Patterns Portfolio
Jian Cohen
10/16/17 Lauren Lucky 5 “Patterns” Portfolio In this unit we worked on patterns and how to find them. We learned how sigma notation works, how to find equations from different problems, and the different “families” of math. We’ve learned that mathematics is learned through patterns and numbers. A theme for this unit is using in and out tables to get formulas and equations. An example is the Bubble Gum POW because it had us looking for an equation so that each kid got the same color spending the most amount of pennies needed. |
Healthy Population
In the Healthy Population unit we focused on insurance and probability. The problems contained questions on how to split up insurance costs between people. Each one had a certain percent chance to get a disease or accident and the treatment cost for said disease. A key idea was to figure out how much money people had to pay for insurance every month and every year. An activity I did was where insurance costed 40,000$ a year and you had to figure out how much money was needed for a deductible. In this theoretical situation there were four people with a certain percentage to get a disease where it costed 40,000$ to cure. For example, Alonso had a 2% chance, Beatriz had a 10% chance, Charlie had a 16% chance and Daniel had a 25% chance. You had to find the amount of money they had to pay and see if it would be worth it to stay on the insurance. So Alonso was 800$; Beatriz was 4,000$; Charlie was 6,400$; and Daniel was 10,000$ a year. Then you would find the average pay ((800+4,000+6,400+10,000)/4) which gets you the total average pay. In this scenario the average is 5,300$ a year. If this were true then Alonso would drop out because he is paying way too much than he needs to. Beatriz would also drop out but Daniel and Charlie would want that because it is less than they are paying. When people drop out than the insurance goes up so no the insurance goes from 40,000 to 44,800. Daniel would now be paying 8,200$ and Charlie is paying more than he actually needs to so he drops out. Now the price of insurance is 51,200$. Daniel would be paying 12,800$ (51,200*25%=12,800) and would probably dropout. Now there is no one on insurance and you have to pay 2.5% of your income as a fine plus the treatment cost. We didn’t dive into that situation unfortunately.
Cover Letter |
In the Health Insurance Unit I think the most unfair part of it is having to pay for someone else and then if you don’t then you would have to pay a fine. This is unfair but I also think that health insurance would be cheaper if the government paid for insurance in exchange for a slight tax increase of 2.5%. Everyone would still be paying for each others but at a significantly lower cost. A middle class person making 56,000$ a year is currently paying 6,160$ each year in federal taxes but would have to pay an extra 1,400$ for insurance. Realistically if we did this then the government would gain money and people would pay a lot less then they have to.
Personal Growth |