Quadratics Unit (remember last year ?)

The quadratics questions on the Year Opener did not go so well - we review.  There will be periodic, unannounced exit tickets to see how the review is going.  Keep up with your homework and ask questions in class!  If there are still difficulties, there may be more days of practice and the schedule will be pushed a bit.  A quiz may be added if the unit is getting very long.

Remember: Tuesday Homework Help in rm 816,  Wednesday Homework Help in rm 823

09/23  Post-Quiz warm-up problems
09/24  Review Factoring (2.11)
           CW p.128-129/2 - 5   HW p.130-131/3, 4, 6, 7, 13 (#13 is extra practice)
09/26  Review Completing the Square
           CW/HW p.138-142/1, 6, 14, 20, 22
09/27  More Completing the Square, including non-monics
           HW Worksheet of Extra Practice

09/30  Non-Monic Quadratics
           CW p.170-171/1, 9    HW p.170-171/4, 6, 10
10/01  Derive the Quadratic Formula
           CW p.160/1-8    HW p.160-161/12-17, 19, 21, 25, 27
10/02  Back to School Night
10/03  Mixed Practice of Solving Methods (using factoring, completing the square, quadratic formula)
           CW/HW Worksheet of problems
10/04  Quick Quiz, Graphing Quadratic Functions from Factored Form
           CW/HW Graphing Packet

10/07  Graphing Quadratic Functions from Vertex Form
           CW/HW Graphing Packet
10/08  Writing Quadratic Equations from given information
           CW/HW St. Louis Arch Packet
10/10  More Practice with all methods
           CW/HW Review Packet
10/11  Vertex Form as Transformation Form
           CW/HW Graphing Packet to link Quadratics to the next unit, catch up on undone homework

10/14  Columbus Day
10/15  Review Solving and Graphing (Review Problems and the Answer Key)
10/17  Test of Quadratic Functions

First work

Welcome to Math 2B/3A.  This year we will finish the Math 2 book (mostly quadratic functions, similarity, right triangle trig, area and volume) and start the Math 3 book (mostly polynomials, series and statistics).  There is a lot of variety in the topics and I hope you find them interesting.  I am here to help so please make sure you ask questions in class and/or come see me outside of class if you are having difficulty.

I have two sections of this class: B-Block and F-Block.  The syllabus listed is for B-Block.  The only difference for F-Block is that the listings for Tuesdays happen on Wednesdays.

The first quick unit is a review of exponents and radicals.

9/05  Rosh Hashanah - no school
9/06  Year opener (to see what you remember)

9/09  Radicals (1.02, 1.03) - Definition, Rules
            CW p.10-11/4, 5, 10;  p.12/1-4;  p.14/6     HW p.10-11/6, 7, 9;  p.14-15/1, 9, 10
9/10  Simplifying Radicals (1.04)
            CW p.16/1-4;  p.17/5-8;  p.18/6     HW p.18-20/5, 8, 9, 11
9/12  Radicals and Roots (1.06)  Half Day C B A G
            CW p.29/1-7;  p.31/2, 3       HW p.31-32/5, 6, 7, 10 (for #5, just simplify the left side)
9/13  Extra Practice (in class for B-Block, download here for F-Block)

9/16  Review Exponent Rules
             CW Getting Started p.35/1-5   HW p.36/6-9, 11 (Hint for 11: 81 = 3 raised to what exponent?)
9/17  Catch up on ideas, start Rational Roots (1.11)
9/19  Rational Roots (1.11)
             CW p.54/1,2;  p.56/3-5;  p.56-57/1-3, 6    HW p.57-58/9-11, 13, 15, 16
9/20  More Practice/Review Activity (and more Review Materials - with an answer key)

9/20 Quiz of Radicals and Exponents