Jan 20, 2013

Class Summaries: January 16-18

Inequalities and Systems of Equations


 



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Khan Academy Schedule for January 26

It's systems of equations week at the Academy. Listed are the four topics due by 7:00 pm on the 26th.  Start early and bring any questions you have into class so we can answer them there.  The topics....

1.  Systems of Equations

2.  Graphing Systems of Equations

3.  Systems of Equations with Elimination

4.  Systems of Equations with Substitution 

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Jan 15, 2013

The Ultimate Study Guide

Here it is: Everything you need to know about writing and graphing linear equations, formulas, parallel and perpendicular lines, and solving word problems. Have at it.

 

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Class Summary: January 15

Lines, lines and more lines including Parallel & Perpendicular lines.



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Jan 14, 2013

Class Summary: January 14, 2013

Review of Graphing Inequalities and Introduction to Parallel & Perpendicular Lines.

 

Khan Academy Schedule for Jan. 19th



Here are the topics for this week.  Get started early in the week in case you have questions. If you are unsure how to work certain problems, write them down and bring to class. We will go over them together.

1.  Graphing Linear Inequalities

2.  Graphs of Inequalities

3.  Graphing & Solving Linear Inequalities

4.  Equations of Parallel & Perpendiular Lines

 

Jan 12, 2013




Jan 11, 2013

Class Summary: January 9-11

Review of slope-intercept, point-slope, and standard forms, and then a test. Friday's work includes an introduction to graphing inequalities. 

All slideshows can be downloaded. Enjoy your weekend.

 


 

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Jan 7, 2013

Class Summary: January 7 & 8, 2013

 Applying linear equations to everyday applications.



Slope-Intercept form, Point-Slope form, Standard form and others before test on Wednesday.

 


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Jan 1, 2013

Tuesday's Teaser: New Years Day Edition

The average person can walk at a rate of 4 miles per hour (mph). At this rate, how long would it take you to walk around the world at the equator?  The answer should be in months, days, and hours, rounded to the nearest hour.  Example:  5 months, 14 days, 12 hours.

First five correct answers share the 50 bonus points.

 Special double bonus: Last week's Christmas teaser contained a fundamental flaw. Not that Santa was lying, he's just old. But the story could not have gone down the way he wrote in his book.  Tell me the flaw, and nab 10 exxxtra points. Offer valid until 1/7/13.

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Dec 29, 2012

Understanding Slope

A short slideshow for those with questions about the slope of a line: What it is, how to calculate, positive and negative slopes, and more.


Class Summaries: Dec. 14-20

The coordinate plane, domain, range, functions, slope and more. Enjoy!!

 


 


 


 



Dec 25, 2012

Tuesday's Teaser: Christmas Edition

*As Santa prepared to deliver the last of his packages down under in Sydney, Australia, he noticed two small boxes at the bottom addressed to: "Bambino, Rome Italy". Realizing that the boxes had been misplaced and that he only had 4 hours before the Bambino would wake up, Santa strapped a pair of Nike Air Max Hyperaggressor's on each reindeer and sped towards Rome. Exactly 4 hrs. later, Santa delivered the boxes and headed home to Mrs. C.
  
Find the distance (in miles, rounded to the nearest hundred) between Sydney and Rome, then calculate Santa's average speed during his trip.

First five correct emails receive 10 bonus points and something extra in their stocking.



* Information from the 2010 bestseller, "I Want to be an Algebra Teacher," by S. Claus

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Dec 24, 2012

Dec 6, 2012

Class Summary: Nov. 29/30

Warm-Up and sample problems from November 29th & 30th. Definition and discussion of fractions, rates, and ratiosLinks to class work handouts, as well.

 




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Dec 2, 2012

Should Have Been...

Sorry gang, I said not to do the Rates.5 topic when it should have been the Units topic. Anyone who has tried the Units topic knows what I mean.  Rates.5 is very do-able. Let's do that one instead of Units.

You will have until Wednesday for full credit.

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