Your skills checklist for sections 4.1 to 4.4 are listed below. Please copy these to a sticky on your laptop or write them down in your notebooks. I ask that you refrain from printing them since you have access to them electronically at all times.
Skills List
On my own, without the assistance of the textbook, solutions guide, a classmate, or an instructor, I should be able to...
1.Write complex number expressions. (4.1)
2. Add, subtract and multiply complex numbers. (4.1)
3. Multiply by the complex conjugate to simplify the quotient (fraction) of two complex numbers into standard form. (4.1)
4. Find complex solutions of quadratic equations using the Quadratic Formula. (4.2)
5. Determine the number and find the real and complex solutions of polynomial equations. (4.2)
6. Find zeros given a polynomial function and vice versa. (4.2)
7. Plot complex numbers in the complex plane. (4.3)
8. Find the absolute values of a complex number. (4.3)
9. Convert a complex number to trigonometric form and vice versa. (4.3)
10. Multiply and divide complex numbers written in trigonometric form. (4.3)
11. Use DeMoivre's Theorem to find powers of complex numbers. (4.4)
12. Determine the rotational symmetry of a figure. (4.4)
13. Find nth roots of complex numbers. (4.4)
2. Add, subtract and multiply complex numbers. (4.1)
3. Multiply by the complex conjugate to simplify the quotient (fraction) of two complex numbers into standard form. (4.1)
4. Find complex solutions of quadratic equations using the Quadratic Formula. (4.2)
5. Determine the number and find the real and complex solutions of polynomial equations. (4.2)
6. Find zeros given a polynomial function and vice versa. (4.2)
7. Plot complex numbers in the complex plane. (4.3)
8. Find the absolute values of a complex number. (4.3)
9. Convert a complex number to trigonometric form and vice versa. (4.3)
10. Multiply and divide complex numbers written in trigonometric form. (4.3)
11. Use DeMoivre's Theorem to find powers of complex numbers. (4.4)
12. Determine the rotational symmetry of a figure. (4.4)
13. Find nth roots of complex numbers. (4.4)
Useful Resources:
Complex Numbers Basics: Adding, Subtracting & Graphing
Complex Numbers: Multiplying and Dividing
Keep in mind that there are MANY resources both in class and online that you have access to - UTILIZE THEM!
Class/Homework Assignments:
(Green Book)
Due Dates Postponed by 1 day - (ex. 4.2 HW due 2/4)
(Green Book)
Due Dates Postponed by 1 day - (ex. 4.2 HW due 2/4)
4.1 - pp. 337-338 #'s ending in 1, 3, and 4; through #74 (Due 2/1)
4.2 - pp. 344-345 #'s ending in 1, 3, and 6; through #66 (Due 2/3)
4.3 - pp. 352-353 #'s ending in 1, 5, and 8; through #65 (NEW! Due 2/9)
4.4 - pp. 358-359 #'s ending in 2, 5, and 7; through #57 (NEW! Due 2/16)(COMAP)
Sections: 4.3, 4.5, 4.1, 4.2, 4.4
Other Important Dates:
2/12 - Ch. 4 Review
2/15 - NO SCHOOL President's Day
2/16 - Ch. 4 Review
2/17 - Ch. 4 Test (NEW! Review!!!)
2/18 - Ch. 4 Test (NEW!)
2/18 - Ch. 4 Test (NEW!)