• 3/16
  • Topic: Review.
  • Class Notes for the day.
  • Suggested: 11.1: 3 - 6 and 11.2: 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9
  • Prepare For: Exam 6 on Tuesday, March 20th at 9:00 AM, in Boivin 111   Monday Office Hours: 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
• 3/14
  • Topic: Completing the square, solving inequalities.
  • Class Notes for the day.
  • Read: Section 11.1 and Section 11.2
  • Suggested: 11.1: 3 - 6 and 11.2: 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9
• 3/13
  • Exam 5
• 3/12
  • Topic: Review.
  • Class Notes for the day.
  • Prepare For: Exam 5 on Tuesday, March 13th
• 3/9
  • Topic: Complex fractions.
  • Class Notes for the day.
  • Read: The bottom half of Section 10.3
  • Suggested: 10.3: 1 - 7, 9 and work on things you still need to get an S on
• 3/7
  • Topic: Adding and subtracting algebraic fractions.
  • Class Notes for the day.
  • Read: The bottom half of Section 10.2
  • Suggested: 10.2: 1, 2, 4 and work on things you still need to get an S on
• 3/5
  • Topic: Review.
  • Class Notes for the day.
  • Prepare For: Exam 4 on Tuesday, March 6th.
• 3/2
  • Topic: More on Systems of Equations, and Complex Numbers.
  • Class Notes for the day.
  • Read: The bottom half of Page 140 and Section 9.4
  • Suggested: 6.2: 10,   7.2: 1 - 8,   9.3: 4,   9.4: 1a,b,c, 2, 3a, 4, 5, 6
• 2/28
  • Topic: Applications of Equations, Rationalizing Denominators..
  • Class Notes for the day.
  • Read: Section 9.3 only up through Example 9.3(e)
  • Suggested: 5.3: 3,   6.3: 9,   9.3: 1, 2, 5, 6a
• 2/27
  • Topic: Applications of Equations, Rationalizing Denominators..
  • Class Notes for the day.
  • Read: Page 77, Example 5.3(d) and Page 137.
  • Suggested: 5.3: 1, 5   9.2: 1a,b,d,e, 4
• 2/26
  • Topic: Graphing Quadratic Functions, Fractional Exponents.
  • Class Notes for the day.
  • Read: Section 8.5 and Section 9.1.
  • Suggested: 8.5: 2, 3, 4, 5,   9.1: all
• 2/23
  • Topic: Domains of Functions, Graphing Functions.
  • Class Notes for the day.
  • Read: Section 8.3 and Section 8.4.
  • Suggested: 8.4: 1, 2a,b,c, 8.5: all, especially 1a,c,e
• 2/21
  • Topic: Domains of Functions.
  • Class Notes for the day.
  • Read: Section 8.3 and Section 8.4.
  • Suggested: 8.3: 1, 2, 8.4: 1
• 2/20
  • Exam 2
• 2/19
  • Topic: Compositions of Functions.
  • Class Notes for the day.
  • Read: Section 8.2.
  • Suggested: 8.2: all
  • Prepare For: Exam 3 on Tuesday, February 20^th. It will cover up through performance criterion 8(c), but will not include 5(c), 6(g),(h), 7(c),(d)
• 2/16
  • Topic: Functions.
  • Class Notes for the day.
  • Read: Section 8.1.
  • Suggested: 8.1: 1, 2, 3a,b, 5, 7, 10, 11
  • Prepare For: Exam 3 on Tuesday, February 20^th. It will cover up through performance criterion 8(c), but will not include 5(c), 6(g),(h), 7(c),(d)
• 2/14
  • Topic: Equations of lines, systems of linear equations.
  • Class Notes for the day.
  • Read: Section 7.1.
  • Suggested: 6.4: 5, 6   7.1: 1, 2, 3, 4
  • Suggested: Any previously suggested exercises that you haven't already done!
• 2/13
  • Topic: Slopes and equations of lines.
  • Class Notes for the day.
  • Read: Section 6.4.
  • Suggested: 6.4: 1, 2, 4
• 2/12
  • Topic: Graphing solutions to equations in two unknowns, finding intercepts.
  • Class Notes for the day.
  • Read: Section 6.2 and Section 6.3
  • Suggested: 6.2: 6, 9, 11   6.3: 1 - 4 all, some of 5, 6
  • Prepare For: Quiz on Sections 6.2 and 6.3 tomorrow (Tuesday). Like exams, nothing to lose!
• 2/7
  • Topic: Graphing solutions to equations in two unknowns.
  • Class Notes for the day.
  • Read: Section 6.1
  • Suggested: 6.1: 1 - 10 all
  • Suggested: Work on things from Exam 2 that you haven't gotten an S on, using the list of exercises at the back of the book.
• 2/6
  • Exam 2
• 2/5
  • Topic: Solving Formulas.
  • Class Notes for the day.
  • Read: Section 5.2
  • Suggested: 5.2: 1b, 2, 3, 6b,c,d, 7, 8a,b, 10, 11, 12.
  • Suggested: Work on things from Exam 1 that you did not get an S on, using the list of exercises at the back of the book.
  • Prepare For: Exam 2 on Tuesday, February 6th.
• 2/2
  • Topic: Applications of Equations.
  • Class Notes for the day.
  • Read: Section 5.1
  • Suggested: 5.1: 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14 you will have to look at some examples for some of these.
  • Suggested: Work on things from Exam 1 that you did not get an S on, using the list of exercises at the back of the book.
  • Prepare For: Exam 2 on Tuesday, February 6th.
• 1/31
  • Topic: Quadratic Formula, Solving Equations with Roots in Them.
  • Class Notes for the day.
  • Read: Section 4.3 and Section 4.4
  • Suggested: 4.1: 3a,b, 4a,b, 5b, 6b   4.2: 3b   4.3: 1a, 2a,c,e, 3b,d, 4a   4.4: 1, 2, 3a,c,e, 4a
• 1/30
  • Topic: Quadratic Formula   I forgot to post - sorry!.
  • Class Notes for the day.
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• 1/29
  • Topic: Solving Rational Equations.
  • Class Notes for the day.
  • Read: Section 3.3
  • Suggested: 3.3: 1a,e,f, 2 all but (c)
• 1/26
  • Topic: Adding, subtracting, multiplying expressions with roots.
  • Class Notes for the day.
  • Read: Section 4.2
  • Suggested: 3.2: 3, 4, 5, 6   4.2: 1, 2 4, 5
  • Suggested: Practice problems of the sort that you did not get correct on the exam.
• 1/24
  • Topic: Multiplying rational expressions, roots.
  • Class Notes for the day.
  • Read: Section 3.2 and Section 4.1
  • Suggested: 3.2: 1, 2 all for both. See Examples 3.2(d) and (e) for #2.   4.1: 1, 2 all
  • Suggested: Look back through your exam and try to correct your errors. If there is a pattern, try to identify and correct it.
• 1/23
  • Topic: Exam 1
• 1/22
  • Topic: Review, rational expressions.
  • Read: Section 3.1
  • Suggested: 3.1: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6a,b,d,e
  • Suggested: Any exercises from Chapters 1 and 2 except anything on scientific notation and 2.4: 6, 7e,l, 2.5: 3f,l
  • Prepare For: Exam 1 on Tuesday, January 23rd. It will be over Chapters 1 and 2, Section 3.1
• 1/17
  • Topic: Factoring, solving polynomial equations.
  • Read: Section 2.4 and 2.5
  • Suggested: 2.4: 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11 all parts of each   2.5: 2, 3a,b,c,d,e,g,i,j,k, 4, 6
• 1/16
  • Topic: Factoring quadratic trinomials.
  • Read: Section 2.4
  • Suggested: 2.4: 2, 3 all parts
• 1/11
  • Topic: Solving linear equations.
  • Read: Sections 2.1, 2.2 and 2.3
  • Suggested: 2.1: 1b,c,f, 2, 3   2.2: all   2.3: 1b,c, 2b,c, 3a,c,e
• 1/10
  • Topic: Practice, negative exponents.
  • Read: Sections 1.5 up to, but not including Scientific Notation
  • Suggested: Any of   1.3: 3b,d,f, 4a,b,c,d   1.4: 1c,d, 2c,d,f, 3a,b, 4b   that you didn't do in class today.
  • Suggested: 1.5: 1, 2, 6b,c,e, 7, 9   and any others you want from Chapter 1 except 1.5: 3, 4, 5   Read Section 2.1 to get ahead?
• 1/9
  • Topic: Simplifying linear algebraic expressions and algebraic expressions with exponents.
  • Read: Sections 1.3, 1.4
  • Suggested: 1.4: 1a,b, 2e,h, 3e,f (compare and contrast!), 4a, 5a Check all answers in the back!