Homework due Wednesday:

Do as much of the chapter 5.1 packet as you can in a reasonable amount of time.

Tuesday and Thursday mornings Bright and Early...

...time to get caught up on basic facts and concepts. Come bring your grade up to an A!

Homework

FRIDAY'S: 4.3 Enrichment and Problem Solving/Critical Thinking. 4.4 A #s 1-6.
TONIGHT'S, WHICH IS SO DUE TOMORROW (Tuesday, 10/26): 4.4 A, B, and C

Assignment due Friday, October 21

8B students received a packet with a significant amount of practice material for chapter 4, sections 1 through 5. 

The minimum requirement for Friday is section 4.3, Practice Masters B and C. 

Students who find Practice Master B confusing should start with the pp. 183-184, questions 13 to 23, odd, so they can check their answers in the back of the book. 

Students who received at least a B at the quarter may skip Practice Master B if they can do C comfortably. I recommend they continue on to the other included 4.3 materials.

All students would be well served to review the material from sections 4.1 and 4.2. Most are very comfortable with the mechanics of proportionality and percentage included therein, but less comfortable setting up the word problems.

A very strong suggestion:

Many of our students in 8B are either lacking or simply slow in basic math facts. Students must know their times tables, long division, negative numbers, and operations with fractions to be successful in algebra. These are arithmetic concepts which they would have learned from 2nd (multiplication) through 7th grades. The ability to use these concepts well and quickly is essential.

I strongly recommend drilling on these items throughout fall break.

In retrospect...

Tuesday's homework assignment was pp. 168-170: 15-45, multiples of 3; 46-48, all, and 52-64, all.

Wednesday's was pp.176-177, 34-86, even.

What I failed to mention in the last post was that...

Only the first four pages of the review packet (on gray paper) are due Monday. However, students are welcome to do more if they feel confident.

HERE IT COMES:

Due Wednesday 9/29: Section 3.5 packet.

Due Thursday 9/30: Section 3.6 packet.

Thursday 9/30 in class:: Multiple choice Chapter 3 test part A

Friday 10/1 in class: Multiple choice Chapter 3 test part B

Over the weekend: Review packet. We will continue to work through this packet next week, overlapping with beginning chapter 4.

Due Tuesday, 9/28

Section 3.4 packet. Have fun!

Highly recommended:

Go to this site to check your learning:


http://www.mathpower.com/algebraquiz.htm


These multiple choice quizzes are on subjects we have covered or will cover soon.

Due Monday, 9/27

Packet including section 3.3 and finding GCF, adding and subtracting polynomials, and factoring, simplifying, and or solving exponential equations.

Assignment due Friday, 9/23:

Section 3.2 packet including study guide and practice masters A, B, and C.

You probably already know, but...

The test will be continued on Monday.

REMEMBERING THAT THE CHAPTER 2 TEST IS NEXT FRIDAY, 9/17...

IT'S TIME TO DO SOME SERIOUS STUDYING!   

One great way to do so is to go through the Chapter Review, Chapter Test (different from OUR test), and the College Entrance Exam Practice on pages 106--111. 

We will be reviewing as a class Monday through Thursday. 
More Extra  Practice can be found on pages 741-744.
The Chapter 2 Practice Workbook pages also provide more practice.
 

Assignment due Friday, September 10

pages 101-103
problems 18--48, multiples of 3
Problems 56--61
and
87--88

What do you think? (EXTRA CREDIT) due 9/9/10

1. What are mathematical operators? 
2. Can you list them all? 
3. What do they have in common?

One point for writing down this question. 
Three points for a good definition.
Five points for a good answer to question 3.

Algebra 1 Assignment x due 9/9/10:

pages 92-93, problems 22-48 even and 49 to 54, all. Have fun!

Friday's assignment:

Have a great Labor Day Weekend!

And THURSDAY night's homework, due Friday is

p. 65 problems 67-69, 
p. 66: "portfolio activity," and 
p. 71, problems 48-65.
Please also finish worksheet handed out in class.

Wednesday's assignment, due Thursday, was...

p. 65, problems (21-54)/3 (multiples of three from 21-54) and 55-66

Meanwhile, Tuesday's assignment (due Wednesday)...

...is the section 2.1 part of the practice workbook.

Apologizing for my recent lapse in posting,

The weekend's assignment was p 58, 20-31, and Monday night's was 32-46 even and 48-65, all.

ADVANCE WARNING

THE CHAPTER 2 TEST WILL BE ON 9/17/10. YOU ARE WARNED

Our Chapter 1 Test is on Thursday!

One good way to study would be to go back to the individual sections and do the odd number problems, checking them in the back of the book. 

If you are still having difficulty, please see me before or after school! 

You may also email me your questions at lwilkison@tempeprep.org. 

Algebra 1 Assignment 9 due 8/24

Write a sequence of numbers whose first and second differences are negative.

Study for Thursday's test. Use the study guide I passed out, pp. 46-48 in your textbook, and the entire first chapter to study. 

If you are having difficulty, please come for tutoring. Contact me to arrange a time!

Instructions for operations with fractions

1. When one multiplies fractions, one simply multiplies "straight across:" numerator by numerator, denominator by denominator.
2. When one divides fractions, one may simply invert the "divided by" fraction, then multiply.
3. When adding and subtracting fractions, one must first find a common denominator (one divisible by all denominators being subtracted and/or added) and then add or subtract the numerators, keeping the common denominator as the final denominator. 
1. This works just as well whether or not the common denominator is the "lowest common denominator," but it is usually advantageous to use the lowest common denominator; particularly so if you are not using a calculator. 
2. If finding the "lowest" common denominator is less important to you, you may simply multiply the given denominators to find a common denominator. 
3. Each individual fraction in the problem must first be multiplied by 1: i.e., multiplied by the common denominator over the common denominator/
4. Always simplify (reduce) the answer when possible (for any operation). 

Plan ahead:

The Chapter 1 Test will be on August 26! Like the Boy Scouts, BE PREPARED

Algebra 1 Assignment 9 due 8/23/10

pp. 41-43, #s 8-24

Algebra 1 Assignment 8 due 8/20

Both sides of two handouts: 

Basic skills (or enrichment) and 

Practice masters

Algebra 1 Assignment 7 due 8/19

p. 34 #s 8 and 9,

p. 35 #s 16 - 28 and 32,  and

p. 36 #s 35-39

Algebra 1 Quizzes for this week

Quiz 2: Wednesday 1.2-1.3

Quiz 3: Thursday 1.3-1.4

Quiz 4: Friday 1.2-1.5

Lesson for 8/17/10

We will review the section 1.3 quiz and the section 1.4 homework.

Algebra 1 Assignment 6 Due 8/17

Pages 27-28 in your textbook, questions 24-60 even.

Algebra QUIZ #1

We are having our first quiz on Monday, August 16. It will involve section 1.3 of the text book. Extra practice for this section can be found on p. 739.

Remember the order of operations:
1. Parentheses
2. Exponents
3. Multiplication and division
4. Addition and subtraction.

Remember to follow the same order of operations within the parentheses! 

If there are exponents inside the parentheses, do those first, then multiplication and division, then addition and subtraction.

If there are nested parentheses, always work out the content of the innermost pair and then move outward.

If you are solving a fraction which has operations in the numerator and/or denominator, complete those operations first and place the results in the same part of the fraction, numerator or denominator, before solving the fraction.

Algebra 1 Assignment 5 due 8/16/10

Page 22-23 # 62-65 (all), 67, 68, and 73-79 (all)

Algebra 1 Assignment 4 due 8/13/10

Pages 21-22, # 18-60 even

Algebra 1 Assignment 3 Due 8/12/10

Textbook, page 16 #10-38 even and Page 17 # 44-48