Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Parent Letter on HW

  • obtain parent signatures
  • if you live with only one parent, then that parent will sign off on your letter 3x---once for verifying that he/she read the letter, another time verifying the statement "One parent household" and one last time verifying his/her e-mail address
  • if you live with both parents, you should have 4 signatures

#7.3 Binomial Radical Expressions

Aim 1: to add and subtract radical expressions
Aim 2: real world connxn
Aim 3: to simplify radical expressions before adding and subtracting
Aim 4: to multiply binomial radical expressions
Aim 5: to mulitply conjugates
Aim 6: to rationalize binomial radical denominators

  • (1-25) odd

Tuesday, April 29, 2008

#7.2 Multiplying and Dividing Radical Expressions

Aim 1: to multiply radicals
Aim 2: to simplify radical expressions
Aim 3: to multiply and simplify radical expressions
Aim 4: to divide radicals
Aim 5: to rationalize a denominator
  • (1-33) odd

Monday, April 28, 2008

#7.2 Roots and Radical Expressions

Aims 1/2: to find real roots of a number

Aim 3: to simplify radical expressions

  • (1-24) all

Friday, April 25, 2008

no new HW because you took the Ch. 6 Test today!

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Ch. 6 Test pg. 356 (in book)
  • all the odds except 5-9
  • your actual Ch. 6 Test will be on Friday!!!!!

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

#6.8 The Binomial Theorem

Aim 1/2: to use Pascal's Triangle to expand a binomial
Aim 3: to use the Binomial Theorem to expand a binomial
Aim Chan: to find a specific term of an expansion
  • (1-19) odd
  • (49-57) odd

Monday, April 21, 2008

Ch. 6 Review
  • (1-5) all
  • (7-57) odd
  • you should have finished at least half of this in class today. Whatever you didn't finish is now HW.
  • please go to pinnacle to see your grade on Q 6.1-6.6. If it is not as good as you wouldhave liked, then you better be sure that you do extra in preparing for the Ch. 6 Test slated for this Thursday!

Friday, April 18, 2008

#6.7 Permuations and Combinations (continued)
  • (2-32) even
  • (46-49) all
  • (57-63) odd

Thursday, April 17, 2008

#6.7 Permutations and Combinations

Aim 1: to calculate a permuation
Aim 2: real world connxn
Aim 3: to calculate a combination
Aim 4: real world connxn
Aim 5: real world connxn
  • (1-31) odd

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Practice Quiz 6.1-6.6


  • 21 problems are from the Alg 2 workbook

  • call someone to get them if you were not in class today

  • Q 6.1-6.6 is tomorrow!!!!

Tuesday, April 15, 2008

#6.6 The Fundamental Theorem of Algebra

Aim 1: to use the Fundamental Theorem of Algebra to determine the # of complex roots, # of POSSIBLE real roots (find the possible # of imaginary roots first), and the POSSIBLE rational roots

Aim 2: to find all the zeros of a polynomial function (basically this is lesson #64 and #6.5 together) READ and COPY example #2 for this aim!!!!!
  • (1-15) odd

Monday, April 14, 2008

#6.5 contd.

Aim 3: to find the irrational roots of a polynomial equation
Aim 4: to find the imaginary roots of a polynomial equation
Aim 5: to find the third or fourth degree equation of a polynomial given its roots
  • (13-31) odd

Friday, April 11, 2008

#6.5 Theorems About Roots of Polynomial Equations

Aim 1: to find the possible rational roots of a polynomial equations by using the rational root theorem and the synthetic division
Aim 2: to use the rational root theorem and synthetic division to find ALL of the roots of a polynomial equation
  • (1-11) odd

Thursday, April 10, 2008

Checkpoint Quiz pg 320
  • (1-10) all

FunCAT Practice pg 319

  • (61-64) all

Wednesday, April 9, 2008

#6.4 Solving Polynomial Eqns.

Aim 1: to solve polynomial eqns by graphing
Aim 2: real world connxn
Aim 3: to factor a sum or difference of cubes
Aim 4: to solve a polynomial equation by factoring
Aim 5: to factor a quartic polynomial by converting it into a quadratic
Aim 6: to solve a higher degree polynomial eqn
  • (13-31) odd
  • don't forget to prepare for a 6.1-6.4 quiz!!!!!
  • review all of your notes/aims and the corresponding examples we did in class!

Tuesday, April 8, 2008

#6.3 Dividng Polynomials

Aim 1; to divide polynomials by using long division
Aim 2: to determine whether a polynomial is a factor of another polynomial
Aim 3: to divide polynomials by synthetic division
Aim 4: real world connxn
Aim 5: to evaluate a polynomial by synthetic division
  • (1-33) odd

Monday, April 7, 2008

#6.1 Polynomial Functions
Aim: to classify polynomials by degree and number of terms
  • (1-11) odd

#6.2 Polynomials and Linear Factors

Aim 1: to write a polynomial in standard form

Aim 2: to write a polynomial in factored form

Aim 3: skip

Aim 4: to find zeros of a polynomial function

Aim 5: to write a polynomial function from its zeros

Aim 6: to find the multiplicity of a zero

  • (1-11) odd
  • (17-35) odd