FINAL EXAM REVIEW

1) Unit 9 Cumulative Review
2) MHS Review Packet (handed out in class)
3) Apart from the two assignments above, AND as I have stated in class --- I feel that the BEST use of your time would be to "thumb thru" the individual chapter reviews in our text book, re-familiarize yourself with some the concepts and do a few problems here and there. All of the answers are in the text book.


TEXT BOOKS SHOULD BE RETURNED ON THE DAY YOU TAKE THE FINAL EXAM!!!

hw's 10-1, 10-2 and the Cumulative Review

IT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL IF YOU VIEWED SOME OF THE VIDEO TUTORS in section 10-1 and 10-2 of MathChamber. Just sayin'.

This is a HUGE assignment, since most of you did not do the Unit 1-9 Assignment over the weekend.  You will have a brief quiz next Monday, June 4th on Pythagorean Theorem and Radical Expressions (10-1 and 10-2) and the FINAL EXAM will be on Friday, June 8th. I will provide one more assignment for final exam prep... PREPARE AS YOU SEE FIT... I'm here to assist as best I can.

If you can't do all of the Odds, maybe do every other odd... you decide what works for you.

hw #10-2
pg 623
#1-21 Odd, 22

hw #10-1

pg 616-617
#1-5 ALL, #7-33 Odd

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Unit 1-9 Cumulative Review Assignment pg 608-610

Treat the questions as open-ended as best you can. Ignore the "directions" which ask you to record your answers "in a grid."

Do the work on separate notebook or graph paper and hand-in as a stand-alone assignment on Tuesday.

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Unit 9 Review

I notice that the MathChamber Academy videos for Unit 9 haven't been viewed too often.  If you want to get a flavor for the Unit 9 Test, do Problem Set 9A and watch the videos.

hw #9-7 More on Quadratics...

... or is that MORON QUADRATICS??

oh well, ANYWAYS...
 
hw#9-7: Due
   Thurs May10 (B)
   Fri May 11 (A)

BE SURE TO READ (a novel concept) Problem 3 on pg 585

pg 587 #29-40 ALL
Unit 9 Problem Set A
A SMART STUDENT would begin to look at pages 603-605... the UNIT 9 TEST will be on Sections 9-1 thru 9-6 ONLY.
If you try the Chapter Test on pg 607 IGNORE questions #19-22

hw #9-6 The Quadratic Formula

Not too much homework this time for next class...

Be sure to view the NEW videos on MathChamber Academy... I'm sure that you will find them helpful.  We didn't discuss the "discriminant" (b^2 - 4ac) in class (we will next time), but you can read about it in the book (section 9-6). Feel free to ask me questions as well.

hw #9-6
Due Wednesday, May 9 #11-21 Odd 23-27 All

Use the quadratic formula with a calculator handy, of course!.

hw #9-3 & #9-4 Solving Quadratics for FUN & PROFIT...

... ok, so maybe it's just FUN!

See MATHCHAMBER ACADEMY for NEW VIDEOS from Mr. C. on SOLVING QUADRATICS!!

BOTH hw #9-3 & #9-4 DUE ON THE SAME DAY!!

hw#9-3: Due
   Wed May2 (B)
   Thurs May 3 (A)
pg 563-565 #1-7 All, #9, 13,17,21,25,29.33

hw#9-4: Due
   Wed May2 (B)
   Thurs May 3 (A)
pg 570-572 #1-7 9 ,11, 13, 15, 21, 25

hw #9-1 & #9-2

The MathChamber Website is updated through your next quiz (Monday, May 7)... check out the graphing calculators and videos... YAY!!!

Visit and utilize the NEW graphing calculator that is changing the world!!
www.desmos.com

hw #9-1: Due Tues May 1
pg 549-551, #5-10 All, 11-23 Odd, 34-36 (you should be able to answer these just from what you know about parabolas and their graphs), 41

hw #9-2: Due Tues May 1
pg 556-557 #5,6, 7-15 Odd, 16-19 All, 21-27 Odd

hw #8-6 FACTORING IS FUN... AND EASY!!!

Essentially, we are in REVIEW MODE for Thursday's UNIT 8 TEST!!

SECTION 8-8 FACTORING BY GROUPING IS NOT ON THE TEST!!

The hw posting on MathChamber is up-to-date through the end of the unit.


Remember... ALWAYS LOOK FOR GCF's first... then, if you have a quadratic, give the "SYMMETRY OF THE BOX" a try. Knowing the SPECIALS will save you time, but the BOX will always work.


Watch for some videos this weekend... I am taking "REQUESTS" for specific problems if you get them to me early enough.

hw #8-5 Factoring Polynomials, Symmetry of the Box and Unit 6&7 Review

YOU SHOULD FOCUS YOUR EFFORTS ON 8-1 thru 8-4 since that is what is on the quiz... a good idea would be to do some problems on the Mid-Chapter Quiz on page 510...

hw #8-5 (don't worry too much about this assignment... we will be reviewing it next Tuesday, Apr 17)
pg 514 #1-9 All, #11,15,23,27,31,35 (#35 is a little tricky... see Problem 5 on pg 514)
pg 520-521 #15,19,23

FOR THE UNIT 6&7 BOOSTER TEST
Unit 6 Review
pg 409-411 #5,15,21,23,26,29

Unit 7 Review
pg 474-479 #6,7,11,23,25,31,36,39
Also review your problem sets from Unit 7

hw #8-3 & 8-4 DO YOU BELIEVE??

NEW VIDEOS ARE AVAILABLE ON UNIT 8 MATHCHAMBER ACADEMY  - CHECK IT OUT!!

hw#8-3: Due
    Tues Apr 10 (B)
    Weds Apr 11 (A)
pg 501-502 #9-43 EVERY OTHER ODD (ff course, you can do all of the ODDS for extra practice)

hw#8-4: Due
    Tues Apr 10 (B)
    Weds Apr 11 (A)
pg 507-508 #9-16 All, 17, 25-30 Odd, 37-43 Odd, 49
USE BOTH FOIL AND the AREA MODEL
(the book discusses the "distribution" and a table method, both are very similar to what we have done in class, so just use any method you are comfortable with)

UNIT 8 QUIZ + UNIT 6&7 BOOSTER OPPORTUNITY:
Thursday, April 12th (B)
Friday, April 14th (A)

hw #8-2 Factoring Frenzy!!!

see the MathChamber Unit8 page for homework

hw #8-1 Poly wanna nomial?

See MathChamber for homework...

Make sure you know ALL of the old & new terminology/vocabulary:



Terms
Like Terms
Combine Like Terms
Monomial
Polynomial
Degree of a Monomial/Term
Standard Form of a Polynomial
Degree of a Polynomial

For our purposes, a monomial and a term are basically synonymous.

hw #8-0 Graphing Inferno

Have you hugged your parabola today??

Graph the following using a table of values... check your work on www.desmos.com

1) y=x^2
2) y=-x^2
3) y=x^2 - 4
4) y=-x^2 + 9
5) y=x^2-4x
6) y=x^2+2x
7) y=x^2-6x+8
8) y=x^2+6x+8
9) y=x^2+2x-8
10) y=(-1/4)x^2
11) y=(1/4)x^2
12) y=2x^2

hw #7-8 Unit 7 Review & Geometric Sequence

Have you iterated your recursive function today?

pg 470 #1,2,3,9, #11-21 Odd

You do NOT need to do ALL of these review problems, but you should do several as practice...

Unit 7 Review (Exclude fractional exponents and section 7-5)
Very limited problems in section 7-8; you will NOT be asked to write a recursive or explicit formula
pg 475-479 #10,12,14,19,25,31,32,33,44,49,50,65,68,71,75,77,80,81

If you want to do extra work in the Chapter Test (pg 479) exclude the following problems:
EXCLUDE #4,6,7,8,9,10,22

hw #7-7; Compound Interest; Exponential Growth & Decay

UNIT 7 TEST on THURSDAY, March 22;
NO fractional exponents; Very limited questions on section 7-8 (Geometric Series/Sequences)
REVIEW CLASS on TUESDAY; The questions should start NOW!!

hw #7-7
Read pages 460-463
Write the definitions for GROWTH FACTOR and DECAY FACTOR into your notes
#1-12 All
#13-27 Odd
#28-31 All

hw #7-6 Growing, Growing, Gone!

pg 456-457
#1-7 All
#9-33 Odd, #34

fyi... I thought I would be in at 7am tomorrow... it turns out that it will be closer to 7:15... but I will be in by 7am on Friday... I'll also be available Tuesday after school...

I will be making some videos for the class I will miss on Friday... let me know if you have any suggestions for specific problems

Unit 7 Test is set for Thursday, March 22!!

hw for Weds Mar14 #13-16 and Quiz Review

Hi Folks,

fyi... I will be available for extra help tomorrow (Tuesday) after school... some of you may need remediation from today's assessment.

Mr. C.

hw #7-3 7-4 Mid-Chapter Review and QUIZ on MONDAY!!

I won't be around on Sunday night, so here are a few videos to help you out...

7-1 Powers pg 475-15


7-2 Powers pg 429-19


7-3 Mult Props of Exp pg 476 39

... and don't forget to view the Scientific Notation videos on the previous blog post...

hw #7-2 Powers to the People!

These are the videos from Tuesday...

http://www.screencast.com/t/suhfqmgRrvlo

http://www.screencast.com/t/tIUZdmZaMT

http://www.screencast.com/t/UETXVul98Di

http://www.screencast.com/t/QGOXuS2QT


hw on MathChamber Unit 7 page

oops... correction... I meant to EXCLUDE the Scientific Notation questions, since we hadn't gone over them in class... the hw should be... 

hw#7-2: Due
   Mon Mar 5 (B)
   Tues Mar 6 (A)   
Read pg 425-429
pg 429-430 #5,6,8-19 ALL

if you figured it out on your own, GREAT... otherwise... SORRY!!

hw #7-1 Zero & Negative Exponents

a.k.a. "How to have fun and be miserable at the same time!!"

Remember... "The path to understanding is paved with confusion"
I'm not sure if anyone actually ever said this, so if not - I claim it!

How about this one? "If you're not confused, you're not really trying"
It all boils down to this simple fact: "Confusion is good!"

hw #6-7 Problem Set 6R and the Chapter Review & Test

Hello All,

I looked at the Chapter Review (pg 408-410) #1-32 and all problems look reasonable to me. As for word problems, if I were you I would make sure that I focus on our Problem Sets - the style and the wording of the problems on our test will mirror the Problem Sets much more so than the text book. The word problems on the Chapter Test (pg 411) are written in a style that doesn't actually ask a question, just that you "model the situation." I would rather that you answer a question, so don't focus on the word problems on the Chapter Test. Problems #1-12 on the Chapter Test are all reasonable in my view.

To reiterate, you shouldn't feel obligated to do every problem... do every third problem or so as a first pass and see how you do. Are you happy with your results? You can probably stop there.


I'll try to post a few videos this weekend.

See you on Monday,
Mr. C.

hw #6-5 & 6-6 and ProbSet 6F

Remember, I would like you to do a "reasonable" subset of the 6-5 and 6-6 homework... Thursday is our review session for Monday's test... the more ready you are for Thurs, the better shape you'll be in for Monday.

hw for President's Weekend

Due to the difficulty in having everyone take the quiz this past Wednesday, there will be a RE-QUIZ (or first quiz for a few of you) on Tuesday, Feb 21st. EVERYONE should be checking in on the blog this weekend to prepare for the quiz. POST YOUR QUESTIONS HERE!!!
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=  Sorry about the poor handwriting or rough sound quality... but:

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=  Here is a video of Question 1 from last week's "pre" QUIZ  

=                                  Question 2   "   "   "   "   "
=                                  Question 3   "   "   "   "   "
=                                  Question 7   "   "   "   "   " 
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=  Please let me know if this helped you!
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ALSO, you should be pre-reading section 6-5 "Graphing Linear Inequalities" because we will be working JOINTLY on Section 6-5 & 6-6 on Weds immediately after the BRIEF QUIZ.

I would love to get an INDIVIDUAL email from each and every one of you, in an attempt to develop an individual improvement plan. I know that many of you would like to improve your grade, I would like to improve your algebraic understanding... it just so happens that our goals match up nicely!

Please tell/text/facebook your alge-buddies about this blog post... it's a long time between classes and very few of us are in position to make it an "algbra-free" weekend.

Besides all that, ENJOY YOUR WEEKEND!!
Mr. C.

hw #6-3 Solving Systems Using Elimination

You have a QUIZ (sections 6-1 thru 6-4) on Wednesday (Yippee!!)... if you can do the problem sets, you will enjoy the quiz... there will be NO Pythagorean Theorem or Diamond Problems on this quiz.

hw #6-2 Problem Set 6A & the Make-Up Test

No Solution = Null Set

hw #6-1 Graphing Solutions to SYSTEMS OF EQUATIONS

... unfortunately I am looking at the prior year text book as I write this so the page number may be wrong... SECTION 6-1 folks! you can figure it out!!!...


hw#6-1: Due Tues Feb 7
pg 365 (??) #1-10,17-20
Ticket In: Complete the Tee-Shirt Problem if you did not finish it in class


Graphing Systems Packet/Worksheet

hw #5-7 AND UNIT TEST REVIEW

hw #5-6 and 5-2 An Education Celebrationl

Just think about the possibilities... I wonder what we won't learn next class!! I'm so excited!!

hw#5-6:
Due Wed Jan 25 (B)
       Thurs Jan 26 (A)
pg 330-32 #1-4 All
                 #7-35 Odd
 AND....
hw #5-2
Due Wed Jan 25 (B)
       Thurs Jan 26 (A)
pg 302-03 # 1-5 All
                 #9-14 All
                 #30-34 All

hw #5-5 Unit 5 Problem Set A - Dig that Ditch... Fill it back in!

fyi... For those so inclined, now would be a good time to look at pages 358-360... it's a GOOD START for the mid-term review. Tentative Mid-Term date is Tuesday Jan 31 (B), Wed Feb 1 (A).

Due Mon Jan 23 (B)
        Tue Jan 24 (A)
Complete Unit 5 Problem Set A
Note to Absentees!! This Problem Set is a printable pdf file... you are expected to complete it... see your friends or me for help
PROBLEM SET 5A WILL BE COLLECTED AND GRADED!!

Optional Additional HW:
(for those that prefer A's to those other grades):
pg 326
#27-30 Graph all 4 lines on ONE coordinate plane
#37,40,41,43
#45,47 (Hint: to use the graphing calculator, you'll have to convert to slope-intercept form)
ALSO: Browse the Mid-Chapter Review (pg 321)... you should feel comfortable with all of those problems, EXCEPT FOR #7-9... add #26 to your assignment (above) for EXTRA CREDIT!!)

hw #5-4 Point-Slope Form

... Wanna remember the formulas??? Write 'em down every time you need to use 'em... 

hw #5-3 It's a Slope! It's an Intercept!! YES! IT'S SLOPE-INTERCEPT FORM!!!

Notice we skipped section 5-2 (not to worry Becca, we'll get to it later in the unit... thanks for your concern!)

hw #5-1 It's a Slippery Slope, indeed!

see MathChamber website for the assignment

hw #5-0 - Graphs, Graphs, and More Graphs

Unit 4 Test Review

Here some great (and horribly produced) videos on how to use RELATE-DEFINE-WRITE (RDW)...

The one problem comes in two parts... this WILL BE on the test tomorrow... the handwriting is awful, I get cut off at the end.... ARGH... but it's what you need to know!!

OIL TANK PROBLEM - Part I

OIL TANK PROBLEM - Part II

Good Luck!