobo
i know that! i was wondering if we had to list our data in rows and columns before we made our graph, and if we had to print out the rows and columns!

Re: Compute This B

Posted: October 30th, 2009, 2:38 pm
by ddudealex1
If I remember correctly, yes.

Re: Compute This B

Posted: October 30th, 2009, 7:58 pm
by brobo
Thanks. I just don't want to lose cause I make a stupid mistake like that.

Re: Compute This B

Posted: November 10th, 2009, 7:43 am
by waawamellon
I am doing compute this and am a little bit behind...
so, we're supposed to take info from nasa.gov and put it in graphs in microsoft exel?
If only they where doing amphibians and reptiles this year.
or is it nasa.com
or maybe nasa.org

Re: Compute This B

Posted: November 10th, 2009, 11:20 am
by brobo
Pretty much they give you a topic that can be researched on nasa.gov
Like on one of the practice tests, I had to find some successfull Apollo mision stats, and plot them, such as the launch date, how close they got to the moon, or weither they were successfull or not. But you have to chart it in a specific format, like line graph or line on two axis. Also there will be five short-answer questions.

You really can't study for this event, so all you can really do is practice. Read through the rulles several times, and before long you'll be great at it! ;)