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.