Final Exam: June 11

Tuesday's Teaser

Congratulations to Ann Margaret who won the month-long eyeball test with an incredible score of 3.05.

Last week's teaser had six winners, the most in some time. Extra credit points for all six.

This week's teaser involves solving a rational equation by adding rational expressions.  Remember, these are fractions, so treat them as such.

Find the solution or solutions to the following equation:

Submit your solution, with complete steps, by end of school this Friday.

 

Khan Academy: Week of May 26-June 2

Class Summary: May 27, 2014

We begin our last unit today, Rational Expressions and Equations. Our focus is on excluded values and various methods for simplifying rational expressions. Lots of examples with answers as usual, so check the slideshow for all the information you need.

The class work for Tuesday & Wednesday is here.

May 27, 2014

Class Summary: May 20, 2014

May 20, 2014

Our class work for Tuesday & Wednesday is here.

Tuesday's Teaser

Update 1:

Congratulations to Yuuki and Ann Margaret who both took down the beast that was last week's teaser.

Update 2:

Our top score on the eyeball test is 3.83. We'll go until the end of the month. Low score recieves a $10.00 gift certificate to Subway. (Carrots are good for the eyes).

Today's Teaser:

Take your time, be organized, write neatly, and you should have little problem slaying this monster. Solution, with notes, before the next full moon.

Class Summary May 19, 2014

Radical Equations, Pythagorean Theorem, Distance & Midpoint Formulas...a plate full of topics as we prepare for Thursday's last radical test.

Our class work is here.

May 19, 2014

Class Summary: May 14, 2014

Forgot to post this the other day. Both the distance and mid-point formulas are covered in the slideshow. Examples and explanations throughout.

May 14, 2014

Radical Operations Test Results

Lots of great scores on a test that required a lot of thought. Nicely done.

 Results are here.

Test Results: Simplifying Radicals

Good news for many of you. Forty-nine people received a 90 or 100%.   Discover the  results here.

P.S. My apologies for posting the scores so late; I thought they were posted already.

Class Summary: May 15, 2014

Our class work can be happened upon here.

May 15, 2014

Tuesday's Teaser

I must confess that I like this week's teaser a lot. Nothing we haven't done yet; we just haven't done them all in one problem.  Lots of meat on the bone here.  Follow the rules and trust yourself.

Find the solution or solutions to the following:

P.S. Submit your answer with an easy to read step-by-step solution...Before 12 am Sunday.

Class Summary: May 13, 2014

Test review is the theme for today. With a test today, Friday, next week, and the Final exam coming quickly, there's much to review. Sample questions with answers for your learning pleasure.

May 13, 2014

Khan Academy: May 12-19

Only two topics this week. We will practice problems from both categories in class.

Class Summary: May 12, 2014

Lots of Radicals today. Reviews for two tests this week and one next week. New material includes an introduction to the Pythagorean theorem. Our class work for Monday & Tuesday is here.  Check the slideshow for lots o' practice problems and other information.

May 12, 2014

Class Summary: May 9, 2014

Review, review, review, all things radical. Simplifying, adding, subtracting, multiplying & dividing, and radical equations are all on the menu today. Our class work is a continuation from yesterday and is found here.

May 9, 2014

Class Summary: May 8, 2014

Solving radical equations is our new concept for today.  Remember to check for extraneous solutions if a variable appears on both sides of the equation. Our class work is here.

May 8, 2014

Quadratic Re-Take Test Results

 
Almost a 20% increase in the average score, so much better results. Get your individual score here.

 

Tuesday's Teaser

Let's call it Tuesday's challenge instead. Head on over to the eyeballing game and beat my best score of 7.42 (proof below).  Send me a screenshot of the graph that appears on the left, and this week's ten bonus points are yours.

Have your score submitted before  10am on May 6th, Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).

**UPDATE: The student record is now an unbelievable 3.99 set by Julie
  Let's make it the end of the month; these scores are incredible.

   The overall winner will get a 'Championship Bonus' (no, not just more points, but a bonus fit for a champion)

Class Summary: May 5, 2014

We've got two important tasks today: Prepare for tomorrow's test (bring a calculator), and continue our unit on radicals.  The slide show below is bursting with information, sample problems with answers, and more review questions. Download it, use it.

The class work for Monday is here.

May 5, 2014