Be sure to follow the instructions!!!
If you want me to consider your work, be sure to follow all directions.

Write on one side of each page, only.
Do not use both sides of any sheet!!!!!
Include your test paper.
Staple your rebate pages and test paper together, rebate pages in order on top.

Basic Requirements
You may earn back up to 50% of the points that you miss on any test or quiz, except for the final examination. For example, if you score 18 out of 30 on a quiz, you missed 12 points. Therefore, if you turn in point rebates that is wholly acceptable, you may earn back 50% of 12 points = 6 points, making your quiz grade 18 + 6 = 24 out of 30. Your rebate may be worth less than the 50%. This score is largely subjective.

Point rebates are due at the beginning of the second class after the quiz/test is returned to the class. If you are absent when papers are returned, it is your responsibility to get your paper from me, either in class or during office hours.

Neatness counts! Your rebate must be neat and legible. Remember, the amount of your rebate is largely a subjective rating of how well you have convinced me that you now know the concept.

No late point rebates will be accepted.

Rebates may be done on quizzes and tests, only. There is no point rebate on problem sets, nor on the final exam.

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What you must do
You must include the following in your point rebate : You do not need to copy the question - just be sure to include you test paper.

1. If it is numerical/algebraic, or involves work to find the answer, you must show a complete, correct solution to the problem with all steps shown,. If non-numeric in nature, the correct answer must be stated.

2. A statement of the correct procedure, each concept, and/or each definition involved in finding the answer

3. Your wrong answer, and a statement of what you did incorrectly.

If #1 above is not done, no points may be gained back.

If you believe your original answer may actually be a correct one, and does not agree with mine, give a full justification for your answer, instead of the statement of what you did incorrectly.

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Your work:
1. 50 + 70 + 90 = 210
210 / 3 = 70 ANS

2. The mean or average of a set of data is the sum of the data values, divided by the number of data items.

3. I got the answer of 150. Instead of adding the three numbers and then dividing by 3, I entered into the calculator: 50 + 70 + 90/3. When I entered this, I got 150, because only the 90 was divided by 3

I should have put parentheses around the three data numbers: (50 + 70 + 90)/3 This forces the three numbers to be added first, and then divided by 3, and gives the correct answer of 70.

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What I am looking for when I read your point rebate:
As you do your point rebate, keep in mind that the underlying goal of your point rebate must be to convince me that you now know how to do the problem, and it is highly unlikely that you will make the same or a similar mistake again.