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