Thursday, October 21, 2010

Algebra 3-4 - Chapter 2

Your skills checklist for Chapter 1 are listed below. Please copy these to a word document 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. Graph relations and functions. (2.1)
2. Graph and evaluate linear functions. (2.1)
3. Find slopes of lines and classify parallel and perpendicular lines. (2.2)
4. Use slope to solve problems. (2.2)
5. Use the slope-intercept form of a linear equation to graph linear equations. (2.3)
6. Use the standard form of a linear equation to graph linear equations. (2.3)
7. Write linear equations. (2.4)
8. Write direct variation equations. (2.4)
9. Use a scatter plot to identify the correlation shown by a set of data. (2.5)
10. Approximate the best-fitting line for a set of data. (2.5)
11. Graph linear inequalities in two variables. (2.6)
12. Use linear inequalities to solve problems. (2.6)
13. Graph piece-wise functions. (2.7)
14. Use piece-wise functions to solve problems. (2.7)
15. Graph absolute value functions. (2.8)
16. Use absolute value functions to model situations. (2.8)


Keep in mind that there are MANY resources both in class and online that you have access to - UTILIZE THEM!

Class/Homework Assignments:
2.1 - pp. 71-73; #1-56 (4n+1, n=0,1,2,3...)
2.2 - pp. 79-81; #1-49 (2n+1, n=0,1,2,3...)
2.3 - pp. 86-88; #5-50 (x5), 58, 61
2.4 - pp. 95-95; #5-50 (x5)
2.5 - pp. 103-105; #8-28 (even), 29
2.6 - pp. 111-113; #5-50 (x5), 53-55
2.7 - pp. 117-120; #5-60 (x5), 62
2.8 - pp. 125-127; #13, 15, 17, 21, 35, 46

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

AG-PC - Chapter 1

Your skills checklist for Chapter 1 are listed below. Please copy these to a word document 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. Describe angles. (1.1)
2. Use radian and degree measures. (1.1)
3. Identify a unit circle and describe its relationship to real numbers. (1.2)
4. Evaluate trig. fxns. using the unit circle. (1.2)
5. Use the domain and period to evaluate side and cosine functions. (1.2)
6. Use a calculator to evaluate trig. fxns. (1.2)
7. Evaluate trig. fxns of acute angles. (1.3)
8. Use the fundamental trig. identities. (1.3)
9. Evaluate trig. fxns of any angle. (1.4)
10. Use reference angles to evaluate trig. fxns. (1.4)
11. Sketch the graphs of basic sine, cosine and tangent fxns. (1.5, 1.6)
12. Use amplitude and period to help sketch the graphs of sine and cosine fxns. (1.5)
13. Sketch translations of the graphs of sine and cosine fxns. (1.5)
14. Sketch the graphs of secant, cosecant, and cotangent fxns. (1.6)
15. Evaluate the graph of inverse sine and cosine fxns. (1.7)

Useful Resources:

Keep in mind that there are MANY resources both in class and online that you have access to - UTILIZE THEM!

Class/Homework Assignments:
1.1 - pp. 138-140; #7-91 (x7), 100, 101
1.2 - pg. 147; #3-41 (odd)
1.3 - pp. 156-159; #4n+1, n=0,1,2,3..., ALL
1.4 - pp. 166-168; #4n+1, n=0,1,2,3..., through 89
1.5 - pp. 176-178;  #4n+1, n=0,1,2,3..., through 48
1.6 - pp. 187-189; #7-29 (odd)
1.7 - pp. 197-199; #1-15 (odd), 39-57 (odd), 92, 96