Happy Thanksgiving!

I hope you all dominated the test today! It was a long one....sorry about that.

If you were out today you will have to make up the test within the first few days after break. 

For those of us who are done the test, use this time to rest up. Rejuvenate. And come back ready to work on Monday--we have a lot to cover in our 3 weeks before the holiday break, so we'll be working pretty hard.

No homework for the break....like I said, just mentally prepare yourself....

On Monday we'll start with the Unit 2B Pre-Test. We have to finish this unit in about 2 weeks.

If you're feeling ambitious, here's Monday's homework (regarding imaginary numbers):

Page 133: 9, 15, 19, 23, 29, 31, 33, 47, 49, 51

Test Tomorrow!

Study! Then, study more! Then, study again! Keep studying!

We have our "Unit 2A" test tomorrow--on sections 2.1, 2.2, and 2.3. Be ready!

You will be able to use a graphing calculator on any problems.

I will not check any homework tomorrow--you can just use the problems on the worksheet assigned in class to help you study.

Good luck!

Test Tuesday!

Good work today!

This weekend, please complete the following in your textbook (some practice for Monday's test...):

Page 124: 31, 33, 45-48

*Period A: notice I changed the original assignment!

Enjoy! See you all Monday!

Sorry it's late!

Sorry about the late post everyone (it's currently 4:49)...

Tonight, please complete the following for homework: page 123: 13-21 (odd).

Good luck! You all seem pretty confident with long and synthetic division--keep up the good work! Tomorrow we'll start to learn why and how we use this stuff.

Remember, if you're looking for some more practice, there are links to some practice problems on the right. These give you some problems to try before the test, along with the correct answers and an outline of how to do each problem.

See you all tomorrow!

Quiz Tmrw!

Don't forget...quiz tomorrow! And you can't use a graphing calculator! Here's what's on it...
1. Find a polynomial given its zeros.
2. Describe end behavior of a polynomial.
3. Find zeros (factor!) of a polynomial.
4. Graph a polynomial (find zeros, y-intercept, end-behavior, consider multiplicity--bounce or cross, and find coordinates of additional points).

Tonight, practice some long division...please complete the following for homework:  Page 123: 3, 5, 7

Back tomorrow!

I hope you've all had a productive two days with the substitute(s). I apologize for missing two days--I know you guys wanted to get right into long and synthetic division of polynomials :) I'll be back tomorrow!

Here's the plan for the next few days...

• Tomorrow (Wednesday): we'll start section 2.3, long division and synthetic division
• Thursday: no-calculator quiz (graphing polynomials, end-behavior, writing polynomials, zeros/factoring); then,we'll get back to 2.3
• Friday: finish section 2.3/practice
• Monday: review/practice 2.3
• Tuesday: Unit Test--2.1 to 2.3

I'm looking forward to getting back to work tomorrow! I'll get all of your sub work sorted out and graded tomorrow so we can see some updated grades. I hope you're ready to work!

**If you owe me any outstanding work, please try to get it in by the weekend, or at the latest by TUESDAY. This includes any quizzes to be made up.**

It's the Weekend!

Great work today everyone! I appreciate all of your hard work! Keep it up!

This weekend, please complete the following in your textbook:  Page 109: 53, 55, 57, 61, 65, 69, 71

We'll be graphing polynomials (by hand) in class on Monday, so this homework provides some good practice. For the four graphs (61,65,69,71) make sure you consider/calculate each of the following:

◦Determine end behavior

◦Find y-intercept

◦Find x-intercepts/zeros (factor!)

◦Plot additional points

◦Consider multiplicity

◦Sketch the graph!

See you all Monday!

It's Thursday!

Thursday! One more day until the weekend...it's supposed to be pretty nice today, so go outside!

Tonight, please complete the following in your textbook:   Page 108: 1-8, 17, 21, 23

If you'd like to get a head start for the weekend, here's the weekend homework:
Page 109: 53, 55,57, 61, 65, 69, 71

     Remember, I'm hoping/planning to give you your section 2.2 quiz on Tuesday! And you won't be able to use a graphing calculator!

Hump Dayyyyyyyy

Tonight, please complete the investigation of the end behavior of polynomial functions. Don't forget, it's a 20 point classwork grade! Remember, I'm grading the first 3 pages for completion, and the last page for content. Use your notes to answer #1. Question #2 is just brainstorming for 3, so you might actually leave #2 blank.

Also, don't forget you can check your ideas for the last question in the textbook--check out the leading coefficient test on page 101!

In case you lost the equations, here they are...

No homework tonight!

Not much to post about...no homework tonight!

Be ready to do some more work with polynomial functions this week...tomorrow we'll start to explore the end behavior of polynomial functions with Mr. Cawley. Woo!

3 Day Weekend!

Hopefully you got an A on your quiz today! Mr. Cawley will be in on Wednesday; he'll grade these then, and you'll get them back Thursday (just so you know...)

Here's the homework for this weekend...

Page 108: 9, 11 (sketch a parent function and then sketch a shifted/reflected graph based on this)

Page 111: 99 - 104 (combinations of functions review)

page 111: 107 (just solve, don't graph the inequalities)

A couple other things to consider....

• If you were not happy with your factoring grade you can retake a different version of the factoring quiz. Of course I would recommend you come to me for some help first, so that you can fix any misconceptions/mistakes you're making. If you do want to retake the quiz it must be done by the end of next week (also known as Friday).
• This is a rare extra credit opportunity....
• It'll count as an extra credit homework (so it'll save you from a future 0, almost like a homework pass, AND 2 stamps...)
• A hint--the numbers in this problem are messy (decimals/fractions and such...)
• Graph the following quadratic (by hand, showing all of the work) and provide the information listed: f(x) = -4(x^2) + 7x - 3

Quadratics Quiz Tomorrow!

Study!

Tomorrow we have our 2.1 quiz...after that, we'll start looking at some stuff with polynomial functions. You will not have the entire period to work on your quiz...

Here's a breakdown of what's on it:

• Convert forms (see the images below)--vertex/standard to polynomial form, and polynomial form to vertex/standard form
• Application--real world problems
• Find x-intercepts
• Factor OR
• Quadratic formula OR
• solve with square roots
• Graph quadratics
• Find x-intercepts
• Find y-intercept
• Find the vertex
• Plot these and sketch a parabola

That's it! Here are the problems we looked at today, with the solutions. Remember, I'd expect you to do the real world application problems on your calculator.

Wins day

Quadratics (2.1) quiz Friday!

Tonight, please complete the "webs" for the 3 quadratics provided in class. In case you lost the papers, remember you need to find the x-intercepts, y-intercept, vertex, and sketch the graph for each quadratic below.

1. f(x) = -(x^2) + 1

2. f(x) = -(x^2) + 6x - 8

3. f(x) = 2(x^2) + 8x + 7

Monday/Tuesday HW...

First day of the second quarter! Woooo!

Enjoy your mini-vacation tomorrow...be ready to do some work Wednesday...

For homework, please complete the following:       Page 95: 13 - 25 (odd)

For each quadratic given, find the x-intercepts and vertex (it's also a good idea to find the y-intercept). Then, plot each of these points and sketch the parabola that passes through them.

Also, remember that to find the x-intercepts you will either have to...

1. Factor OR
2. Use the quadratic formula OR
3. Solve using square roots AND
4. You can always check your answers using your graphing calculator.

#proud

Grades are on the right...

We're off to a great start to the year! I'm so proud of all of you for all your hard work and especially for our most recent test grades. I'm truly impressed--keep up the consistency, commitment, and work ethic as we move forward into the second quarter!

We'll be going a little faster in the second quarter and at the same time getting into some tougher math...just keep doing what you're doing and you'll all be fine!

This weekend, do your homework! It counts as double since it's the first homework assignment of the quarter!

Weekend homework: complete the "Solving Quadratic Equations" worksheet provided in class.

I won't accept any late assignments--it's Monday or never! Start off on the right foot! Email me if you weren't there and I'll send you a copy as an attachment (so you can start off with a 100% instead of a 0!)

Enjoy your weekend! See you Monday!