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A. If you took CPSC 110 at MWC who was your instructor?

B. List the name(s) of any programming language(s) you have used to write a program.

C. Rate your ability to write programs using on a scale of 1 – 5 with 1 being a beginner and 5 an expert .

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D. Rate your ability to use a computer on a scale of 1-5 with 1 being a beginner and 5 an expert .

1 2 3 4 5

E. In addition to a computer, what other types of digital systems do feel comfortable using?

Please answer the following questions on this form.

1. You are the advisor to a large group of children, and you have foolishly agreed to bake 500 batches of cookies for the children to sell. You have 20 copies of a recipe book that has the instructions to on how to bake one batch of cookies. You have 19 willing adult helpers. Write an instruction sheet to be used by yourself and each adult helper in preparing their share of the cookies, assuming you have provided all the ingredients for yourself and for each helper and a copy of the recipe book for yourself and for each helper:
   
   

2. Under the assumptions of question 1, if each batch of cookies contains 52 cookies when baked and you sample 4 cookies from each batch you bake and each helper samples 4 cookies from each batch they bake to be certain they are good, how many cookies will be left for the children to sell?
   
   
   
   

3. If y = x+1 and z = y/3; then if x = 35, what is the value of z? Explain your answer.
   

4. You have a deck of 52 cards that have been well shuffled. You wish to tell an intelligent young child how to put the cards back in the order Ace, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, Jack, Queen, King within each suit and to put the suits in the order Spades, Hearts, Clubs, Diamonds. Write a clear set of such instructions.
   
   
   

5. For each of the following problems you will be combining fractions by addition, subtraction, or multiplication. Your answer must be a fraction reduced to lowest terms, and you may not use a calculator.

6. The straight-line distance from city A to city B is 311 miles. The straight-line distance from city B to city C is 175 miles. What are the smallest and the largest possible values of the straight-line distance from city A to city C.

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