Summary sheet

Summary:  Today we started but did not complete the Chapter 9 summary.  This will be signed off tomorrow as homework.  The last 20 minutes students took a quiz over 9.1-9.3

Thursday March 1st

We worked on fulling installing function composition.  There were 10 or so white board questions.  At the end of the period, I gave 15 minutes of time to work on the assignment.  Homework included 9.3  23-45 odds.

Wednesday, February 29

Summary: Worked on function composition.  Homework is to finish the review packet.  It's time to start studying for the final that will probably be next Tuesday and Wednesday.

Tuesday, February 28

Summary: Work day.

Monday, February 27

Summary: Reviewed on what a function is and isn't, and how that looks through mapping, points, and scatter plots.  The class also evaluated operations with functions. Homework.  Answers for the homework are here! 

Friday, February 24

Summary: Review graphs of linear, quadratic, absolute value, and square root.  Homework.

Thursday, February 23

Summary: Went over yesterday's quiz and looked at the characteristics of linear, quadratic, absolute value, and square root functions, taking special consideration with the graphs of square root functions.  Homework.  Answers for Chapter 9 are on the blog.

Wednesday, February 23

Summary: Quiz over Chapter 8 today!  Best of luck to everyone! Hopefully students that needed it found the blog helpful!  Homework over Chapter 9 tonight. Problems and answers are (finally) on the blog's Extra Homework & Answer Page.  So get off my back, Aaron Josi and Kaylee Atchison!

****Don't forget to complete the suggested Khan Exercises if you haven't tested into Math 95 or are planning to take Math 111!

Tuesday, February 21

Summary: Finish Chapter 8  Summary sheet and have that done by the time you get into class tomorrow.  if you didn't finish it in class, it will be homework.  The answer key is down below, so make sure to check your answers.  Quiz tomorrow.  Chapter 9 will start after the quiz. Answers on the blog!

Friday, February 17

Summary: Worked on solving and graphing quadratic inequalities.  Homework.  Answers to Chapter 8 are here!

Thursday, February 16

Summary: Graphing Quadratic Functions.  Homework.  Answers to Chapter 8 are on the blog!

Wednesday, February 15

Test day.

Tuesday, February 14

Summary: Worked on word problems using such skills as factoring and the quadratic formula. And a brief look at quadratic equations that don't quite look like quadratic equations.  Homework. Answers for Chapter 8 are on the Extra Homework & Answer page!

• ***COMPASS TEST: Don't forget to complete the suggested Khan exercises on the sidebar! 

Monday, February 13

Summary: Worked on recognizing and solving tricky quadratic equations and took another look at rate word problems.   Homework.

Friday, February 10

Summary: What happens when the discriminant is less than zero (resulting in 2 imaginary solutions) and when the discriminant is more than zero (resulting in 2 real solutions).  Homework.  Answers for Chapter 8 are on the blog!

Thursday, February 9

Summary: Spent 20 minutes working on completing the square and spent the remaining time proving the quadratic formula. Homework. Answers can be found on the blog in the Extra Homework & Answer page!

Wednesday February 8

Summary: First day of Chapter 8!  Class worked on factoring square roots and quadratics.  Also reviewed an interesting way to solve quadratic equations.  Homework, and answers can be found on the blog!

Tuesday, February 7

Summary: TEST DAY!  Entry task only, no notes and no homework.

Friday, February 2

Summary: Created a Chapter 7 summary sheet.  Problems and solutions can be found on the Extra Homework & Answer page.  Homework is to complete it over weekend.  Have an awesome three day weekend!

Thursday, February 2

Summary: Introduction to complex numbers (i=square root of -1) and how to add, subtract, multiply, divide, and FOIL.  Homework.  Answers for Chapter 7 are on the Extra Homework & Answer page of the blog! 

Wednesday, February 1

Summary: Addressed issues when equations have fractional exponents.  Homework. Check out answers to Chapter 7 on the blog!

Tuesday, January 31

Summary: Addressed situations which involve extraneous solutions and radicals that won't go away.  Remember to check your answers in case of extraneous solutions!  Answers to Chapter 7 homework is on the blog.  Homework.

Monday, January 30

Summary: Solving equations with radicals, addressing issues with cube roots.  Homework.  Answers on the Extra Homework & Answer Page!

Thursday, January 25

Summary: Worked on multiplying radicals, including distribution and FOIL-ing. Today's homework for Chapter 7 which can be found on the Extra Homework & Answer page!

Tuesday, January 24

Summary: After cleaning up issues with last night's homework, students worked on adding, subtracting, and multiplying radicals and which algebra and arithmetic skills would be applied. Students have Homework and Answers are on the blog!  

Monday, January 23

Summary: Studied the affects of domain and converting between radicals and exponents.  Homework. Check out solutions on the Extra Homework & Answer Page!

Friday, January 20

Summary: After getting feedback on the test taken yesterday, the class worked on simplifying radicals that had square roots and how that affected domain.  Homework. Check out problems for Chapter 7.1 and solutions for the entire Chapter 7 on the Extra Homework page!

Thursday, January 19

Summary: Test Day!  Not much more to post than the entry task for today.

Tuesday, January 16

Summary: The day was spent analyzing word problems with a particular focus on work problems and distance problems (Distance=Rate x Time).

Friday, January 13, 2012

Summary: Continued work on solving rational equations and checking the solutions in case of a no solution scenario.  Homework.

Thursday, January 12

Summary: Dividing Polynomials using synthetic and long divisions. Homework.Check out chapter 6 solutions.

Tuesday, January 10

Summary: Simplify complex fractions.

Monday, January 9

Summary: Further practice with adding and subtraction rational functions and creating like denominators.  No Homework.

Friday, January 6

Summary: Review how fractions can only be added and subtracted with common denominators, and how this applies to the overall unit.  Homework.

Thursday, January 5

Summary: Introduction to multiplying and dividing rational exponents, as well as continued work on reducing, factoring, and canceling.  Brief review on dividing fractions and how it relates to polynomials, and when those polynomials double up on fractions. 

Wednesday, January 4

Summary: Focus on factoring and simplifying equations, especially when you need to use the sum and difference of cubes/squares. Also today the concept of building denominators is introduced.  Also addresses on evaluating a function when using function notation. Practiced setting up functions based on word problems.  Homework.

Tuesday, January 3

Summary: Back from break!  Continue the unit on Domain and Range with interval notation.  Addressing the different algebra and arithmetic methods to factor and cancel equations.  Also a trick was shown in the notes to make the process smoother.  Homework.