Algebra IA
This course is designed for the students who will be pursuing a future course of study or career requiring a strong math background. It offers a complete view of beginnnig algebra including work with real numbers, solving equations, manipulating polynomials, and an introducation to two-dimensional graphing. A final average of 80% or higher is required for placement in Geometry A.
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Homework:
Chapter 10 & 11
5/14 Two-step Inequality worksheet
5/15 Compound inequality worksheet
5/17 Finish up linear inequality worksheet and work on exam review packet
5/18 p. 202 practice worksheet on simplify radicals - show your work!!!
Chapter 9
5/4 finish the worksheet on solving systems by graphing and p. 415 #1-12
5/7 solving systems by substitution worksheet
5/8 solving systems by elimination worksheet
5/10 finish elimination puzzle worksheet and do Ch 9 review
Quiz on Chapter 9 on Friday!!!
5/11 Begin exam review part I and work on Ch 8 Test corrections
Chapter 8
4/16 worksheet on slopes
4/17 finish notes on lines worksheet (y = mx + b) and do p. 363 oral ex #1-10 and written ex #1-12
4/19 finish p. 372 wr ex #2-34 even and do p. 372 #1-21 odd and 29-33 odd
4/20 Ch 8 Review (8.2-8.6) Worksheet
QUIZ on Tuesday!!!
4/23 Study for Ch 8 Quiz on lines
4/24 p. 380 written ex #1-28
4/26 Get interims signed.
Graph the following parabolas by plotting the vertex and 4 other points
1. y = x2 - 2x + 6
2. y = -x2 - 8x - 15
3. y = 2x2 + 4x - 3
4. y = -3x2 - 12x + 1
5. y = -x2 + 4x + 1
4/27 Finish parabola worksheet and do Ch 8 Graphing Practice
4/30 Direct Variation: p. 394 #11-16 and p. 295 #1-8
Inverse Variation: p. 399 #11-14 and p. 400 #1-6
5/1 Study for Chapter 8 Test !
Chapter 8 Test on Thursday!!!
Chapter 7
2/24 p. 646 #95-106 and p. 289 written ex #1-24; quiz on 4.7 & 4.8 on Monday!
2/27 none
2/28 p. 291 #1-10, p. 295 #1-36
3/1 p. 299 written ex #1-18 and p. 305 written ex #7-18
3/5 p. 300 #19-26 and p. 306 #27-31
3/6 p. 651 #1-8 all, 9-27 odd and study for quiz
Quiz on 7.1-7.4 on Thursday!
3/12 p. 312 #2-40 even (in class)
3/13 p. 317 #1-21 and p. 318 #1-10 (in class)
3/15 puzzle worksheet on solving rational equations
3/19 p. 322 #1-5 fill in chart and solve
3/20 Add on to last nights: p. 323 #6-8 and p. 329 #9-12 (draw chart, fill in, and solve)
Chapter 4, word problems
2/16 p. 166 #1-20
2/21 p. 170 #1-8
2/23 in class: puzzle worksheets; do test corrections from ch 6 test
Chapter 6
1/20 p. 248 written ex #1-23
1/23 p. 253 #1-16,, 35-44
1/24 add on p. 253 #17-28,45-54
1/26 finish up puzzle worksheets on multiplication and division of algebraic fractions
1/27 p. 256 #1-31 odd, 43-44
Quiz on Monday!!!
1/30 none!
1/31 p. 261 written ex. #1-32
2/2 Puzzle worksheet on adding and subtracting algebraic fractions
2/3 p. 267 #3-30 (multiples of 3) and p. 268 #36-51 (multiples of 3)
2/6 p. 267 #1-30 columns 1 &2, and p. 268 #35-50 column 1 only
Quiz on addition and subtraction of algebraic fraction on Tuesday 2/7!!!
2/7 p. 282 #1-21
2/9 p. 271 #1-29
2/13 Ch 6 review worksheet
Chapter 6 Test on Feb. 16th!!!
Chapter 5
Chapter 4 test corrections due on Wednesday, Dec. 7th!!!
12/2 Finish worksheet on gcf and p. 197 #31-48
12/5 Worksheet on gcf and DOTS
12/6 p. 196 #2-20 even and p. 206 #27-56 and study for quiz on gcf and DOTS for tomorrow!
12/7 p. 215 #1-15 and p. 218 #1-15
12/9 Finish worksheet on trinomial factoring worksheet
12/12 p. 222 #1-24 (#7, 16, and 19 are prime)
12/13 Puzzle worksheet on factoring in form of ax2+bx+c
1/4 Worksheet on mixed 1 step factoring
1/5 Finish worksheet on 2 step factoring and do p. 228 #1-12, 15-16, 18-20, 33-34
1/6 Worksheet on factor by grouping
1/9 p. 225 #21-34 and study for quiz (factor by grouping and factor completely)
1/10 p. 232 #1-39 odd
1/11 p. 232 #2-40 even
1/12 factoring word problems worksheet #1-7
1/13 p. 235 #1-12
Chapter 5 Test on Jan 19th!
1/17 Finish Chapter 5 review guide and study for test!!!
Chapter 4
11/4 p. 143 written ex. #4-23
11/7 p. 143 written ex. #24-47
11/8 p. 148 written ex. #1-8, 9-14 (add and subtract), 31-40 write out original!
11/10 Finish the puzzle worksheets on combining like terms
11/11 p. 148 #15-17 (add and subtract), 41-52 and p. 153 #1-34 (for #21-34 write out the original)
11/14 p. 157 #5-32, 39-46
11/15 p. 159 #1-8, 13-26 Quiz on Thursday!!!
11/17 Finish the front of the FOILing patterns worksheet and p. 162 #9-26
11/18 p. 210 #1-12 and p. 163 #29-40
11/21 Finish the worksheet on dividing monomials and p. 192 #1-25
11/22 Have a Happy Thanksgiving!
11/28 p. 645 #20-90 even
Chapter 4 Test on Thursday!!!
11/29 Do Ch 4 review worksheet and study for your test!!!
Word Problems 3-6 & 3-7
10/28 p. 122 #1-8, 11-12 (for #7&8, draw rectangles instead of charts)
10/31 Finish worksheet on p. 124 #9-19
11/1 Do #3-7 on the section 3-7 notes worksheet
11/3 Finish p. 127 #1-12 (#14-16 for extra credit); Study for quiz on Friday!
Ch 3 Test corrections due on Friday!
Chapter 3
10/3 p. 97 written ex #1-51 odd and p. 98 #1-8 all (show your work!)
10/4 p.104 written ex #1-49 odd and p. 105 #1-13 all (show your work!)
10/6 Finish puzzle worksheets on solving equations
10/7 Section 3-3 Practice worksheet
10/11 In class: p. 109 #1-59 odd
Homework: p. 113 #1-16 all
10/13 p. 118 #1-29 odd
10/17 p. 118 #2-30 even, 31-44 all
10/18 Puzzle worksheet #41&42
10/19 p. 643 #35-67
10/21 p. 118 word problems #1-18
10/ 25 Finish the review worksheet
Chapter 3 Test on Thursday, Oct. 27th!!!!
Chapter 2:
9/12 p. 47 written ex. #1-28 (show your grouping)
9/13 p. 47 oral ex. #13-28 and p. 47 written ex. #29-38
9/15 Finish p. 56 #7-39 (write out original) and p. 57 #1-10, and do p. 61 #2-20 even (No calculuators!)
9/16 p. 61 #37-42, 47-52 and p. 68 #25-55 odd
9/19 p. 72 written ex. #1-34, 45-50
9/20 2 puzzle worksheets on simplifying expressions and distributive property
9/22 p. 77 #1-16 and p. 73 #51-56
9/23 p. 81 #1-30
9/26 p. 85 #1-22 (write out original)
9/27 Finish Chapter 2 Review worksheet and do p. 642 #84-98 all, 100-120 even
Chapter 2 Test on Friday!
Chapter 1
8/18 p. 3 written ex. #1-32
8/19 p. 8 #1-28
8/22 p. 11 written ex. #2-20 even and 21-26 (show the work for the number that works), 27-38 (show work for all the numbers), and 43-36
8/23 p. 16 #1-36 and there will be a quiz on Thursday!
8/25 p. 20 written ex. #1-22 and p. 24 #1-12
8/29 Worksheet on word problems
8/30 p. 28 #1-15 (set up the variables, write the equation, then plug in to find the correct answer)
9/1 Finish review worksheet on word problems
9/2 p. 33 written ex. #1-49
9/6 p. 34 #50-56 and p. 38 #1-45
Chapter 1 Test on Friday, Sept. 9th!
9/8 Study for tomorrow's test!